Apr 26
When it comes to content distribution, the internet is still very much like the wild, wild west. While providers like HBO and Netflix have built robust media platforms that allow viewers to watch movies and television with built-in fees, consumers are still able to digest a lot of content for virtually nothing. In fact, some …
Feb 22
Earlier this week, Google announced it was ready to test out a prototype of its eyewear Google Glass, the search giant’s plunge into wearable computing and augmented reality. Google Glass, developed by the same lab working on the driverless car, features a voice-augmented display with many of the same capabilities of a smartphone: check messages, shoot …
Oct 19
An earlier- and lower-than-expected earnings release followed by a brief halt in trading ended with Google (GOOG) shares plunging by about 9 percent yesterday. The tech giant missed several key consensus estimates on Wall Street, including net revenue gains from last year that could be blamed on a rise in costs, tepid ad revenue and dismal …
Oct 16
Trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle in certain work environments is almost like dodging a minefield, between work lunches, snacks and other temptations that often add more calories rather than add up to a good nutrition plan. While Google is famous for search, the Android operating platform, and innovation within the technology industry, it is …
Aug 27
Last spring, I wrote about Google’s push into augmented reality–eye glasses that send and receive information, are voice controlled and have video and camera capabilities. Two film students at Jerusalem’s Belazeal Academy of Arts, Eran May-Raz and Daniel Lazo, have expanded on Google’s vision, creating a gamified world that you’ve never seen before:
Jul 17
At Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference taking place this week in Aspen, the fireworks went off between Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and now executive chairman, and Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and outspoken libertarian. They both started out addressing whether or not technology has improved humanity in the past 30 years but soon ended …
Jul 16
The troubled internet giant Yahoo! is about to get some help from one of its biggest competitors. Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive and one of the public faces of the company, has jumped ship and will head a few miles down the road from Mountain View to serve as the new Yahoo! CEO. Mayer, who …
Jul 05
Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is scheduled to arrive in stores by sometime in mid-July, but it’s already stunningly rave reviews as an affordable option that will compete with both the Apple iPad and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. To quote WIRED magazine, “this is how you make a 7” tablet.” For book, magazine and news publishers that aren’t …
Jul 03
Click on the “About Google” section just under the Google Doodle and the search bar, and you’ll see the following message in plain sight: Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Following this very clear mission statement, is a list of ten items the company lives by, …
May 04
It happened to Microsoft and now it’s happening to Google. The digerati are starting to question, disparage (and even hate) Google’s strategies. It’s a common story, the more powerful and successful a company becomes, the more we enjoy watching it fall from grace. The latest example comes from Om Malik, founder of GigaOM. “Google,” he …