Tag Archive: Google
How Frank Quattrone and Motorola milked Google for $12.5 billion
Sep. 13, ‘11: Motorola Mobility’s proxy for its acquisition by Google is out, including a fascinating step-by-step account of the deal process, starting with communication between Google Android boss Andy Rubin and Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha to discuss the Nortel patent auction. Particularly … Continue reading →
Why doesn’t Google Search have 100% market share?
Sep. 13, ‘11: “Google” is to search as “Kleenex” is to kleenex. But if that’s the case, why are one-third of searches still happening on other sites? While it once seemed safe to predict that Google’s share could eventually reach 80%, it now seems … Continue reading →
Google buys Zagat to go after the red-hot book publishing industry
Sep. 8, ‘11: Okay, fine, it’s probably more interested in Zagat’s ratings data and competing with Yelp and Groupon. But it’s another surprising and bold deal for Larry Page and Google to make — the second in the last month. Fun to watch. Now, if a … Continue reading →
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Aug. 25, ‘11: Great story by Google exec Vic Gundotra about a call he got from Steve Jobs on a Sunday about how the yellow “o” in the Google logo didn’t look quite right in a specific setting and needed to be fixed. … Continue reading →
Holy cow, what a week!
Aug. 19, ‘11: Thanks to Google’s acquisition of Motorola and HP’s decision to get out of the PC and mobile industries, a lot has changed this week: Apple’s dominance of the tablet industry is even more secure. HP is out, and even if … Continue reading →
Re-ranking the mobile industry
Aug. 18, ‘11: The companies that matter: Apple Google … There will be a third-place platform: Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, BlackBerry? Right now, it’s but a dream. Earlier: That was fast: HP is already getting out of the tablet and phone business
Google plus Motorola: Will it blend?
Aug. 17, ‘11: The WSJ’s Shayndi Raice has a good story today about how Google could have some real challenges integrating Motorola, which has about 20,000 employees and a very different culture than Google. Choice bit: One former Android executive boasted that Google … Continue reading →
Amazingly, Microsoft might not miss the boat on tablets
Aug. 17, ‘11: Microsoft tablets based on Windows 8 won’t be ready until next year. Unexpectedly, that might not be too late to matter. Yes, Microsoft is still inexcusably tardy. Steve Ballmer first showed off that HP “slate” at CES in 2010 — … Continue reading →
Henry Blodget: Google-Motorola will be a “colossal disaster”
Aug. 16, ‘11: Henry Blodget, writing for Business Insider: If all Larry really wants in the Motorola deal is that bag of patents and plans to spin off Motorola’s operating business immediately, fine. Even this will be tough to execute–getting approvals for the … Continue reading →
Of course Google’s Android partners will keep using Android — they don’t have a choice
Aug. 16, ‘11: Now that Google is buying Motorola, there’s an idea out there that many of Google’s Android partners, like Samsung, HTC, and LG, will start moving away from Android and building more of their phones on rival operating systems. But that’s … Continue reading →