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Yahoo's farewell to search
Insight commentary With Yahoo bowing out of search technologies, company needs to assert its identity--or die.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Financial, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., server revenue, CEO, Eric Schmidt, Jerry Yang
Eric Schmidt wants Google in your office
Insight newsmaker Google services for business customers will become "very profitable" once they reach sufficient scale, CEO says in an interview.
Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Google Voice, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Web sites, Web 2.0
Top Google execs: US$1 salary, no bonus, no options
News Maybe there is such a thing as enough money. Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page got no salary, bonus, stock grants, or stock options in 2008.
Tags: Stock options and grants, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., stock compensation, Compensation, stock grant, Stock, Larry Page, Stock options and grants, Salary
Google plans first-ever share buyback
News If the company's US$750 million acquisition of AdMob is allowed to go through, Google will offset impact of issuing US$750 million in stock by buying back an equal amount.
Tags: Internet advertising, Mobile advertising, Google Inc., CEO, Bloomberg L.P., Stock, trader, Eric Schmidt, SEC, shareholder
Schmidt: Worst of recession over; Google hiring ahead
News Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares that worst of the recession is behind us and Google feels "confident about investing heavily in our future".
Tags: Internet advertising, Google Android, Google Inc., advertisement, revenue, mobile, Google Android, Investment, Wall Street, net income
Report: Google readying its checkbook
News Google thought startups were overpriced earlier in the year, but its recent purchase of On2 Technologies may be a sign that it's once again in the acquisition market.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Charlie Rose, Video, Cloud Computing, Nikkei, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Eric Schmidt, Google Apps, acquisition
Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers
News The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Worker, Eric Schmidt, antitrust, hiring, Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., board, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
News Apparent purchase of PlaceBase may explain why Apple required Google Latitude to be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Google Inc., Apple Inc., mobile, PlaceBase, Google Latitude Episode, Business Strategies & Functions, Dell Latitude, Web Browser, Eric Schmidt
Report: Google considering book settlement tweaks
News Under fire from critics and the scrutiny of the U.S. Department of Justice, Google is reportedly considering modifications to its book search settlement with book authors and publishers.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bloomberg L.P., Settlement, copyright law, Judge, Eric Schmidt, Web 2.0, Data Management
Google tries its own take on customer service
News Not surprisingly, the search giant thinks automation and innovation are important. But as CEO Eric Schmidt says, everyone wants to wring a neck when things go wrong.
Tags: Customer support, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Services, Google Inc., Phone, sales team, Customer support, Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Sales
Google CEO resigns from Apple board
News Eric Schmidt, who has been on Apple's board of directors since 2006, is stepping down because of a growing number of conflicts of interest.
Tags: Mac OS, Web browsers, Leadership, Apple Inc., Google Inc., FTC, Apple Safari, CEO, Apple OS, Eric Schmidt
Targets for Google's merger machine
News What's next on Google's mergers and acquisitions list? Head of corporate development lists search, advertising and mobile services as "top priorities".
Tags: Search, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., David Lawee, JumpTap, advertisement, CEO, network, mobile, Search Result
A Google Wave reality check
News Search giant's new combo product dazzled developers two months ago. Now comes the hard part: getting rid of the bugs.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business applications, Web 2.0, Web services, Conference, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., payroll, Larry Page, co-founder
Forrester: Tech recovery to start in fourth quarter
News IT spending should pick up again in the fourth quarter in the United States, Forrester Research forecasts, followed by increased spending in 2010 in Europe and Asia.
Tags: Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Market research, Business Strategies & Functions, Forrester Research Inc., Outsourcing, Asia, Google Inc., Europe, Gartner Inc.
Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube
News Professional content producers rejoice: Google plans to sell YouTube videos with micropayments and subscription services, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Video, Sony Pictures, Google Inc., micropayment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., payment, CEO, financial
