OMG/JK: Massive Google Fragments

This week’s episode of OMG/JK, the show I do on TechCrunch TV alongside Jason Kincaid, is all Google all the time. So just to even things out a bit, we kick things off by showing off my awesome new TikTok iPod nano wristwatch. For those who don’t remember, this is the result of the most successful Kickstarter project ever.

We then dive into the Google stuff including Eric Schmidt being replaced by Larry Page as CEO, Google’s index changes, Google Voice number porting, and the upcoming Android Honeycomb event. Watch it above.

Here are the links to some of the things we talk about:

Big Bang At Google: Larry Page To Replace Eric Schmidt As CEO On April 4
Live: Eric Schmidt And Larry Page Talk About Google’s Q4 And Their New Roles
TechCrunch Interview With Eric Schmidt, Larry Page And Sergey Brin
Schmidt: Decision Made Over The Holidays, It’s About Execution, And Larry Is Ready To Lead
Google: Spam Really Has Increased Lately. We’re Fixing That, And Content Farms Are Next
Algorithm change launched
Google Voice Number Porting Now Live (For Real This Time)
Payback: I Just Canceled AT&T By Way Of Google Voice
Google To Give A Better Taste Of Honeycomb Next Week At Press Event And On YouTube
War Maneuvers: Android Event Will Battle iPad Event For Press Love On February 2

Kevin Rose Invests In Facebook On SecondMarket

Random Episode 87 from Glenn McElhose on Vimeo.

Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss have made a co-investment in Facebook on the secondary market. In this video clip posted this week, Rose announces that he and Ferris recently invested in Facebook “before the craziness.” We’ve embedded the video below; Rose talks about the investment just after the 34 minute mark.

We confirmed with Rose that he and Ferriss actually bought shares on secondary market SecondMarket at a $45 billion valuation. We’re told the deal was in the seven figures. The ‘craziness’ Rose is referring to is Facebook’s recent $1.5 billion funding round from Goldman Sachs and DST at a $50 billion valuation, and the possibility of an IPO for the network by April 2012.

In terms of why he invested in Facebook at this stage of the game, Rose said this of the investment: This is still early days for Facebook, the graph is starting to extend into interests and personal preferences. This is going to enable a slew of new ideas and startups — I believe Facebook is well positioning to be in the middle of it all.

Rose has been a prolific angel investor in a number of startups and high-profile companies, including Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare, Gowalla, DailyBooth, and Square. Ferriss is also an angel investor, and has made investments in Twitter, SimpleGeo, Posterous, Foodzie and a number of other startups.

While Rose and Ferriss’ investment isn’t monumental news it does show that experienced investors are betting that value of Facebook’s shares will definitely grow significantly, especially if the social network does IPO next year. And Facebook is dominating share auctions on SecondMarket. Ferriss actually spoke to PEHub early this year on investing in Facebook, saying, “I think it’ll be hard to lose on Facebook — assuming there’s not a repeat macroeconomic double dip. If things are fairly stable, I think Facebook is a very strong bet.”

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