Techmeme (Wednesday)

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Google Now Serving 1 Billion Users Each Week  —  Today at their Google Search event in San Francisco, executive Marissa Mayer kicked things off with a big state: Google is now serving 1 billion users each week.  —  Mayer noted that th...

Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

Google just effectively offed one of it's oldest, quirkiest features – the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.

The good news is that in the process, Google added at least another hundred million dollars in revenue.

It used to be that you could go to Google.com, type a search qu...

Slashdot (Wednesday)
Meshach writes "A study out of Canada claims that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. The theory is that these people use the site as a means of self promotion or to feel important."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

TechCrunch (Wednesday)
In May Zynga and Facebook ended their months long fight and entered into a five year deal to use Facebook Credits as the primary monetization engine for Zynga games on the Facebook platform. Zynga began rolling out Facebook Credits on some of its games months ago. But now they've made Facebook Cred...

Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

No one knows exactly what makes things go viral online. Take any of the most insanely successful viral sensations ever, and you'll easily be able to find dozens of things just like it that never went anywhere.

But while there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- you can do to ensure ...

Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

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