Tag Archive: Google

AlwaysOn panel examines innovation within large vs small companies

This panel session was moderated by Elizabeth Tinkham, Global Lead Consultant at Accenture with the topic being:

How is the innovation process different in large versus small companies?

The panelists were:

Polly Sumner, President Salesforce.com Marissa Mayer, VP Search, Google Rashmi Sinha, CEO Slideshare Jasmine [...]

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Google Rocks Microsoft with Chrome OS announcement

Today Google announced that it will supply a personal computer operating system

…signaling a bold move on Redmond that will likely reverberate within big tech for many years to come.  The new operating system is to become available in beta form later this year, with broad availability during 2010.

Microsoft has been very vocally and publically working [...]

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Bing, Chrome surging in the war for search and browsers

Microsoft’s Bing.com Search Engine, and Google’s “Chrome” Browser – are two “Wow!”’s.

Chrome and Bing – a hot browser and search engine, respectively – are worth keeping your eye on.

Live becomes Bing

I had the chance to evaluate search engines from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft at the SMX Search Engine Marketing conference last November. I was surprised [...]

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Sprint + Google deal update

Will the $3.2B Sprint + Google+(et al…) mega-deal bring WiMax coast-to-coast in the USA?

Back on June 8 2008 we wrote about a deal announced by Sprint and Clearwire, that was the best news for WiMax imaginable:  http://tinyurl.com/cjo59d

This is a Mega-deal between Sprint, Google, Clearwire, Comcast, Time Warner, and Intel, which was intended to create “the [...]

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The Open Mobile Competition Begins

This panel, moderate by Adam Zawel from INmobile.org, examined the phenomena which started about 18 months ago, with Google’s announcement that it would participate in the 700MHz wireless auction.  That being, the “open mobile” idea wherein in concept, wireless customers will be able to connect with device purchased via channels other than the carriers, will [...]

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Location Based Services – Who will make the most money?

This panel, moderated by Rajeev Chang, Managing Director at Rutberg & Co, National Chair, Technology, Sonnenschein, examined the prospects for Tech M&A and IPO over the next two years.

The panelists were

Sumit Agarwal, Senior Product Manager, Mobile, Google Mark Collins, VP Consumer Data, AT&T Wireless Cormac Conroy, VP of Engineering, QCT [...]

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Sprint to spin XOhm into Clearwire; lands Google, Intel, Comcast, Time Warner as minority investors

The “super news” the WiMax industry has been waiting for appears to be on the way later this year:

summary Wall Street Journal article: Tech Firms to Build WiMax Network in U.S.

This $3.2B proposed cross-sector tech investment banking deal and joint venture announced May 7 2008 is to be consummated this fall after regulatory review, will [...]

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What is Google really up to with the Android initiative and 700MHz bid?

How the 700MHz bid is related to the “net neutrality” brouhaha. Why Google’s 700Mhz plans could become the tech news of 2008, and the impact beyond. Is there is an elephant in the room?

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