SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison on Oct. 24 hosted the founders of 22 startups for a cocktail reception and engaged with them on topics ranging from how he navigated the difficult early days of the business computing giant he founded in 1977 to navigating the ever-changing technological landscape. In what has become an annual event, […]
Finally, Motorola is gearing up to release a pair of handsets powered by Google’s Android operating system. The Motorola Calgary seems destined to be first out of the gate and will also have the distinction of being the first Android phone carried by Verizon, according to Brighthand. The report speculates: “If the Calgary really is […]
Google has introduced a new search tool, Google Public Data, that allows users to plumb the depths of tough-to-navigate government sites like the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This will make it a lot easier for reporters to dig out useful public data and for anyone to settle arguments on a fact-based […]
Google online video destination site YouTube scored a solo Web date with “La Femme Nikita” director Luc Besson, premiering the director’s new 90-minute environmental documentary film, “Home.” The official Google blog noted that Home will “exclusively be available online on YouTube for English, French, Spanish and German-speaking countries beginning June 5 — just in time […]
Microsoft had a bad day on Thursday, announcing the first year-over-year quarterly decline in its history, but at least, said CFO Chris Liddell, things are very bright on the netbook front. “Our attach rate is over 90 percent,” he said. Well, that’s just fine, Chris, but sometimes the past isn’t prologue, it’s just the past. […]
Google is mapping outbreaks of the swine flu, one of the many ways that the company is organizing all the world’s information. Google already has a well-known service that tracks searches for flu symptoms that helps public health officials predict where outbreaks of the normal influenza virus will occur. At last count, the swine flu […]
Think Google can’t possibly earn itself an even bigger portion of the search pie? Think again. Google is giving users yet another compelling reason to get a Google account, this time promising to make searches on their own names more relevant. Talk about an exercise in narcissism, but for once, when a company tells you […]
While Google Health suffered a public relations snafu through no fault of its own last week, Microsoft scored a major public relations coup today, April 21, when the Mayo Clinic announced it will create a personal electronic health record repository using HealthVault technology rather than Google Health. Earlier in April, Microsoft also announced a partnership […]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt didn’t mince words about Android during last Thursday’s conference call, saying, “It looks like Android is going to have a very, very strong year.” He particularly stressed the success Android is having among handset makers and netbook vendors, and intimated that Google is often surprised about new announcements because “Android … […]
Google chiefs Eric Schmidt, Larry Page and Sergey Brin got themselves a new voice for the executive suite, a fact that was either glossed over or misinterpreted during yesterday’s earnings call. But Omid Kordestani is hardly a new face on campus. Google announced that Kordestani was moving from his position as senior vice president of […]