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2 Authors behind recent motion based smartphone patent work for Google and Apple
Earlier this week, All Things D reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a broad sweeping patent titled, “Method and apparatus for controlling a computer system”. The patent, which was first filed in December of 2004, describes methods for motion-based control of a smartphone. According to the patent authors, the patent “facilitates an […]
Continue reading...Apple hires RJ Pittman, former Google director of product management
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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With the Apple v. Google rivalry heating up with each passing month, it seems that the “gentlemanly agreement” between the two companies not to poach each others employees is coming to an end. Earlier this week,RJ Pittman, a director of Product Management at Google, announced via Twitter that he was leaving the search giant to […]
Continue reading...Behind Google and Apple’s growing and heated rivalry
Monday, March 15, 2010
Apple and Google have been on the outs for a few months now, and with Apple taking a jab at Google’s Android OS via their lawsuit against HTC, it doesn’t seem like the 2 tech heavyweights will be best buds again anytime soon. In a fascinating article from this past weekend, the New York Time […]
Continue reading...Apple’s HTC lawsuit makes developers think twice about Android
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Apple suing HTC for patent infringement seemingly came out of nowhere, but a new investor note from analyst Yair Reiner of Oppenheimer Research suggests that Apple has been in talks with a number of handset manufacturers over the past few months regarding their growing displeasure with what they consider to be the theft of their […]
Continue reading...HTC’s lackluster patent portfolio may be behind Apple’s recent lawsuit
Monday, March 8, 2010
Apple’s lawsuit against HTC last week raised a lot of questions, chief among them being why Apple specifically chose to go after HTC as opposed to Google, whose Android OS is what many feel is at the heart of this case. One possible explanation is that HTC doesn’t have the bankroll Google has to pull […]
Continue reading...Ballmer on Google: “They did it right first”
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Earlier this week at the Search Marketing Expo (I was going to go but I couldn’t find it), Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addressed if Bing can ever supplant Google as the top search engine on the market. “There’s no good answer to this question,” Ballmer explained, “If you say yes, you sound arrogant. If you […]
Continue reading...Google publicly backs HTC in its legal battle against Apple
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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Well it sure has been an interesting day for Apple legal hounds. Earlier today, Apple sued HTC for infringing on 20 of its patents that span everything from UI design down to OS architecture. A lot of people have chimed in stating that Apple’s lawsuit is more about its fight against Google’s Android OS than […]
Continue reading...Google Buzz – exposing Google’s arrogance
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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A must-read piece from Kontra on the public relations fiasco that accompanied its recent launch of Google Buzz. Unsure of its ability to successfully roll it out as an independent product, Google must have then decided to force feed Buzz through its Gmail user base of 175 million. Google executives likely reckoned that in a […]
Continue reading...Is Jason Calacanis on crack?
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hours after Google unleashed Google Buzz into the wild, tech pundit Jason Calacanis penned a moronic article claiming that Google Buzz is brilliant, ground-breaking, and “game-changing brilliant.” In classic Calacanis fashion, he lists out a number of ridiculous arguments in a feeble attempt to back up his assertion. 1. Google Buzz 1.0 is better than […]
Continue reading...Apple nets over $100 million per year via Google search on the iPhone
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Citing a source “familiar with Apple’s operations”, Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Apple, contrary to some previous reports, has no intention whatsoever of building its own search engine from the ground up. The most sensational item from the report, however, is that Apple’s partnership with Google on the iPhone nets Apple over $100 million […]
Continue reading...Google’s “Parisian Love” video rumored to run during the Super Bowl
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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Rumor has it that the following video from Google, titled “Parisian Love” will air later today during the Super Bowl. Eric Schmidt even tweeted, “Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen over.”) My thoughts? It’s a damn good commercial […]
Continue reading...Life working at Google
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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This isn’t Apple related at all, but an interesting read about one person’s experience working at Google after just 1 month on the job. The first thing that I’ve learned is that internally Google is incredibly open, but externally there is a lot we can’t say. I understand and support a lot of the reasons […]
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
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