Cross-posted on my Forbes blog, The New Persuaders. So much talk about evil these days. Google is evil for promoting results from its Google+ social network on search results pages, and even for changing its privacy policy to make clear its services share data. Apple is evil for not coming down hard enough on harsh [...]
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With Google queuing up the debut of its mobile payments system on Thursday and Square announcing plans to replace the cash register and the wallet in one fell swoop, there’s a lot of interest in the use of cell phones to pay for things in the physical world. This morning, we’re hearing a bit more [...]
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It’s ironic, or maybe apropos, that you can’t find anything about the new mobile search application Do@ by Googling it. Google doesn’t track the @ symbol at all. But the Israeli company (pronounced “do-at”), which launched its free iPhone app today at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York, is looking to do a number on Google. [...]
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If there are many skeptics of Google TV, today at the Streaming Media West conference, a panel of (mostly) fans discussed the potential for the search giant’s newest obsession. On the panel were moderator James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research; Ashish Arora, VP and GM of Logitech‘s Digital Home Group; Christy Tanner, GM of [...]
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One of the hottest products in the tech business these days are devices intended to bring the Web onto your television. Whether it’s Google TV, Roku, Boxee, Sezmi, Tivo, or any of many other devices, they’re all aimed at taking the Web into the last place it hasn’t yet caught on: your living room. Today [...]
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Today the Federal Trade Commission decided not to oppose Google’s proposed purchase of leading mobile ad firm AdMob, clearing the way for the $750 million deal to be closed. Given recent hints that the FTC’s staff might recommend the commission block the deal, the decision was something of a surprise. But as the FTC itself [...]
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There’s really not much else to say about Google’s just-announced Nexus One cell phone. You can read more than you want to read about it on Techmeme, plus reviews by Walt Mossberg, Mike Arrington, Tim O’Reilly, Joshua Topolsky at Engadget, and others. The gist: It looks like a very nice but not revolutionary alternative to [...]
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