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Optimism is good at any company and, coming from the top, it serves to both inspire employees and rally users and consumers. That said, there's optimism and then there's Google's Eric Schmidt saying that the majority of TVs will come with Google TV by mid-2012.
Even the biggest Google fan would raise ... |
8 December 2011
05:31 GMT |
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Google has just opened up its new French headquarters. This isn't just some small local office, Google plans to run all of its business in South Europe, Africa and the Middle East from here.Google Executive Chairman and diplomat extraordinaire Eric Schmidt was there and so was French President Nicolas Sarkozy. &... |
6 December 2011
12:51 GMT |
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Excerpts from Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs bio are coming out, and one of the most interesting ones reveals that Apple’s co-founder loathed Android for stealing from iOS.According to Isaacson, who interviewed Jobs on several occasions for his biography, the Apple CEO went on an expletive-laced rant about ... |
21 October 2011
03:43 GMT |
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It took a few months, but Google Executive Chairman and former CEO for many years has finally joined Google+. The company has been under some criticism lately because most of its top people were not active on the site.
People like Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz, who lead the Google+ effort were active on the s... |
13 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt survived a three-hour senate hearing questioning whether Google is a monopoly and whether it abuses its position.
Overall, Schmidt handled the hearing quite well, but, then again, this is his natural habitat and it's what he's focusing on in his new position as Executive Chai... |
22 September 2011
05:00 GMT |
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Google's Eric Schmidt has just confirmed that the next generation Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system will be released in October or November.During a recent press conference in San Francisco, Google's Executive Chairman let the information slip while discussing about the future of cloud computing w... |
8 September 2011
04:09 GMT |
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The debate over real names in Google+ has been raging every since the service launched. It's a big strange that Google is taking so much heat over the policy when Facebook , and others, have been doing the very same thing for years.
But there's little people can do to change Facebook's mind while Go... |
29 August 2011
04:51 GMT |
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Eric Schmidt may be best known for his sting as CEO of Google, he is now Executive Chairman at the giant, and maybe for his visionary but perhaps a bit tactless comments on the future of technology and how it will affect individuals on a personal level.But the billionaire executive is also a somewhat active investor,... |
6 June 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt has indirectly confirmed that Apple’s forthcoming iOS release will continue to rely on the Mountain View search giant’s mapping services, despite a growing animosity between the two companies.Fierce rivals on the smartphone front, Apple and Google are clinging onto a deal w... |
1 June 2011
08:57 GMT |
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Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt talked during the first day of the D9 All Things D conference, in an interview, and tackled several issues related to Google, its competitors, Facebook, Apple and the internet as a whole. One of the first things that came up is what he calls the "Gang of Four," the four web... |
1 June 2011
04:10 GMT |
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Google has always stood up for internet freedom. It wants all traffic to be treated equally and wants access to be universal and indiscriminate. That is, unless it's in the company's interest to forget about these things once in a while. But it has owned up to some of those claims, it moved out of China, pa... |
20 May 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Today is the first day of a new era at Google. As we reported January 20th, long time Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, will be replaced by Larry Page, one of the two original founders.After 10 years as the main man at Google, Eric Schmidt has handed over his CEO duties to the person from which he took them from in 2001.Larr... |
4 April 2011
08:54 GMT |
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Google is making sure its employees are happy, especially since the competition for skilled employees is getting stiff between big tech companies.While the likes of Facebook and Google battle mostly over engineers, the people at top are just as or even more valuable, so Google is taking no chances. Four big-name exec... |
14 March 2011
09:04 GMT |
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Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Google's outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt wanted to set the record straight on his move to become Executive Chairman as Google cofounder Larry Page takes over as CEO. He insisted that this in no way diminishes his role at Google and that he will have his hand ... |
28 January 2011
06:34 GMT |
