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Inside Google's China misfortune
The problems that Google faced while establishing its foothold in China would shake the very foundations of the company and its "Don't be evil" operating ethos. A look at Google's past five years in China -- and where it went wrong along the way.
By Steven Levy, guest contributorFORTUNE -- Plans for Google.cn were well under way by May 7, 2005, when an unexpected e-mail arrived in the in-box of Eric Schmidt. It was from a MORE
Apr 15, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
Steve Jobs in 'In the Plex'
Apple's deteriorating relationship with Google is a running theme in Steven Levy's new book
One of the first details to leak out of In the Plex -- the new page-turner about Google released Tuesday -- was that when Larry Page and Sergey Brin were pressed to hire a CEO, Steve Jobs was their first choice.
But Steven Levy -- who had previously chronicled the creation of the Mac (Insanely Great) and the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 13, 2011 6:40 AM ETPosted in: Android, Apple, Eric Schmidt, Google, In the Plex, iPhone, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Steve Jobs, Steve Levy -
Bubble babble
The only thing more important than whether there is a tech bubble: why we're so obsessed with one.
FORTUNE -- I'm calling a top to the pundit bubble. All week, spurred by Color's gaudy valuation, the tech and economic punditry have continued their months-long monologue about whether or not we're in a tech bubble. Back and forth they went, inflating nothing but their own self-importance as they jostled to be the one MORE
Chadwick Matlin - Apr 1, 2011 12:10 PM ETPosted in: App Store, Dot-com bubble, Eliot Spitzer, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Henry Blodget, iPad, Jason Calacanis, LinkedIn, NASDAQ, Zynga -
Google tries to reel in Android carriers, can't catch a break
Google tries to clean up Android, telling carriers and manufacturers that they can't get too crazy with their modifications. So it gets whacked by pundits. Damned if you do...?
It's hard for Andy Rubin and his Android creation to catch a fair break. Partnering with just about every carrier and smartphone manufacturer, Android has come from nowhere to be the dominant OS in the smartphone industry in under three years. MORE
Seth Weintraub - Mar 31, 2011 4:25 PM ETPosted in: Android, AndyRubin, BlackBerry, Eric Schmidt, Google, iPhone, Mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 -
Schmidt 2010: 'Tell me the difference between a large phone and a tablet'
A lot (15 million iPads sold) can happen in a year.
On the morning of the iPad 2 launch, it is interesting to remember just over one year ago, Eric Schmidt at Davos 2010 said of Apple's (AAPL) just-announced iPad and tablets in general:
His opinion of the iPad? He never commented on other companies. Though he couldn't quite resist a lateral jab: "You might want to tell me the difference between a MORE
Seth Weintraub - Mar 2, 2011 10:35 AM ET -
Apple's most popular board member
No, it's not Steve Jobs or Bill Campbell or even Al Gore
OK, it wasn't the Oscars and Steve Jobs is not Colin Firth.
But there was a sort of Best Board Member vote at Apple's (AAPL) shareholder meeting this week, and the outcome was a surprise.
According to the SEC Form 8-K filed on Thursday, Steve Jobs was re-elected to the board of his own company with nearly 3.5 million fewer votes MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 25, 2011 7:39 AM ETPosted in: Al Gore, Andrea Jung, Apple, Colin Firth, Eric Schmidt, Northrop Grumman, Ronald Sugar, Steve Jobs -
The annotated 'Tech Supper'
For a piece of Silicon Valley iconography, this photo is hard to beat
Below: The attendee list and who sat where, courtesy of Search Engine Land.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 18, 2011 3:35 PM ET -
The Silicon Valley Summit produces iconic picture
Held at venture capitalist John Doerr's house last night in the suburb of Woodside, President Barack Obama met the leaders of Silicon Valley to discuss jobs and innovation.
Full size, suitable for wall mounting, here. via Whitehouse Flickr
From the White house Flickr account comes this iconic picture of the heads of the largest Silicon Valley Tech companies including:
Seth Weintraub - Feb 18, 2011 12:24 PM ETPosted in: Barack Obama, Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Larry Ellison, Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs, venture capital -
Today in Tech: iPhone 5 cheaper, voice features, too
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President Obama wined and dined many of Silicon Valley's top execs last night during his first official trip to the San Francisco Bay Area. On the guest list: Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Oracle CEO MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 18, 2011 8:33 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Steve Jobs' cancer treatment
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"I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords." -- Jeopardy contender Ken Jennings during last night's competition.
President Obama will dine with Steve Jobs, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Intel CEO Paul Otellini, and Cisco CEO John Chambers at a private dinner in San Francisco MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 17, 2011 8:35 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Brad Rutter, Eric Schmidt, IBM, IBM Watson, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, Mobile, MobileMe, Paul Otellini, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs dying, Steve Jobs health
