Nano2Sol by Marc Boucher

Is this rumour true? I think so, it makes sense. Ubiquitous WiFi for all manner of tech devices is coming fast. For instance your WiFi equipped personal digital assistant (PDA) will be handed off from network to network as you roam through major cities.

GoogleNet–massive Google WiFi in the works?: align="right" vspace="16" border="0">

Suddenly Google local (and maps, and video, and so on) makes so much more sense—Business 2.0 reports that they’ve
learned from ‘telecom insiders’ that Google is hard at work on a nation-wide high-capacity data network, buying up
unused fiber lines and cheap backbone access to really flesh out their capacity. B2 theorizes this could result in a
massive digital video db, on-demand television (IPTV) system, or free ad-based WiFi network, which in conjunction with
location-tracking hotspot firm Feeva, has already been pilot launched in San Francisco serving up Google Local-based
ads. Could Google really power not just Internet search, but a sizable portion of the Internet? Beats us, but if they
want to make it happen, they better get that AdSense click fraud thing sorted out asap.

(Via Engadget.)

Urchin, a provider of Web Analytics software and on demand services has been bought by Google (Wall Street Journal, subscription required).

About a year ago I had become dissatisfied with the software I was using to analyze the traffic for all my web sites. After some thorough research I settled on Urchin. I have not been disappointed. The software is great and provides a true picture of who comes to my sites, what they do and how I can take advantage of the patterns I see. Looks like Google agrees.

Last summer at the Search Engine Strategies conference Google hosted its annual Google Dance and during the festivities I was offered a Google Gmail account. At first I was somewhat intrigued, but really what was the big deal?

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