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Apple’s HTC lawsuit makes developers think twice about Android
Apple suing HTC for patent infringement seemingly came out of nowhere, but a new investor note from analyst Yair Reiner of Oppenheimer Research suggests that Apple has been in talks with a number of handset manufacturers over the past few months regarding their growing displeasure with what they consider to be the theft of their [...]
Continue reading...HTC’s lackluster patent portfolio may be behind Apple’s recent lawsuit
Monday, March 8, 2010
Apple’s lawsuit against HTC last week raised a lot of questions, chief among them being why Apple specifically chose to go after HTC as opposed to Google, whose Android OS is what many feel is at the heart of this case. One possible explanation is that HTC doesn’t have the bankroll Google has to pull out [...]
Continue reading...Ballmer on Google: “They did it right first”
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Earlier this week at the Search Marketing Expo (I was going to go but I couldn’t find it), Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addressed if Bing can ever supplant Google as the top search engine on the market. “There’s no good answer to this question,” Ballmer explained, “If you say yes, you sound arrogant. If you say [...]
Continue reading...Google publicly backs HTC in its legal battle against Apple
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Well it sure has been an interesting day for Apple legal hounds. Earlier today, Apple sued HTC for infringing on 20 of its patents that span everything from UI design down to OS architecture. A lot of people have chimed in stating that Apple’s lawsuit is more about its fight against Google’s Android OS than [...]
Continue reading...Google Buzz - exposing Google’s arrogance
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
A must-read piece from Kontra on the public relations fiasco that accompanied its recent launch of Google Buzz. Unsure of its ability to successfully roll it out as an independent product, Google must have then decided to force feed Buzz through its Gmail user base of 175 million. Google executives likely reckoned that in a single [...]
Continue reading...Is Jason Calacanis on crack?
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hours after Google unleashed Google Buzz into the wild, tech pundit Jason Calacanis penned a moronic article claiming that Google Buzz is brilliant, ground-breaking, and “game-changing brilliant.” In classic Calacanis fashion, he lists out a number of ridiculous arguments in a feeble attempt to back up his assertion. 1. Google Buzz 1.0 is better than Facebook [...]
Continue reading...Apple nets over $100 million per year via Google search on the iPhone
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Citing a source “familiar with Apple’s operations”, Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Apple, contrary to some previous reports, has no intention whatsoever of building its own search engine from the ground up. The most sensational item from the report, however, is that Apple’s partnership with Google on the iPhone nets Apple over $100 million [...]
Continue reading...Google’s “Parisian Love” video rumored to run during the Super Bowl
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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Rumor has it that the following video from Google, titled “Parisian Love” will air later today during the Super Bowl. Eric Schmidt even tweeted, “Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen over.”) My thoughts? It’s a damn good commercial that [...]
Continue reading...Life working at Google
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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This isn’t Apple related at all, but an interesting read about one person’s experience working at Google after just 1 month on the job.
Continue reading...Steve Jobs calls Adobe lazy, says Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra is BS, and promises A+ upgrade for the iPhone
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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Last week, Apple held an informal town-hall style meeting where company employees engaged in a Q&A session with CEO Steve Jobs. Wired, citing an anonymous person who was there, yet not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, writes that Jobs addressed a bevy of issues, including Apple’s stance on flash, the next-gen iPhone, and [...]
Continue reading...Despite growing rivalry, Google CEO Eric Schmidt still has a special place for Apple in his heart
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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Following a report that Apple is considering making Microsoft’s Bing the default search engine on the iPhone, Jim Goldman, citing a source familiar with the situation, said that Steve Jobs hates Google CEO, and former Apple board member, Eric Schmidt. And given Apple and Google’s growing rivalry over the past few months, this shouldn’t come [...]
Continue reading...Does Steve Jobs hate Google CEO Eric Schmidt? More on the Bing/iPhone story…
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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In an interesting post on CNBC, Jim Goldman highlights some fascinating nuggets of information about recent reports that Apple is considering making Bing the default search engine on the iPhone, at the obvious expense of Google. Citing a source familiar with the ongoing “search dynamics” between Microsoft and Apple, Goldman gives us a little bit of background as to why [...]
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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