With the new purchase of Friendfeed, Facebook is now going to own all your Friendfeed updates and info. Own your feeds, own your Facebook, own You on the Net. That includes what you write, what you do, where you go, what you say, post, and see, if they so deem.

Your sole Social Networking life can be contained within Facebook the site, and now, throughout the world with Friendfeed aka, Facebook Global.

Is this a problem? Perhaps not to you, as you most likely may not feel the behind the scenes gradual integration of internal Facebook workings with outside feed aggregation. Perhaps other Social Networks and Aggregators will feel the pinch. The pinch out of existence Pinch.

What this basically means is that you will be able to “get all your socializing and online interactions” through Facebook. Add Search, and will you even need Google? WHAT will Google do, one ponders…

Let the fireworks begin…

Is this good or bad? It’s only for us to decide, individually. Some will love it. Others, fear it. Still others, decry and possibly hate it. And there will be those who Fight It, perhaps coming up with something still better. Or not.

The Friendfeed purchase of only $47 million by Facebook is the coup of the century…

Pwned.

As companies consolidate and combine further and further, the RULE OF THREES may apply.

That means: there will be only 3 companies left standing in a given field… 2 huge conglomerates, 1 tiny little sideshooter.

As for those two huge conglomerates? Most likely intricately related and married into a hidden couple.

Articles:
Now Facebook Really Owns You
You just don’t know it yet. – Chadwick Matlin

Ever increasing demands for data storage are creating a new cash crop for the Mid and Southwest – Data Centers with huge rows of servers and miles of pipeline and cable.

With skyrocketing costs in California and the Pacific Coast, companies such as Apple and Microsoft are heading East and South to open huge data warehouses for thousands of cloud servers and data pipes. Bye to Silicon Valley and the Pacific Coast, hello to Iowa, Texas, South Carolina, West Virginia.

Loans to build are harder to get, so tech companies are turning more towards leasing space at established server farms. Due to tech advancements, old data centers can be left in the dust holding yesteday’s technology at tomorrow’s prices… thus, banks are less likely to lend for buying land and building your own. 

Like all tech investments, it’s a crapshoot knowing what’s going to be the next sure thing. One thing for sure – increased data streaming demands are going to skyrocket.

Articles:
California’s Other Real-Estate Crisis - Martha White
Data storage sites are moving out of Silicon Valley—at the state’s expense.

Microsoft opens data center under the radar

Our original definition:

Rule of Threes
When there’s only 3 companies left standing in a given field or industy – 2 giant conglomerates and 1 tiny maverick. Usually the 2 conglomerates are living in connubial bliss… closely tied together but legally unwed.

Synonyms
Three Left Standing
We Own Your Ass
Competition Elimination
End of Empire
3′s Too Many
One Left Standing…

When there is only one left standing, it will inevitably fall. Why?

We live in a world of dualities. We must play off one another, or no force is created. And, force is required for maintenance and growth. Without the interplay of competition and innovation, a society is doomed.

Google keeps rolling out the hits. They’re an irrepressible, relentless giant.  What’s new? Where are their data centers? What sort of data centers do they have? Barges out at sea? What’s in the works?

Google Caffeine – Google’s New Search Engine Trial
It definitely offers up slightly different results. Speedier, smarter, different features…
http://www2.sandbox.google.com/

Sketchup – Google’s Free 3D Modeling Software
3D 2D modeling, scene-based animations, share, store online or off
http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsup.html

Secret Google Data Center Information
Google is intensely secretive about its data center operations and locations. Nevertheless, cunning sleuths have revealed much information about these powerhouse data clusters around the world…
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com…data-center-faq/

Maps of Google Data Center Locations
Locations of Data Centers around the world. Google is huge, omnipresent, a powerhouse. Plans off shore barges, will use ocean wave energy for power
http://royal.pingdom.com…google locations/

Google Squared – Want “Excel” spreadsheet results from Google?
Experimenting with “Wolfram Alpha” type technology
http://www.google.com/squared/

Store all your health information in one place
Can share or hide, your choice. Records, data, history all within your complete private control
https://www.google.com…health%2Fp%2F&rm=hide

Create Free Custom Search on your website
Better, faster, more customizable and easier to implemenet
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/

Images: Building Huge Google Data Center
The sheer magnitude in the middle of nowhere – where’s the energy coming from? THe Google enterprise is Monumental.
http://www.bouweemshaven.nl…datahotel

Google VOICE
Completely free telephone numbers with tons voice and forwarding services and options. Incredible… Transcribes voice mails and emails or forwards. Invites going out pretty quickly. Probably one of the most phenomenal contact services Google offers. Permanent free phone number for life.
http://www.google.com/voiceinvite

Google Signed Up with Twitter – Many accounts
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-accounts-on-twitter.html

What’s new with Google? Find out at Google Labs
http://www.googlelabs.com/ 

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