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There’s good and bad news for Google this morning with respect to Android and the mobile market.

Although the “thud” wasn’t verified until this afternoon, it seems that an online giant fell a couple of days ago.

Today, Tim Bray started working for Google, and had the search giant just put out a one-sentence press release stating this fact, the development would be worth reporting.

At the keynote today at SXSW , Microsoft ’s Danah Boyd placed a lot of emphasis on Google’s privacy “fails” with Buzz.

After a long morning of travel and SXSW preperation, WebProNews popped in on an interesting talk from writer and tech watcher, Kaiser Kuo (here’s his bio ) about what might happen with the whole Google/China situation, which has essentially remained at a stand-still for the past two months, since Google made its famous announcement about a “new approach to China.” Kuo said right out that he doesn’t have the “inside dope” about what’s happening within Google, but he did give a fascinating history of Google’s efforts in China, as well as a look at some possible scenarios that could play out. Some he listed specifically, include: Worst Case Scenarios – Blow up: Google decamps in atmosphere of acrimony – Google.com blocked, possibly even Gmail, Gtalk, Google Docs, Buzz, etc. – All google products exit from China (partnerships with mobile companies end) Moderate (and according to Kuo, most likely) Scenarios – Google.cn shuttered – Google.com, Gmail, Google Docs, etc.

Google Wave didn’t do so well when it came out of the gate, and Buzz’s privacy problems stole all of the attention not too long after.

Users of the mobile version of Google Product Search can now see if items are in stock at a local store from select retailers. These retailers include: Best Buy, Sears, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, and West Elm

A Google exec recently said , “In three years’ time, desktops will be irrelevant.” That’s debatable, but there’s no question that mobile use will have grown much more than it already has. Based on comments in a recent keynote , Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer doesn’t seem to think PC use is going to drop too much, but he did say, “Mobile queries are just going to keep going up and up and up.” Do you think desktops will be irrelevant in 3 years?