Takes a look at the various Google properties / initiatives and how they fit into Google's overall strategy

"Twenty-five songs to get at the goodness under the busy surface this time of year. Enjoy."

Another sign of Twitter mainstream adoption: "Tweet" is #9 on TIME's top 10 buzzwords of 2008.

"The Twitter support team has announced that they are in the process of removing suspended accounts from everyone’s followers lists"

"As we near the end of a year that will go down in history with the words "meltdown," "panic," "crisis," and "depression" attached, it is time to celebrate the winners in this market, enterprise-focused web products that are already doing well and poised for even greater success in 2009."

"[Facebook] has to slowly and quietly make inroads on a variety of fronts, much as Google (GOOG) did way back when it was not profitable, and then tout the results. Until Facebook does that, though, expect more of the same it-won’t-work mentality across the landscape. That is, until it does work, of course."

Threaded discussions and groups for Twitter