Ben Charny

From Google’s perspective, the newly-proposed telecom duo of AT&T and Bellsouth can’t be good combination. “Uh oh.” That means there’s an even louder, more influential voice supporting a very biased Internet. It’ll be one where Google and other Internet-based companies must pay broadband providers a fee in order to offer their services to their subscribers. […]

A couple of new apps-in-the-making combine the features of Google and auctioneer eBay, making for an interesting mix of two Internet honchos. With this software installed, eBay bidders can keep track of an auction’s current high bid, time remaining and other details using Google’s desktop features. The plug-in was originally developed by Google. There’s also […]

Google doesn’t often mention its mistakes. So it was surprising to hear at Analyst Day of a Google feature that doesn’t appear to be making the grade. It’s an online hailer of cabs, using global positioning devices to find the nearest one. A Google exec explained that the cabs showed up to the pick-up location […]

Google said it recently addressed a “minor security flaw” in its Gmail e-mail features, but wouldn’t comment further. Google was responding to an inquiry about a glitch blogger Ph3Rny pointed out March 1. In the blog entry, the teen theorized that the flaw could be exploited to gather e-mail addresses.

Major technology stars before Oracle have tried to sell enterprise search products. But all the deep pockets and business savvy haven’t done much to awaken the slumbering market. By most estimates, sales of enterprise search equipment hover at a few hundred millions of dollars a year. In a sign of how little’s changed despite the […]

That was one humble Google at its annual Analyst Day exercise today. Humble, sober and, more tellingly, missing Google’s usual swagger. The 4-hour event amounted to Google explaining life in the post-Google-Giddiness Era. For one, there’s been a profound mindset change. At Google, profits are much more important. That changes everything. Most importantly, Google’s anything-goes […]

Google’s Eric Schmidt opens the day vowing to run the company based on the founding principles. “Principles matter, it’s part of what will be coming as we grow,” he said. Larry Page, co-founder, on customer trust: “There’s great incentive to be trusted. Companies that win in this space will be trusted.” Co-founder Sergey Brin, on […]

Capital expenses, China and the balance sheet were major issues Google executives discussed March 2 during its annual “analyst day” in Mountain View, Calif. Google CEO Eric Schmidt first told the gathering of financial analysts that “principles matter, its part of what will be coming as we grow.” Then he addressed his usual litany of […]

Googles never-ending search for new features has made its data center a star. The data center—and all the spending that goes with it—could take the stage at Googles analyst day March 2. Why? Googles future growth now means making great features that can ultimately be monetized. That practice puts the burden on a search engines […]

(UPDATED March 2) Google’s introduced a more affordable Mini search appliance for enterprises. The latest hardware has the capacity to search 50,000 documents, and costs just under $2,000. The search provider thinks its lowest priced Mini yet will sets up more market opportunities.

Here come Trexy.com, another new search feature to borrow from Dr. Vannevar Bush’s visionary1945 Atlantic Monthly article “As We May Think”. What Bush proposed, and Trexy says it’s bringing to life, is a “Memex” or memory extender machine to organize the public record. The 2006 version involves the saving, and anonymous sharing, of a “search […]

Google’s stock price dropped as much as seven percent in recent trading after its chief financial officer told investors that Google’s growth is sure to slow down. This is the second volatile Google stock price movement in a month or so, and set off by Google’s assessment of its financial future.