FairSearch.org, a coalition of Google competitors that thinks the search giant is being very evil, seems to have a strange idea of how business works. In a blog post that is part of a running argument with Wall Street Journal columnist Gordon Crovitz, FairSearch attempts to rebut the argument that while Google’s practices may have … Continue reading Anti-Google Coalition’s Strange View of Business
Android is very popular and has made great inroads in the market in smart phones (with more than 50% share) and is beginning to pick up traction in tablets as well with a plethora of new devices due out shortly. But Android itself has not always been that good a performer, and some of the … Continue reading Intel and Google – Who Needs Who?
There has been some interesting commentary around how different the approach between Microsoft and Apple is as it relates to their developer conferences. It is certainly true that these two companies approach them differently but as Steve Wildstrom points out in his article on why Microsoft’s approach is more open than Apple’s, it is because … Continue reading How Google Can Learn From Microsoft
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VIA PC World – By Eric Mack
As a serious foodie and a fan of Zagat’s Restaurant guides, I was rather intrigued by the fact that Google has decided to buy this popular product. Tim and Nina Zagat have worked tirelessly for decades to create what has become one of the best restaurant guides available. And to us foodies, they are rock … Continue reading Google’s Purchase of Zagat Proves They Are A Content Company
You may think such a statement sounds absurd. However if a recent report from MG Siegler at TechCrunch is true then Amazon wants to lure Android developers for their own version of Android and Kindle products. Tim Bajarin in an April PC Magazine column explored this similar line of thinking and now we have more … Continue reading Amazon Plans on Stealing Android Developers From Google
Does anybody use Google+ any more? That seems to be the question floating around these days. The Google+ project made its debut two months ago and by the end of its first month had a user base of 25 million worldwide, becoming the fastest-growing social media network in the admittedly short history of social … Continue reading Google-
From Slate, by Farhad Manjoo
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Michael Mace, who knows more about mobile computing than just about anyone around, is deeply skeptical about Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility. “Either Google’s worldview will dominate and ruin Motorola, or worse yet the Motorola worldview will infect Google,” he writes in an insightful post on his MobileOpportunity blog. “Google with Motorola inside it is … Continue reading Google+Moto: “Like a Python That Swallowed a Minivan”
VIA Harvard Business Review Blog – By Ralph Eckardt
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VIA Cult Of Mac – By John Brownlee
Update 8/16: The market seemed distinctly cooler to the Google-Motorola Mobility deal the day after, with shares falling 3.27% to 539. And Standard & Poor’s downgraded GOOG from “buy” to “sell” on concerns about the impact of the Motorola deal. Here’s Peter Kafka’s take at All Things D. —————– Whatever benefit the acquisition of Motorola … Continue reading Updated: Motogoo: The Damage to Google’s Bottom Line
Largely overlooked in the initial reaction to Google’s proposed $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility is the deal’s potential impact on the cable set top box business. When Motorola split the company in two, the decidedly un-mobile set top box group (formerly General Instrument) went to the Mobility unit. The U.S. market for set top … Continue reading Google: Set Top Box King?
At the end of the year, when I made my predictions for the New Year, I stated that I believed Google would buy Motorola Mobile. And last week, Ben wrote here in Tech.Pinions about why he thought Google should buy Motorola. We had no inside information on this. But as we have studied how a … Continue reading Why Google had to buy Motorola
Article Disclaimer: This is all theory and purely speculative. This is simply a thought exercise. Motorola has been an interesting company to watch over the past 10 years. They have been a driving force in bringing the cellular industry into fruition and recently Motorola spun out their mobile business and created Motorola Mobility. I find … Continue reading Why Google Should Buy Motorola
In a rather testy blog yesterday, Google’s Chief Legal Council David Drummond lamented the fact that Android is under attack from competitors who are using a patent war to thwart Androids growth. Mr. Drummond calls these patents that attack Android “bogus” and suggests that Apple, Microsoft, Oracle and others are ganging up to keep Android … Continue reading Why Google Hates Patents
As of yesterday Logitech has been offering their Revue Google TV set top box for $99. I was at Logitech’s media day where they launched the Revue and I remember the mumblings from the media and analysts when they announced the price of $250. It was as if everyone knew that Logitech clearly priced themselves … Continue reading Can Google TV be Saved?
The marriage of tech and media is definitely a rocky one at times, and Web TV is no exception. Despite all promises, like all relationships things are always evolving between tech and media – and sometimes they work, and sometimes they don’t. The latest tech / media couple in trouble appears to be Logitech and … Continue reading Tech + Media – The Honeymoon Between GoogleTV and Logitech Ends, but the Marriage Continues
By now, you may have heard the name Michael Lee Johnson. He’s a young web developer who recently tried to promote his presence on Google+ by taking out a Facebook Ad. What’s wrong with that? According to Facebook’s terms of service, only everything. And while I don’t agree with Facebook, simply because of my … Continue reading Social Media Wars – How Wide Do We Open the Kimono? Google+, Facebook, Etc.
After spending some time using Google+ and reading many of the articles and opinions on the service, I came across two pieces that I thought were worth pointing out. I am still in the process of forming my own opinion on Google+ and what the benefit is of the service so in the meantime I … Continue reading Does Google+ Target Facebook or Twitter?
The Facebook announcement of Skype integration was also an announcement in the next stage of the relationship between Microsoft and Facebook. Austin Carr wrote an interesting article this morning over at Fast Company titled: “Why The Facebook-Microsoft Alliance Should Worry Google.” The article is worth reading and I agree with several conclusions. What I think … Continue reading Should the Facebook-Microsoft Alliance Worry Google?
Things are already changing around Apple’s App store, and more will change with app stores broadly in the next few years. For Apple, their changes as of late are what many have referred to as “self-regulation.” Nevertheless, even if minor, Apple has made some concessions to start addressing some of the antitrust concerns surrounding the … Continue reading Key Debate: App Store Commission Rate Drops and Competition
