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Why Eric Schmidt Won't Leave Google for Obama
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An interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal Oct. 20 notes that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is campaigning for U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, appearing with him Tuesday in Florida to moderate a panel on the economy. The WSJ paints Schmidt's move as a "push for a greater voice in politics," and at the conclusion, cites unnamed sources who suggest that Schmidt might covet the CTO role Obama has talked about creating. This notion is absurd. Why would Schmidt leave the top job of the most powerful Internet company on the planet to be a technology manager, even if it's for the U.S. government? That's silly. Schmidt leads the ...
Why Schmidt's Campaign Travels With Obama Could Be Bad For Google
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Why Schmidt's Campaign Travels With Obama Could Be Bad For Google ( Page 1 of 2 ) Google CEO Eric Schmidt is hitting the campaign trail with Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Search engine giant Google says Schmidt and Obama share similar views on technology, which makes me think Obama loves cloud computing, Web services and the mobile and wireless Internet. Could it backfire if Republican Presidential candidate John McCain wins the election? Sure could. Expect more stringent online privacy laws. As I've already noted on my Google Watch blog ...
T-Mobile G1's Enterprise Mobility is Lost in The Cloud
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T-Mobile G1's Enterprise Mobility is Lost in The Cloud ( Page 1 of 2 ) T-Mobile's G1 smart phone launches to great mobile and wireless fanfare today, marking the entrance of Google's Android mobile operating system. However, Enterprise Mobile CEO Mort Rosenthal points out that enterprises should exercise caution when considering the G1 or any mobile device where data from Web services lives in the cloud. Would you trust the G1 as your enterprise mobile computing device? Today is the celebrated launch of T-Mobile's G1 ...
Google Android Market is Open, Happy Downloading
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Google launched its Android Market store today to coincide with the launch of T-Mobile's G1 smart phone, the first gadget based on the Android mobile OS.
Android Market is a place where users can download apps to their G1 and future Android phones, and even rate or comment on apps they liked or hated.
Android Mobile Platform Product Manager Eric Chu said in a blog post that t here are already over 50 apps available in Android Market today, though I count only 30 as of 2:30 EDT in the showcase. Is Google keeping the other 20 on the bench for the big game? ...
Seven Disruptive Trends Driving The Digital Revolution
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Seven Disruptive Trends Driving The Digital Revolution ( Page 1 of 3 ) Researchers from CSC compile a report on the seven disruptive technologies for the digital landscape. Google, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Amazon and lead the revolving cast of characters in a play about the wireless Internet, semantic Web, SAAS, cloud computing, virtualization social networks and other areas affecting the Web services world going forward. Consultancy CSC has created a list of top trends to watch going forward. Many of these you may already seen in practice, while some work their magic behind the scenes, quietly biding their time for when the market is ready for them. Of course, with the current ...
Russian Watchdog Rejects Google Bid for Ad Firm
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Russia's Federal Anti-monopoly Service rejects a $140 million bid from Google to buy the Begun advertising agency on antitrust grounds, saying the Google deal could reduce online advertising competition. MOSCOW (Reuters)Russia's anti-trust watchdog rejected on Thursday a $140 million bid by Google Inc. ...
Google Juices Gmail For Blackberry, J2ME Phones
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... Google's mobile team today took big steps to improve the speed and performance of Gmail on RIM Blackberry and any phone whose operating system is Java Micro Edition. Go to m.google.com/mail in your mobile browser to download it Gmail for mobile 2.0, as the refresh is called. ...