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News of Eric Schmidt's departure as CEO at Google hasn't really gotten people worked up, at least not initially, partly because Google revealed a very strong fourth quarter, partly because no one saw this coming. But now that the dust has settled, some theories about the move are beginning to shape up. At t... |
25 January 2011
11:55 GMT |
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Along with the strong financial results for Q4 and the leadership change, Google filed another document revealing that current CEO Eric Schmidt plans to sell a big chunk of his Google shares over the coming year. In total, Schmidt will sell six percent of his stake, valued at today's trading price at around $335... |
21 January 2011
10:14 GMT |
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Along with the bombshell announcement of the CEO switch, Google also revealed its fourth quarter financial results. While not as spectacular as the leadership change, the numbers are quite interesting in themselves, though perhaps not that surprising. Google posted great results for Q4, revenue was up 26 percent and ... |
20 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Google has made quite the announcement along with its Q4 financial results, Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO for the past decade, will be stepping down from the role and cofounder Larry Page will take over. This, apparently, is part of a restructuring at the very top in which Google's ruling 'triumvirate... |
20 January 2011
16:29 GMT |
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Following a wide range of rumors on the upcoming availability of a new “Nexus” smartphone to run under Google's Android operating system, confirmation on the matter emerged from Google CEO Eric Schmidt himself, who showcased the new mobile phone at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco.The mobile phon... |
16 November 2010
01:36 GMT |
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Google is already feeling the Christmas spirit it seems, as all employees are getting a $1,000 cash bonus for the holidays and a 10 percent raise in 2011. With about 20,000 employees, it's not going to be cheap for the company, though it seems that this will be offset by smaller bonuses and stock options.The com... |
10 November 2010
04:32 GMT |
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Bloggers from TechCrunch have created a fake profile of Google's CEO Eric Schmidt in order to point out a possible security issue stemming from the way Facebook works.The interesting aspect about this proof-of-concept attack is the use of an email address belonging to the victim during registration, even though ... |
11 October 2010
03:54 GMT |
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Eric Schmidt spoke at the Techonomy conference earlier and touched on a number of subjects. He spoke briefly about the Google Wave closure but he also had some insights about the internet in general and the “technology revolution,” as he called it. He believes that the sheer amount of information availabl... |
5 August 2010
11:41 GMT |
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After several years in development, but just two months after the official launch, Google Wave, the hyped collaboration and communication service, has been killed off. Google will not waste any more time and money on it. The reason for the decision is simple: Google Wave just wasn’t seeing enough growth. As it ... |
5 August 2010
04:06 GMT |
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The rivalry between Apple and Google has been in question before. The New York Times has recently developed a four-page report on this wayward relationship between the two corporations. The relations between the two companies began to turn sour when the Android mobile operating system was first introduced. Afterwards... |
15 March 2010
10:49 GMT |
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Google made waves and headlines when it announced in January that it would stop censoring search results in China even if it meant leaving the country altogether. Since then, though, there has been little information coming from either Google or Chinese officials and some have begun to wonder if the search giant isn&... |
11 March 2010
05:01 GMT |
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Google is run by a triumvirate where cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page share the responsibilities with CEO Eric Schmidt. The formula has worked so far and the three are united in all big decisions the company makes. The relationship may be put under test in the future though as the two cofounders plan to sell a ... |
25 January 2010
07:04 GMT |
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Although Steve Jobs (Apple CEO) is rumored to have stated that he “hates” Google’s Eric Schmidt, the latter seems to either know a different story, refuse to believe these claims, or simply be unaware of these events. Jim Goldman, CNBC Silicon Valley Bureau chief, wrote this week that he had recei... |
22 January 2010
10:11 GMT |
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There's been plenty of ink spilled, so to speak, over the whole Google versus newspapers debacle yet, for the most part, the search giant has been calm and unperturbed satisfied to issue out the occasional “you can always de-index” argument. Not anymore, it seems, as Google is on an all-out offensive... |
3 December 2009
12:03 GMT |
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Google is facing more and more pressure from regulatory bodies as it ventures increasingly in the path of new competitors. Its entry into the mobile phone market and now into the operating system market with the upcoming Chrome OS put it at odds with Apple, a company it has been very cozy with up to this point joined... |
