If your business has anything to do with Google, or if you have any interest in the development of the Internet, or if you know what Google is :), you should take the time to review this 30+ slide presentation from French consulting firm FaberNovel, entitled "Everything you always wanted to know about Google but [...]

Micro-blogging service and Twitter competitor Pownce is shuttering its site. Presumably the company was purchased by SixApart (makers of the MovableType and TypePad blogging software and service), and its technology will presumably be rolled into a SixApart offering at some point in the future.
Pownce never reached the critical mass of Twitter despite having arguably better [...]