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Friendster hires ex-Googler as CEO, raises $20 million

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 08/05/2008 - 7:00am

It's long since passé in the U.S., but the social network is surging in Asia, so it's hired an exec familiar with the territory and raised money to help continue expanding.



 

Ex-Googler tip: Build start-ups in packs of three

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 04/22/2008 - 6:00am

Three: It's the magic number.

Googlers have long had a geeky obsession with numbers. The name Google, after all, is a play on the mathematical term "googol"; one of the company's office buildings is named "Pi"; and founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin set the search giant's ...



 

Will Googler have a hand in saving music industry?

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 04/02/2008 - 3:48pm

Douglas Merrill is everything one would expect.

He's a Googler down to his soul, which means he's extremely bright, techie and dead set against suing fans for file sharing.

I just got off the phone with Merrill, Google's former Chief Information Officer who was named President of

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Another Googler gets in on pre-IPO Facebook

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 6:57pm

The trend is clear--the best bait for well-fed Googlers, especially ones who joined after the company's 2004 IPO, is another hot pre-IPO company.

And Facebook is that company.

The latest Googler to jump to Facebook is Ethan Beard. Formerly director of social media at the search giant, he will ...



 

Google's Secret Sauce

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 03/12/2008 - 8:01pm

A new Googler has offered a rare glimpse into the process by which the search giant turns ideas into products.

Naveen Viswanatha, lead sales engineer for Google Enterprise



 

Former Googler's social take on search

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 03/10/2008 - 3:34pm

Ex-Googler start-ups are coming out of the woodworks.

And now there's one more.

Steffen Mueller, an ex-Google product manager from Munich, Germany, has launched his own version of Web search with a dash of the social.

Mueller and a few friends from Germany started Topicle, which launched in beta ...