12 October 2009
11:39 GMT |
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt and cofounder Sergey Brin spoke at a press conference in New York earlier touching on most aspects of the company and some of the more pressing issues like Google Books and Google Chrome. The company's economic state also came under scrutiny. Google has weathered the economic downturn bet... |
8 October 2009
06:31 GMT |
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At the press conference held in New York earlier, Google's top dogs, CEO Eric Schmidt and cofounder Sergey Brin, went through several aspects concerning the company. One of the most important ones, from a technology point of view, was Google Chrome, the company's speedy web browser, and the overall cloud co... |
8 October 2009
03:46 GMT |
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Google held a press conference in New York, with CEO Eric Schmidt and cofounder Sergey Brin covering most of the big issues affecting the company right now, namely its cloud strategy with Chrome and Chrome OS and other aspects regarding its products but also broader subjects concerning the search giant and the market... |
8 October 2009
03:16 GMT |
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There's been a lot of talk about the economy picking up, or at least bottoming out, but few have been willing to “put their money where their mouth is” as the saying goes. Google CEO Eric Schmidt was one of the most optimistic voices out there and has been predicting a resurgence for some months and ... |
24 September 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Apple has just announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors. Schmidt has acted as a member on Apple’s board since 2006, Apple reveals in a report. “Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, tal... |
3 August 2009
10:14 GMT |
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Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt was at the Sun Valley, Idaho, Media and Technology Conference yesterday along with Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and held a press conference discussing, among other topics, the hottest subject at the moment, Google Chrome OS. Schmidt told the audience he was ... |
10 July 2009
03:33 GMT |
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When it comes to the number of mobile phones featuring Google's Android operating system that will be released on the market this year, the counting goes high on the two-figure numbers, and other types of devices sporting the platform are expected to surface as well. Not only analysts and market watchers say tha... |
17 April 2009
12:47 GMT |
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In the eventuality that Microsoft and Yahoo will end up tying the knot on online search and advertising, the duo will have Google's blessing. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt had nothing but the best of wishes for rivals from Redmond and Sunnyvale, at a Morgan Stanley technology conference in San Francisco. ... |
4 March 2009
07:16 GMT |
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In the first quarter of the 2008 financial year, Google managed to outperform analyst estimations, accounting for a total revenue of $5.70 billion. The Mountain View-based search giant kept its head well above the waters of the worldwide financial tsunami with the latest financial results, delivering proof that its a... |
23 January 2009
04:11 GMT |
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The global financial crisis could, at least as far as online advertising is concerned, be in Microsoft's advantage by destabilizing Google. Compared to the Mountain View-search giant, the Redmond company has little to lose in this arena. But Google, which Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer dubbed a ... |
3 November 2008
08:01 GMT |
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Some iPhone fans would think Google's upcoming handset, the Android, will have a fierce competitor once it's out. Google thinks otherwise. In fact, according to the company's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, Apple's success with the iPhone spells success for their own (upcoming) device as well.Speak... |
25 July 2008
04:26 GMT |
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With a market that has the potential to explode to no less than $80 billion at stake by 2010, neither Microsoft nor Google are backing down as far as Yahoo is concerned. In the first day of February 2008, Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion acquisition proposal for Yahoo. On the heels of the bid, Google came out and c... |
17 March 2008
14:56 GMT |
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When it comes down to Apple vs. Microsoft it is indisputable the fact that Co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates and Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs are the exponents of the two companies. In no other way are the personae of Microsoft and Apple reflected more than in Gates and Jobs. Undoubtedly, the two men re... |
28 November 2007
13:17 GMT |
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Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO declared some time ago that, incredibly enough, he did not own an iPhone, even if in a leading position at one of the most powerful internet companies in the world. Some time has gone by since then and things have changed, as a You-Tube video shows him flashing the device.Many people m... |
20 June 2007
08:53 GMT |
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