Another big partnership will allow Google to sell ad spots on Verizon FiOS TV.
There seems to be no end to the business opportunities for Google (GOOG) and Verizon (VZ). Not only are the two companies building a strong Android coalition on Verizon's wireless network (and co-authoring net-neutrality proposals), today Verizon signed up with GoogleTV ads on its FiOS network.
Today we've strengthened the reach of the Google TV Ads platform even further by MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 18, 2010 1:47 PM ET
Reading the tea leaves, he senses a thaw between Apple and giant China Mobile
Ticonderoga Securities' Brian White, fresh from an October trip to China, writes that the buzz surrounding the iPhone 4 and iPad there is stronger than ever.
"Clearly," he writes, "China is catching 'Apple fever.'"
He cites conversations with China Unicom (CHU), Apple's (AAPL) exclusive partner and the second largest carrier (162 million subscribers) in the world's largest mobile phone MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 18, 2010 1:36 PM ET
Nissan really wants to be the leader in electric vehicles. Maybe that's why it's being coy about how many they plan to sell.
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Nissan executives have been notoriously optimistic about the electric vehicle market, and not without a vested interest: they hope to become the leading manufacturer of green cars. So far, the company's image has done well from the refresh. Nissan has received plenty of press for MORE
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - Nov 18, 2010 1:18 PM ET
In an interview with a Dutch paper, Steve Wozniak says Android will dominate the industry.
Anyone looking at smartphone trends sees the Android market exploding like nothing has in the past. Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak is no exception. He told Dutch language De Telegraaf that he thought Android would win the smartphone race in the same way that Microsoft (MSFT) Windows eventually came to dominate PCs. Roughly Google (GOOG) translated:
According to MORE
Seth Weintraub - Nov 18, 2010 12:05 PM ET
The company needs to transform, but here's why going private doesn't make sense.
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Rumors of Dell going private really took off back in June when, at the Sanford C. Bernstein investor conference, CEO and founder Michael Dell, well, mentioned that he had considered that strategy.
Then earlier this month, CFO Brian Gladden poured some gas on the flames when he said the debate was still alive in Austin, saying that Dell MORE
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - Nov 18, 2010 11:50 AM ET
The former CEO of Northrop Grumman comes to Cupertino with $2.4 billion albatross
Ronald D. Sugar, who was named to Apple's (AAPL) board of directors Wednesday, was chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman (NOC) in 2005 when the Los Angeles-based aerospace giant beat out IBM (IBM) in a bid to rebuild the state of Virginia's computer infrastructure from top to bottom.
The contract -- now valued at $2.4 billion, the largest in MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 18, 2010 9:32 AM ET
In Millennial Media's latest report, Google's OS has finally caught up to Apple
Source: Millennial Media
Apple (AAPL) is still the No. 1 device manufacturer in Millennial Media's ad network with a 25% share, well ahead of Samsung (17%), Motorola (15%) and Research in Motion (13.5%).
But its iOS operating system no longer dominates the smartphone ad space. Google's (GOOG) Android, which had a 17% share to Apple's 56% in Millennial's MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 18, 2010 7:05 AM ET
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"I've only seen one major company built on the Facebook Platform. ... Justin Shaffer of Hot Potato and Sam Lessin of Drop.io -- both of those companies essentially failed." -- Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Nov 18, 2010 6:00 AM ET
The company uses a mix of subscriber information, user ratings, rentals, and cool computer algorithms to predict what kinds of entertainment you might enjoy streaming.
Back to Reed Hastings: Leader of the pack
Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer - Nov 18, 2010 12:00 AM ET
Executives from Silicon Valley to Hollywood to Wall Street admires his savvy persistence - and his company's cool culture. The secret to the Netflix CEO's success? He never stops looking over his shoulder.
Reed Hastings isn't supposed to be here -- not on a list of the year's top businesspeople, and certainly not on the cover of Fortune. His DVD-by-mail company, Netflix, was supposed to have flamed out by now, a MORE
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