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…well, not yet, but this is how it might look like:

Does success have to lead to corruption?

Both Google and Apple, which I hold in high esteem, have recently moved in the wrong direction. Google is forcing bloggers to stop using non-Google advertisers, and Apple seems to collect information about iPhone and iPod Touch users.

One of the things I really like about Google - besides, of course them having a very good search engine - is that they have a sense of humor. Take for example Google maps, and punch in driving directions from New York to Oslo. Then have a look at line # 24.

Btw, it used to be that the first 2 entries you got when googling for “failure” were George W. Bush, followed by Michael Moore. It turns out that this was not Google humor. And Google has changed it since.

Edit sep. 2008: Seems that Google is becoming more and more serious. For historical reference: the result used to be that you were being told to swim from New York to Norway. Now it simply states that it cannot calculate a route. Sigh…

Gems from the Web:

• The Blog Population Grows & Grows & Grows - Technorati is now tracking over 70 million weblogs, and they’re seeing about 120,000 new weblogs being created worldwide each day. That’s about 1.4 blogs created every second of every day. WOW!
• What’s The 411 — Ask Google - Google has introduced it’s FREE information service GOOG-411, currently as experimental. It?s a voice activated service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411. You lucky Americans…
  
• Learn to use Google Apps in your organization - Channel on YouTube has posted a tutorial on how to increase productivity by adopting Google Apps for your business or organization. via Doug Karr.