Eric Schmidt
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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
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
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
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
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., sales team, Customer support, Phone, Services, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Sales
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, board, Apple Inc., Google Inc., agreement
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., David Lawee, JumpTap, Twitter Inc., advertisement, CEO, network, mobile, Search Result
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
Schmidt plans talks with Apple over board role
News Following Google's announcement of its Chrome OS project, CEO Eric Schmidt and Apple might have to consider his board service in a new light.
Tags: Operating systems, Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Conference, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, operating system, Eric Schmidt, Apple iPhone
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
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
Google revenue climbs, meets expectations
News Revenue rises 3 percent to top US$4 billion as online ad spending avoids a downward spiral amid an economy still looking for signs of recovery.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Internet advertising, Google Inc., earnings per share, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Eric Schmidt, marketing, revenue, traffic acquisition cost
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
Schmidt not interested in tech czar job
News Google's CEO takes himself out of the running to be the United States' first chief technology officer.
Tags: Executive recruiting, Government, Google Inc., Net Neutrality, CNBC, Vint Cerf, CTO, Eric Schmidt, job, CNET Networks Inc.
