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Google Adds Real Estate to Australian Maps

Over a year ago, Google started incorporating real estate search into Google Maps in the US. Now Australia gets the feature.

Facebook Nine Days Away From New Headquarters

In nine days' time, a lot of Facebook employees will likely wind up carrying cardboard boxes full of office supplies to their cars.  Fans of the social network don't need to worry about the company going under, though; instead, everyone will just be relocating to a vastly bigger workspace at the Stanford Research Park. 

Microsoft Setting Aside Seattle Expansion Plans

Sometime this spring, construction of a Seattle development known as 2201 Westlake should be completed.  There will be 14,000 square feet of ground floor retail space, 134 condominium units, and 302,200 square feet of office space.  Only the office space may remain empty, because Microsoft has backed away from it.

Google Language, Land Expansions Take Place

It seems that a little recession isn't going to halt everyone's favorite search giant.  Google is continuing to branch out, with a recent growth spurt seeing it buy more land in Mountain View and make sure people who speak all sorts of languages can use its products.

Google Opens New Office For Federal Enterprise Sales

In a recession, steady customers are a business's best friend, and it's hard to name anything as rock-solid (impending change of leadership aside) as the U.S. government.  So Google's done a rather clever thing and opened an office for the federal division of its Enterprise Sales group in Reston, Virginia.

Yahoo Real Estate Unveils New Search Experience

Pity the poor person who's trying to sell a house in this market; with prices diving and places available on almost every street, they probably won't get a great deal.  But an updated Yahoo Real Estate aims to make sure sales at least occur, and it might become a buyer's dream.

Zillow.com Reducing Staff By 25%

Online real estate Web site, Zillow.com has announced it is cutting 25 percent of its staff, which amounts to 40 employees in order to "securely batten down the hatches as we sail into a major economic storm," the company's chief executive officer, Rich Barton wrote on the Zillow Blog.

Yahoo Pays $15M For Nebraska Building

Suppose you're going to start a diet on Sunday.  That means a fill-the-trunk trip to the bakery is in order on Saturday, right?  So Yahoo seems to think, as word has come that it paid about $15 million for a space in La Vista, Nebraska.

Yahoo May Establish Data Center In Nebraska

La Vista is located near the eastern edge of Nebraska.  Its Wikipedia page makes it sound like a pleasant enough place, and if the implications of some recent reports are right, the city is about to get a big boost courtesy of Yahoo.

Facebook Picking Up New Offices

As charts tracking Facebook's growth have gone up and up, it's only natural that the company's employee count would do something similar.  Now, in order to accommodate everyone, Facebook's taking over some offices in the Stanford Research Park.