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Rumors have recently been flying around about a new social network that Google is developing called Google Circles.
However, as soon as the rumors started, Google was quick to squash them. Despite word quickly circling at the recent South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive event in Austin, Google confirmed that they will not be launching anything of this sort soon. Not…
Rumors that Google is building a Facebook contender have become slightly more convincing due to Google’s Eric Schmidt confirming the launch of the social application ‘Google Me’ into their products including email, online search, videos and maps.
The announcement of this launch (in fall this year) comes at a very important time. With Facebook having suffered bad PR from recent…
In the battle over the living room space, we finally know the launch date of the long awaited Google TV.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced during the IFA show in Berlin that their TV product (Google TV) will be launched in the US this fall and would go global next year.
Schmidt pointed out that Google will allow…
Google made international headlines earlier this year when they announced plans to leave China after an attack on the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. In response, Google decided to close their Google.cn domain and redirect users to Hong Kong servers at Google.com.hk.
In recent months we haven’t heard much of an update on the…
In a recent interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked a series of questions, some of which were a little bizarre, including “What is Google?”
To most people, this would seem like a strange question with a fairly simple answer, but I think the interviewer Michael Arrington wanted to delve deeper and this is exactly the type of answer that…
Google have something to smile about in China despite being banned recently by the Chinese Government.
It has been reported that Google China is poised to announce a revenue increase of 25% for the 2nd quarter of 2009.
Brand Republic also reported that Google China’s operating revenue increased by around 50% over the previous year.
This is great news for…
There has been a fair amount of hype surrounding Microsoft’s new search engine Bing, but Google’s not scared!
For those not sure what Bing is, it’s Microsoft’s new decision engine which proclaims to be more advanced than your regular run-of-the-mill search engine.
But Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt hasn’t bought into all the hype. In a recent interview with the
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said recently that Silicon Valley will survive this economic meltdown. “This is the sixth or seventh cycle I’ve seen in Silicon Valley. I think we’re better positioned than ever.”
Regarding Google specifically, Schmidt said the company is in
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When you’re the world’s biggest search engine (not to mention one of the world’s biggest companies) and you have the deal of a lifetime in your hands, then something as small a U.S. Justice Department review isn’t going to stop you from pushing on.
That’s exactly what Google believes with their search advertising deal. Google CEO…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has told us that YouTube is still not making them any money.
In an interview with The New Yorker, Schmidt said that it “seemed obvious” that they should be able to generate “significant amounts of money” from YouTube. But they’ve still not yet accomplished this. However, he remains optimistic…