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Tuesday, October 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Funny-name acquisition: Google buys Jaiku

The search company acquires a service that lets you keep your friends abreast of every little thing that happens in your extremely important existence.
By Farhad Manjoo

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Tuesday, October 9, 2007 01:23 PM

Attempting "Don't be evil" through interdiction?

Wouldn't it be great if Google had decided to acquire these services in an attempt to reduce the likelihood that innocent users would be bothered by them?

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