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This video was played in Times Square as part of a Consumer Watchdog campaign  for a “do not track me” list:

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Especially when it was launched I was asked why I didn’t pay more attention to Google Wave. In short, I didn’t see how it added value to my online experience and I found it too cumbersome to want find out.

It seems I was not alone. Citing adoption problems, the news that Google Wave is to be discontinued is hardly surprising.

From Google Operating System:

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Google’s recently released Sidewiki presents some interesting possibilities for recruiters and marketers alike. Stay tuned for more on this…

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An interesting post from Kris Dunn:

I’ve had Boolean search on my list of training needs for a while to become a better source. Could it be that the hype for resumes via Google is louder than the reality? Consider the following experiment comparing quality of resume search results when using Google vs. the Monster resume database from Boolean Black Belt…

The comments are worth a read too. Read it all: The HR Capitalist: Sourcing Resumes Via Google: The Big Lie?

Option 1: Opt-out; Option 2: Opt-in. You decide…

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I just updated this file on BROWN BAG RECRUITER.

The presentation was originally intended as the first in a series of three. 18 months later and here we are, G-Recruiting. Go figure…
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Quoting the WSJ Google Blogoscoped picks this up:

[Google] recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula Google says can identify which of its 20,000 employees are most likely to quit. 

Google officials are reluctant to share details of the formula, which is still being tested. The inputs include information from surveys and peer reviews, and Google says the algorithm already has identified employees who felt underused, a key complaint among those who contemplate leaving.

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It happens…

This according to InformationWeek:

Google this week was sued, along with AOL, by Johnny I. Henry, the inventor of a vibrating toilet seat. 

Note the use of the indefinite article “a,” rather than the definite article “the,” to indicate that there might be more than one such device. According to Google Patents, two other inventors received a patent for a vibrating toilet seat of their own in 1990.

Though Google is known for its use of high-tech toilets, this is not a patent claim.

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