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Twitter Expands SMS Tweeting in Canada

Canadian Twitterers using Rogers or Fido can now update to the service and receive updates using SMS. Tweets are treated as standard messages by these services, so there are no extra charges according to Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.

WildBlue Embraces Google

I'd wager that not a lot of people visit their Internet service provider's homepage on a daily basis.  Still, whoever drops by the WildBlue.net homepage will, starting in 2008, see an absolute swarm of Google's services.

Google Frowns On Rogers Injection

Rogers Internet in Canada provides its subscribers with an advisory when they are approaching their account's bandwidth limits, by injecting that notice into a web page they are viewing.

ISP Hijacks Google Homepage

Controversy is brewing over a Canadian ISP inserting customer messages at the top Google's homepage, brought to you by Yahoo.

Google Code Opens Cool Chart API

Generating a chart for a web page is as simple as passing some variables to Google in an HTTP request.

Google Homepage Loses Color In San Francisco

On Saturday night, parts of San Francisco went dark, and it was to some degree Google’s fault.  Google deserves credit, and not blame, for this occurrence, though, since it was part of an energy-saving initiative.

Rumor: Google's Gmail Getting New Features?

This is one of two Google rumors that surfaced over the weekend. The other one is here.

Doctor Google: Healthcare Through Search

When it comes to organizing all the world's information and making it useful, Google's mission may extend all the way to one's DNA.

Google Developing Enterprise YouTube

It kind of, sort of goes against the whole idea of YouTube – a video medium for the masses, the proletariat; a free speech antiestablishment vehicle – but it looks like Google may offer an enterprise version of YouTube.

Gmail Seeks User Input

Google is often fun to deal with - the company, generally speaking, has a great sense of humor.  But in a Gmail-related “Suggest a feature” section, it’s hard to tell where the jokes stop, and therefore hard to tell where the service may be headed.