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21 May 2010 20:25

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Tech: Did the “Fake Steve Jobs” guy choose to ditch the iPhone?

  • YEP and his comments kind of say it all; ouch source
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21 May 2010 14:13

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Tech: FTC to Google: OK, you jerks can acquire AdMob

Google went through months of back-and-forth about the acquisition, which kinda seemed silly after Apple made it clear they’d have competition. source
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21 May 2010 11:44

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Tech: “Insert Coin”: Google comes up with awesome Pac-Man doodle

Pac-Man turns 30 this year, but it’s never been feted quite like this. We can’t wait for a Super Mario Bros. doodle. source
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19 May 2010 12:20

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Tech: Google finally understands what to do with Wave

  • 2009 Google launches this crazy product called Wave at their I/O conference. It rides a huge wave of hype (and invites). Then it causes a huge backlash.
  • 2010 The main developer, Lars Rasmussen, says they finally understand what it’s for. “It’s about groups of people adopting Wave,” he says. Oh. source
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18 May 2010 21:20

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Tech, World: Google’s stupid wi-fi mistake gets the regulators on them

  • bad Google’s Street View cars traveled around European cities and towns and accidentally downloaded people’s wi-fi data. Oops.
  • worse Understandably, some countries are upset. The Germans and the Czech are doing investigations of the Street View cars. source
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14 May 2010 20:42

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Tech: Oops: Google Street View accidentally ganked people’s wi-fi data

Don’t mind us! It’s just Google Street View, driving through your villa. Do do do do do … hey, what’s this private wi-fi data we’re picking up? Oh crap. source
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14 May 2010 14:56

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Tech: Was Google’s Nexus One online storefront a failure?

  • YES people prefer buying phones in person, not online source
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11 May 2010 23:23

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Tech: Does Google have an iPad competitor in the works yet?

  • YES they’re working on it with Verizon as we speak source
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10 May 2010 10:30

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Tech: Android outsells iPhone in the U.S., but BlackBerry outsells them both

  • 33% of smartphone sales are made by BlackBerry maker RIM
  • 28% of smartphone sales are various phones that run on Google’s Android OS
  • 21% of smartphone sales are made by Apple; note the lack of Microsoft source
  • » Red herring?: Before we go gaga over these sales numbers, one thing to keep in mind is that Apple only sells one phone, whereas Research in Motion has a whole lineup of phones and Android is used by numerous companies. Business Insider sees a different (and also probably accurate) conclusion: Apple needs to get their phone on Verizon, like yesterday.
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29 Apr 2010 09:38

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Tech: Them’s fighting words: Yahoo’s CEO rips Google really hard

  • Google is going to have a problem because Google is only known for search. It is only half our business; it’s 99.9% of their business. They’ve got to find other things to do.
  • Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz • Talking smack to the king of the hill today. Google does tons of other stuff, though! They have e-mail (just like Yahoo), a news site (just like Yahoo), a maps app (just like Yahoo), a photo site (just like Yahoo), a social networking site (just like Yahoo) and, unlike Yahoo, a hand in the mobile sphere. And, unlike Yahoo, they don’t have the rep of getting bogged down by all of the extracurricular activities, or (more importantly) of being a place where “startups go to die,” as TechCrunch recently put it. So, while Google is in need of other revenue streams, Yahoo may not be the right company to give them crap. source
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