Booting up: It’s a Cold, Cold World (for Those of Us Without Google Fiber)

Patrick Clark — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:15:31 -0400

(Photo: Rex Sorgatz)

Social media is making Google search less useful. Facebook isn't ready to compete, at least not yet. Welcome to the search desert. [BuzzFeed]

If you're a PC maker who wasn't so thrilled when Microsoft launched the Surface, how exactly do you feel about news that the software maker might invest $2 billion in the deal to take Dell private? [Bloomberg]

Apple releases its quarterly earnings report today, and your guess is as good as ours. As far as what earnings mean for the company's stock, which has plummeted nearly 30 percent since September? How about something in the $1 to infinity range?[@ReformedBroker]

Two Bitcoin casinos say their businesses are minting profit. [Ars Technica]

Larry Page said that Google Fiber was not a "hobby" for his company, during a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings. Cruelly, he didn't say anything about when the company might expand the product beyond Kansas City. [Los Angeles Times]

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Booting up: It’s a Cold, Cold World (for Those of Us Without Google Fiber)