What’s Coming in Internet Advertising: 12 Predictions for 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by robhof

I did my annual predictions first on my Forbes blog, The New Persuaders, since they’re focused largely on the Internet media and advertising I cover there. On that blog, they’re done as separate posts, but I wanted to gather them up in one place here, as I’ve done in previous years. So here’s what I [...]

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Polishing Chrome at Google I/O: Angry Birds, Cheap Payments & $20 Chromebooks

Posted on May 11, 2011 by robhof

After hearing yesterday how Android is becoming a leading force in mobile devices, today at Google’s annual I/O developer conference, we’re expecting to hear how Google hopes to repeat its success in a more established realm: the Web. Google hopes to turn the Web into a mainstream platform for applications, and it’s betting heavily on [...]

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LIVE: What’s New From Google’s Android: Web Store and More

Posted on February 2, 2011 by robhof

Google seems to realize that most people can’t keep up with all the developments around its Android mobile-device operating software. So this morning, it’s inviting a whole lot of press to an event promising to provide ”an in-depth look at Honeycomb, Android ecosystem news and hands-on demos.” I’ll be liveblogging the highlights starting at 10 a.m. [...]

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What’s Coming on the Internet in 2011 (Or Not)

Posted on January 2, 2011 by robhof

I know I shouldn’t do it–predictions too often are either obvious or wrong–but I can’t help it. If I have to think about what’s coming in 2011, and I do, I might as well inflict those thoughts on the rest of the world. Isn’t that what blogging is all about? Anyway, here’s what I expect [...]

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What Happened in 2010–and Didn’t

Posted on December 30, 2010 by robhof

Somehow I persuaded myself a year ago to offer up predictions for what would happen in 2010–and what wouldn’t happen. Now it’s time to take my medicine and see how I fared. What I said would happen: * Merger mania will accelerate in technology, especially acquisitions of smaller firms. OK, so it was a bit [...]

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A Glimpse Into the Future of Television

Posted on December 20, 2010 by robhof

If there’s one thing that struck me while I was researching an article on the future of television for Technology Review, it was all the fake living rooms. Google has one. So does Roku. So do Logitech, Sezmi, and Intel (which I believe has several in different states). I’m sure I missed a dozen more. It’s a sign [...]

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LIVE at Google’s Chrome OS Launch: “Nothing But the Web”

Posted on December 7, 2010 by robhof

When Google announced plans for its own operating system, Chrome OS, in July 2009, many observers thought the company had gone a little Microsoft-crazy. Not so, in my opinion. But for whatever reason, the Web-based operating system–described by Google as essentially the Chrome Web browser with a bunch of software drivers needed to run many [...]

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Google TV’s Search for a Living Room Hit

Posted on November 10, 2010 by robhof

Now that Google TV, the search giant’s shot at bringing the Web to the television, has been out for a few weeks in the form of the Logitech Revue settop box and Sony’s TVs and Blu-ray machine, all eyes are on how it’s doing. Truth be told, it’s still too early to know. But Rishi Chandra, [...]

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Live at Logitech’s Google TV Launch: Revue Looks Good. But $300? Could Be a Tough Sell

Posted on October 6, 2010 by robhof

Logitech is about to debut its long-awaited Google TV box at a San Francisco press event. It’s the first device to come out publicly since the search giant announced its Web-TV plans back in May. Those who pay close attention to Google TV already have seen basically what it looks like, so now the key [...]

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Google’s Marissa Mayer Live at TechCrunch Disrupt

Posted on September 29, 2010 by robhof

Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice-president of search products & user experience, is holding a fireside chat at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference this afternoon. One of the best-known faces of the search giant, she often provides clues to where the look and feel of Google’s signature service is heading. She’s talking with TechCrunch editor and newly minted [...]

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