http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/19/google-ftc-antitrust-probe_n_1159164.html
“In a written response to questions posed by the Senate antitrust subcommittee, Schmidt attempted to position Apple’s Siri technology, which allows for voice-controlled search, as a “competitive threat” to Google.”
Also somewhat interesting analysis by Scott Cleland (who IIRC, is a consultant whose biggest client is Microsoft):
Implications of Senators’ Call for Google Antitrust Probe:
Irrespective of what one actually thinks of AMZN, their business model, or the Fire, that’s a lot of devices.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/15/apple-among-10-best-companies-to-work-for/
This point stood out most for me: “Apple Employees… gave CEO Tim Cook a 96 percent approval rating”
That surprises me as well. It was natural to wonder if morale would suffer with the loss of Steve.
Anyone have ideas for an alternate name? :-p
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/07/apple-not-allowed-to-call-ipad-ipad-in-china-court-rules/
“Proview is seeking $1 billion-plus compensation from Apple for copyright infringement.”
iPup
iPup?
iPoop?
Oh China, the Kingdom of Copyright, IP, Patents, Trademarks and The Law !
Yeah, that is particularly funny…
no_iPad
maoPad
chiPad
myPad
iPanda
iTab
iAm the existentialist approach. Apple is most certainly the center of all being.
iS
Like that even better. Mine was a little to blasphemous.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/iPad-iPhone/news/index.cfm?newsid=3318335&pagtype=allchandate
“Android has surged ahead in the global smartphone market with more than half of all handsets sold worldwide in Q3 2011 running Google’s mobile OS.
Data from Gartner shows that Android now has a 52.5 percent share of the global smartphone market, up from 25.3 percent in Q3 2010. In contrast, iOS’s share has declined from 16.6 percent to 15 percent over the same period.
Sales of iPhones actually increased from Q3 2010, when they stood at 13.48 million, to 17.29 million in Q3 2011. However, sales of Android handsets nearly trebled from 20.54 million to 60.49 million over the same period.”
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/android-and-apple-marketshare-versus-profit/
“Android conquers marketshare, Apple conquers profits: Who’s winning?”
Pretty charts.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/10/27/hell-freezes-over-forrester-urges-it-to-support-the-mac/
“The voice of Windows in the enterprise discovers that Mac users are more productive”
“”It’s time to repeal prohibition and take decisive action,” writes David Johnson in a new report made available to Fortune (and available for sale here). “Mac users are your HEROes and you should enable them not hinder them.”
“HERO,” it turns out, is a Forrester acronym for Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives — “the 17% of information workers who use new technologies and find innovative ways to be more productive and serve customers more effectively.”"
From: http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/23/steve-jobs-admire-mark-zuckerberg-not-selling-out/
“Jobs’ relationship with Bill Gates goes back the furthest and is the most complicated. But the two pioneers of the PC era met one last time near the end of Jobs’ life and talked for several hours. Gates told Jobs that he proved his model—of controlling computer products from end to end—works. And Jobs said that Microsoft’s model of licensing out the OS to other manufacturers worked as well.
Only later did Gates relate to Isaacson: “What I didn’t tell Steve is that it only works when you have a Steve Jobs.” When Isaacson asked Jobs if he really thought the Microsoft model works, Jobs replied: “Yeah, it works, but only if you don’t mind making crappy products.””
Anyone remember this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILoo
And no, it’s not an Apple product…
No, but on a more *satisfying note,*
I do remember the iGasm
http://gizmodo.com/igasm
LOL, I’ve never seen that.
For those who keep insisting that Google wants to get into the business of selling phones, this story seems to be a pretty good explanation of why Google — a search and advertising company — has really been investing in Android:
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/how-android-helped-google-win-battle-local/2011-09-14
I somehow can’t find ‘local’ in that article.
Well…..
“The only piece missing from the equation is local-specific user feedback and recommendations–which is why last week Google acquired ratings service and local reviews provider Zagat LLC…… Zagat gives Google the piece of the puzzle it tried to add two years ago when it flirted with purchasing local business review site Yelp”…… And “The Zagat deal followed a month after Google acquired local deals startup The Dealmap for an undisclosed sum….”
But I can’t seem to find where the articles says anything about Google ‘not’ wanting to be in the business of selling phones. Let’s see, Google is buying MMI. MMI sells phones. Sounds like Google wants to be in the phone business.
“But I can’t seem to find where the articles says anything about Google ‘not’ wanting to be in the business of selling phones.”
“Let’s see, Google is buying MMI. MMI makes Baby Monitors. Sounds like Google wants to be in the baby monitor business.”
http://www.outofthefog.net/Treatment/CumHocErgoPropterHoc.html
“It’s a suite of mobile services unrivaled in scope and reach by competitors like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Yahoo, and it gives Google a virtually insurmountable lead in the race for the real prize: The local advertising market.
Popular Android services like Google Search and Google Maps are key. These are core Google services, synonymous with the brand, and mobile access makes them even more meaningful. The Nielsen data suggests that the number of on-the-go Android owners accessing Google mobile apps each month to obtain personalized, location-specific information already totals in the tens of millions, and as user behaviors continue to migrate from the desktop to mobile devices, those numbers will only grow.”
“How Android helped Google win the battle for local” — Petitio principii!
Here’s a pair of winners!
http://www.google.com//finance?chdnp=0&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=Linear&chdeh=0&chfdeh=0&chdet=1316462400000&chddm=494224&chls=IntervalBasedLine&cmpto=NASDAQ:MSFT&cmptdms=0&q=NASDAQ:GOOG&ntsp=0
2 weeks have passed since the MMI announcement and all of the other Android Partners’ wooden/boilerplate statements of support. I’ve been waiting to see what their *real* feelings might be (Samsung, of course, is rumored to be considering buying Palm’s WebOS — but that seems more like a tablet play since Bada already has greater penetration on smartphones). This appears to be the first of them coming out with a statement:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/01/us-sony-ericsson-idUSTRE78036120110901
“BERLIN | Thu Sep 1, 2011 12:51pm EDT
(Reuters) – Smartphone vendor Sony Ericsson said it saw Google’s acquisition of rival Motorola Mobility as a move to protect Google’s Android software from legal attacks by rivals.”
“Google confirmed that this is not making Google a hardware manufacturer. I assume the global marketshare of Motorola is somewhere around 15 percent in Android. I think everybody would agree that it does not really make sense to jeopardize 85 percent of your business,” Scheurer said.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/08/30/smartphones-android-pulling-away-from-the-pack/
Google will own (maybe) MMI. MMI is a hardware manufacturer. Therefore, Google is a hardware manufacturer. Unless Google plans to just keep the patents and sell everything, this is just the way it is.
And not everyone is going to be stupid enough to think otherwise.
Microsoft to win from Google Motorola buy: Acer
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/02/us-google-acer-idUSTRE7814JR20110902
“Microsoft will be the winner in Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility as the deal makes Google a direct rival to its phone-making clients, a senior executive from Acer Inc said on Friday.”
Nicu 8:10 pm on December 15, 2011 52 days ago Reply
They do not say how many of those are Fire (nor how many get returned).