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Shocking Bieber Upset: Oil Spill Tops Twitter's 2010 Trends

Liz Gannes in Social on December 13, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Although World Cup tweeting caused record high volume and infrastructure demands on Twitter, the most-discussed topic on Twitter this year was actually the Gulf oil spill, said the San Francisco-based company tonight.

Make the Rent Check Out to "Google"

Peter Kafka in Media on December 3, 2010 at 4:24 am PT

See? Google isn’t a one-trick pony, after all: The search giant is going to become a landlord, after spending $1.9 billion on a building that takes up an entire New York City block. One interesting tenant: Spotify.

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Google Among Bidders for $2 Billion Building

Anton Troianovski, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 28, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Google Inc. is a front runner to buy the massive building it occupies as its New York City headquarters in a deal that could be worth nearly $2 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Slow Fade-Out for Video Stores

Jessica E. Vascellaro and Sam Schechner, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 30, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Blockbuster Inc.’s bankruptcy last week has made it official: Technology is killing the video-rental store—and a piece of American culture with it.

Google at the Gallery: Turning Search Results Into Works of Art

Peter Kafka in Media on April 8, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

Ken Solomon turns Google image search pages into something you can hang on a gallery wall. Facebook profiles, too. Pretty cool.

YouTube May Be Solving Its Ad Problem–Slowly

Peter Kafka in Media on May 8, 2009 at 5:52 am PT

YouTube generates billions of views but no profits. That’s because Google’s video site only sells advertising on a small portion of the clips it shows. That may be changing, argues Bernstein Research’s Jeffrey Lindsay.