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From the site:

"About Think Quarterly

Like most companies, Google regularly communicates with our business customers via email newsletters, updates on our official blogs, and printed materials.

On this occasion, we've sent a short book about data, called Think Quarterly, to a small number of our UK partners and advertisers. You're now on the companion website, thinkquarterly.co.uk (also available at m.thinkquarterly.co.uk, if you're on the move).

We're flattered by the positive reaction but have no plans to start selling copies! Although Think Quarterly remains firmly aimed at Google's partners and advertisers, if you're interested in the subject of data then please feel free to read on..."

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:56:00 -0800 Very interesting: Google’s Search Results Get More Social; Twitter As The New Facebook “Like” http://1001tales.posterous.com/very-interesting-googles-search-results-get-m http://1001tales.posterous.com/very-interesting-googles-search-results-get-m
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Feb 17, 2011 at 10:00am ET by Matt McGee

Excerpt:

"Your friends’ activity on Twitter, Flickr and elsewhere — but for now, not Facebook — will soon be a lot more visible in Google’s search results, including having an impact on how pages rank. Google has announced an expansion of its Google Social Search results that’s beginning to roll out today on Google.com. Here’s a look at what’s new:

Social Search Blended Into “Regular” Results
Prior to today’s announcement, Social Search results — which Google introduced in October 2009 — only appeared at the bottom of a search results page or after clicking the “Social” filter in the left-side column. Now, you might see them mixed anywhere in the search results..."

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Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:19:05 -0800 This is why I love Google: World Museums join Art Project, powered by Google http://1001tales.posterous.com/this-is-why-i-love-google-world-museums-join http://1001tales.posterous.com/this-is-why-i-love-google-world-museums-join
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Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:12:00 -0800 Awesome HTML5 video from Google: Zeitgeist 2010: Year in Review http://1001tales.posterous.com/awesome-html5-video-from-google-zeitgeist-201 http://1001tales.posterous.com/awesome-html5-video-from-google-zeitgeist-201

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Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:29:00 -0700 The Winners of Google's Project 10 to the 100 http://1001tales.posterous.com/the-winners-of-googles-project-10-to-the-100 http://1001tales.posterous.com/the-winners-of-googles-project-10-to-the-100

Project 10100 Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of Google’s Project 10100.

Thousands of people from more than 170 countries submitted over 150,000 ideas. From that group, we narrowed it to the final 16 ideas for public vote.

The following five ideas received the most votes and are the winners of Project 10100. Over the past 12 months, we have reviewed concrete proposals to tackle these ideas. We are pleased to give a total of $10 million to five inspiring organizations working on solutions to each of these global challenges:

Make educational content available online for free

Idea: Make educational content available online for free

Project funded: The Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization that provides high-quality, free education to anyone, anywhere via an online library of more than 1,600 teaching videos. We are providing $2 million to support the creation of more courses and to enable the Khan Academy to translate their core library into the world’s most widely spoken languages.

Enhance science and engineering education

Idea: Enhance science and engineering education

Project funded: FIRST is a non-profit organization that promotes science and math education around the world through team competition. Its mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by giving them real world experience working with professional engineers and scientists. We are providing $3 million to develop and jump start new student-driven robotics team fundraising programs that will empower more student teams to participate in FIRST.

Make government more transparent

Idea: Make government more transparent

Project funded: Public.Resource.Org is a non-profit organization focused on enabling online access to public government documents in the United States. We are providing $2 million to Public.Resource.Org to support the Law.Gov initiative, which aims to make all primary legal materials in the United States available to all.

Drive innovation in public transport

Idea: Drive innovation in public transport

Project funded: Shweeb is a concept for short to medium distance, urban personal transport, using human-powered vehicles on a monorail. We are providing $1 million to fund research and development to test Shweeb’s technology for an urban setting.

Provide quality education to African students

Idea: Provide quality education to African students

Project funded: The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a center for math and science education and research in Cape Town, South Africa. AIMS’ primary focus is a one-year bridge program for recent university graduates that helps build skills and knowledge prior to Masters and PhD study. We are providing $2 million to fund the opening of additional AIMS centers to promote graduate level math and science study in Africa.


Each idea is a broad, ambitious, many-year mission. We are excited about the potential of the projects proposed by these innovative organizations. We hope you will follow the progress on their websites.

Thank you to everyone who has supported Project 10100 either by voting on ideas or submitting your own. Your participation has helped make these ideas come to life.

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