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Does Real-Time Search Make Twitter a Google Killer? Its Fanbots Think So (BoomTown Not Quite Yet).

in News on February 9, 2009 at 6:38 am PT

According the latest meme to sweep the digerati over the last several days, here are the words that should make the brainiac satraps over at Google very, very nervous: “See what’s happening–right now.” That’s the motto right below the box on Twitter’s search engine–which is essentially a light-blue-colored design rip-off of Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” mantra. Posits the new theory: It’s Google that should perhaps not be feeling so lucky when it comes to Twitter search because it is becoming the place for what is now being called “real-time” search. But the verdict on whether Twitter can kill the search star is still way, way out.

MTV’s Video Site: Very Nice, Very Late

in Media on October 27, 2008 at 3:58 pm PT

Hulu for videos? No, but MTV’s new site is a nice, convenient place to watch music clips. But it’s nice to see it now, regardless: Clean interface, embeddable videos, social networky without actually trying to be a social network. It’s just too bad we didn’t get to look at it until 2008.