{"id":127498,"date":"2015-08-11T22:41:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/11\/silly-google-story-of-the-day.html"},"modified":"2015-08-25T18:17:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T00:17:47","slug":"silly-google-story-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/11\/silly-google-story-of-the-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Silly Google Story of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR: Many companies which use the common English word &quot;alphabet&quot; in their company name are shocked, <i>shocked<\/i> that another company is now using the common English word &quot;alphabet&quot; in their company name. <\/p>\n<p>Also, owner of the domain <a href=\"http:\/\/alphabet.com\">alphabet.com<\/a> warns new company that is using the much cooler domain abc.xyz that their <a href=\"http:\/\/alphabet.com\">alphabet.com<\/a> domain is <i>not<\/i> for sale. <\/p>\n<p>Just thought you should know.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/12\/technology\/google-creates-alphabet-but-runs-into-bmw.html?_r=0'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/MiU3tGl7sPrAkKE_9wY71Y3KzJ6CKX10uI2eZshIU3KyusbO_6LUa2FGnkQioa32NPoyTg7fUSV0Hh0ifrgSdl5OSd1xs9k4pBCgvkqcQgeYBFnmCYMK-yPE5JyvU4nEYjo2cNvOWQ6huw=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/12\/technology\/google-creates-alphabet-but-runs-into-bmw.html?_r=0'>Alphabet? Google Might Get Some Letters &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAlphabet is Google&rsquo;s new entity that will house its search and other units, but other businesses &mdash; including a BMW subsidiary &mdash; have already staked a claim on the name.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/1Cvi8JuF1Lx'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR: Many companies which use the common English word &quot;alphabet&quot; in their company name are shocked, shocked that another company is now using the common English word &quot;alphabet&quot; in their company name. 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