

Google unveils 'Solve for X' website, hints at TED-like think tank - paulsilver
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/6/2774727/google-solve-for-x-think-tank

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benologist
Why give The Verge the traffic for summarizing Android Police's story?

[http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/02/06/the-secret-
google-x-...](http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/02/06/the-secret-google-x-lab-
may-be-revealed-today-feb-6-as-solve-for-x-website-and-youtube-channel-go-
live-video/)

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timinman
If it is Google, why doesn't it look like Google? Why is it 'wesolveforx', and
not solveforx.google.com. Why PHP? Why do Whois records say the site belongs
to:

Registrant: TBA Global, LLC 535 N. Brand Blvd suite 800 Glendale, CA 91203 US

    
    
       Domain Name: THINKBELIEVEACT.COM

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turing
The Whois record for wesolveforx.com shows Google as the registrant
(<http://www.whois.net/whois/wesolveforx.com>). TBA is a marketing agency that
Google is (presumably) working with.

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WestCoastJustin
Site: <http://www.wesolveforx.com/>

G+ Post:
[https://plus.google.com/115560212683913825996/posts/57dD3pjz...](https://plus.google.com/115560212683913825996/posts/57dD3pjzebA)

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DrCatbox
And here I was thinking that google stepped up its advertising games by
offering something like recaptcha but for ads. No paywall, just ad-wall, an ad
urging you to type the words "the product X is the best"/"X will grow
your...muscles" before you can access the content.

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rachelbythebay
Was it HTTP code 402, "payment required"?

If so, look out. There may be more ahead.

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turing
<http://www.youtube.com/user/wesolveforx/videos>

It looks like the talks are beginning to be made public.

