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Six Principles for Innovators to live by on the Web – Fred Wilson

by Mark Alexander on January 31, 2010

Venture Capitalist and blogger Fred Wilson gave a talk a few days ago at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View. The key point of his talk was about disruption — what companies are doing out there to change the technology space. Nothing earth-shatteringly new, but interesting insights from a smart guy.

This hour long talk includes his six words to live by on the Internet: Global, Social, Open, Mobile, Playful, Intelligent — and a bonus seventh one: Instantaneous. As an investor in Twitter, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Wilson included this last one.

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Google device lets you Monitor your Electricity usage in Realtime

by Mark Alexander on October 6, 2009

Until now, if you wanted to use Google PowerMeter to track your energy usage, you had to hope your electric utility had or was willing to install a smart meter for you. Today, Google announced the availability of a device that puts your energy usage data into your own hands.

The TED 5000 from Energy Inc. is a real-time electricity usage monitor that you can purchase and install yourself, with packages starting around $200. It can run the free Google PowerMeter tool, allowing you to check on your personal home energy data from any device that can access the web.

The TED 5000 is Google’s first official device partner for PowerMeter, but the company indicates they plan to work with more providers who make energy monitors to get PowerMeter support built-in. And if you already own a TED 5000, you can perform a firmware upgrade that will allow you to run Google (Google) PowerMeter on your existing device as well.

Do you use Google PowerMeter or other tools to better monitor the energy usage in your home? Have you made any interesting discoveries about unexpected sources of electricity usage? Are there other software tools your fellow energy-conscious individuals might want to check out?

[ Article source : CrunchGear ]

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Google NYC Office Tour

by Levi of eOffice News on May 24, 2009

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Google Rents Goats to Mow Office Lawn

by Levi of eOffice News on May 3, 2009

At the Mountain View, CA headquarters of Google, goats have been employed as a low-carbon alternative to gasoline lawnmowers. About 200 goats are used for a week at a time to trim weeds, eat grass, and clean up brush. They also fertilize as they consume. A border collie named Jen keeps the goats in a manageable herd. They were rented from California Grazing, a company which has 800 goats for rent (also known as weed abaters). If you need any goats in the Bay Area, operators are now standing by.

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Google Zurich Office

by Levi of eOffice News on April 13, 2009

Here’s an inside look at the incredible Google Zurich office. Their “team is strong in all things maps and geo, even more so after having integrated several dozen specialists from Swiss company Endoxon, which Google acquired.”

So there is alot of work here going into Google Maps and Google Earth — the built-in flight simulator discovered by a blogger a few weeks ago was developed here.

More info: Techeblog.com and Picasa

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Google – Creative Workspace

by Mark Alexander on June 20, 2008

Meeting “pods” in the style of Swiss chalets and igloos, fireman poles to allow easy access between floors and a slide to ensure that people can get to the cafeteria as quickly as possible are all part of the striking design at Google’s new European engineering headquarters in Zurich Switzerland.

The building was designed for – and partly by – the 300 engineers who will work there. The alternative office is both a showcase for Google’s unconventional approach to business and a symbol to prove that Google is no longer a US-centric firm. [click to continue…]

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