Google has just rolled out individual "place pages" for every property that's listed in Google Maps -- a move that ostensibly makes the National Association of Realtors forthcoming national property database somewhat less necessary. Google's real estate listing place pages include property information, photos, map placement, Street View imagery and functionality, nearby public transit details, and even AdWords ads. Google has added links for "Directions" and "Search nearby," as well as a "Send" link that opens an outgoing email with the place page link embedded inside. The property details in the example above are sourced from two separate Prudential Real …

With all this talk of operating systems around the upcoming release of Google OS, ZDNet takes a look at Mozilla, which just reported its 2008 audited financials. The organization behind the Firefox browser delivered consolidated revenue of $78.6 million, up 5% from 2007, while its revenue picture looks even better if you exclude the $7.8 million loss in Mozilla's investment portfolio. The worry: Google, now a competitor, is still bankrolling Mozilla. Still, according to Mitchell Baker, chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, the company now funds 200 people working full or part-time; it has outposts across the globe and Firefox comes …

A Vietnamese blog has posted a picture of a package of 'Google' brand "bathroom paper." According to the EnGadget blog's translation of the text printed on the wrapper using Google Translate, the product's description reads, "Very long, soft, smooth. Of high vacuum, because you always!" A HuffPost reader, meanwhile, says its actually translates to "Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!" Now, without jumping to conclusions, we wouldn't be at all surprised if Google were in fact exploring the broader consumer packaged goods market. Its ad business has seemed less durable of late, and its forthcoming Chrome OS …

Facebook and gaming startup Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed this week seeking upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. The Sacramento-based firm of Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff has reportedly been looking for victims of scam ads in games like Mafia Wars and Farmville to potentially file a class action suit. The firm's suit has now hit federal district court in Northern California. Neither Zynga nor Facebook actually originates the ads in question, according to The Business Insider. Instead, other companies take out ads in Zynga's games, which …

Gmail has more female users than male, and Twitter is far more popular among Gmail users than any other Web mail service, according to a study by social media data company Rapleaf involving the demographics and online behavior of Web mail users. The study looked specifically at social network membership data for users of the AOL, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo Web mail services, and found that Facebook was the most popular network across the board. More interesting, though, is how well MySpace fared in some cases. On both the Hotmail and Yahoo Web mail services, Facebook only had …

AT&T's request for Verizon to pull its five "There's a Map for That" ads have been denied, though attorneys will have another shot to argue their case. A federal judge in Atlanta denied AT&T's request that competitor Verizon Wireless pull its series of "There's a Map for That" ads, according to a November 18 report from the Associated Press. The judge has scheduled a December 16 hearing, in which attorneys for AT&T will have another chance to argue their case. Verizon has said that AT&T's lawsuit is totally without merit. "AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon's …

Making life easier for both the hearing impaired and video search engines alike, YouTube can now automatically generate captions and subtitles for videos in English. At present, the feature is only enabled on a handful of partner channels, but Google plans to make it available to everyone eventually. YouTube now is also offering an "automatic caption timing" feature for all new uploads, which is designed to makes it easier to add captions manually. Users can upload a text file with a transcript of the video and Google's speech recognition technology will figure out when those words are spoken …

The Apple Tablet rumor-mill is a ragin'! AllThingsD is reporting that Condé Nast is already tweaking its digital magazine publishing format to suit such a device, despite the fact that it has yet to be publicly confirmed. The struggling publishing house says it will have a digital tablet-ready version of Wired first, sometime around the middle of next year, and follow with versions for all its 18 titles. Condé will perhaps be using a custom package from Adobe, which already makes the software that the publisher and many of its rivals use to design their print versions. Digitimes, …

As part of its broader cost-cutting initiative, AOL was expected to ask a few good employees to step forward and take one for team. Exceeding the most aggressive estimates, however, CEO Tim Armstrong told employees Thursday morning that he's looking for "up to 2,500 volunteers" to soon quit or commit to early retirement. Putting that number into perspective, its represents a whopping third of the soon-to-be-independent company's payroll. "This is lousy news for employees, who are faced with a 'jump now or wait to be pushed' decision, but it is designed to cheer investors,"

L.A.-based digital ad agency 72andSunny has landed some top talent from revered Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy. Kelly Schoeffel, who has a PhD in Social Psych from Harvard, and led the strategy team on Target during his time at W+K, has come on as strategy director; while Matt Murphy, who served as senior AD on projects including Nike's "MVP" campaign -- which featured those Sesame Street-like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James puppets -- has come on as creative director. "72andSunny is a rare bird," said Schoeffel. "The company creates elegant, surprising and culturally immersive work that gets the job done ... …