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Extensive interview with Google CEO Larry Page
Fortune has the tremendous scoop: I don’t know if this is unique at this time in this industry, but there are companies that are clearly competing with each other [Google, Apple and Amazon], with completely different business models. I actually view that as a shame when you think about it that way. All the big technology […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook and Google CEO Larry Page engage in discussions over IP issues – Report
Thursday, August 30, 2012
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While Samsung and Apple remain at each other’s throats, a new report claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been engaged in secret talks with Google CEO Larry Page about a whole host of IP issues. Google Inc Chief Executive Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes talks about a range […]
Continue reading...“A healthy disregard for the impossible”
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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From Larry Page’s 2012 update which is well worth a read: When I was a student at the University of Michigan, I went on a summer leadership course. The slogan was “a healthy disregard for the impossible,” and it’s an idea that has stayed with me ever since. It may sound nuts, but I’ve found […]
Continue reading...Larry Page says Steve Jobs’ anger of Android was “just for show”
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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In a bizarre revelation, Google CEO Larry Page claimed in an interview yesterday that Jobs’ anger towards Android was just for show, and was simply a means to inspire the rank and file at Apple. I think that served their interests. For a lot of companies, it’s useful for them to feel like they have […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs’ advice to Larry Page
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Steve Jobs’ hatred for Android can’t be overstated. In a recently released excerpt, the Apple co-founder vowed to destroy Android and told biographer Walter Isaacson he’d spend his last dying breath trying to right what Jobs considered to be Google’s grand theft of Apple’s iOS. Nevertheless, Jobs appeared to have mended fences with Google CEO […]
Continue reading...Google co-founders react to Jobs’ passing
Thursday, October 6, 2011
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There’s a famous story that when Google was first getting off the ground, investors weren’t keen on having two 20-somethings running the company without supervision. Being the rambunctious youths that they were, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had no interest in bringing in an outsider to oversee Google’s operations. So in an effort […]
Continue reading...Google product chief Jonathan Rosenberg resigns
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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With Larry Page now in firm control as CEO of Google, significant management shakeups have already begun. This past Wednesday, Jonathan Rosenberg announced that he was leavingthe search giant after 9+ years at the company. The impetus for the departure was the result of one of Page’s first orders of business as CEO – asking […]
Continue reading...Larry Page already making moves to transform Google back into a startup
Saturday, March 26, 2011
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With Google co-founder Larry Page poised to take the CEO reigns of Google in about a week, there’s been a lot of speculation as to how Google will operate under Page as opposed to outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt. One of the more common threads we’ve seen is Page’s desire to infuse a little bit of […]
Continue reading...When Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to hire Steve Jobs
Monday, March 21, 2011
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Going all the way back to the late 90’s when Google was still an up and coming startup, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were more than content to run their company themselves. Their exuberance, however, was tempered by a venture capital firm who insisted that the two young Stanford PhD candidates hire a seasoned […]
Continue reading...Not surprisingly, Google CEO Larry Page described as a brilliant jackass
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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With Eric Schmidt out and Larry Page now in as CEO of Google, Business Insider spoke to a number of current and former Googler’s who were anything but bashful in revealing their opinions about Page. There is, of course, no denying that Page is as sharp as they come, but as with any brilliant personality […]
Continue reading...Google’s Larry Page accuses Steve Jobs of “rewriting history”
Friday, July 9, 2010
During a briefing at this weeks Allen & Co’s Sun Valley conference, Google co-founder Larry Page accused Apple CEO Steve Jobs of re-writing the history of Android to make it appear as if Google decided to go after the iPhone out of the blue and out of sheer malice. On the contrary, Page notes that […]
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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