Eric Schmidt
was the former CEO and current Chairman of Google Inc. He was the Chief
Executive Officer of the internet giant from 2001 to 2011 when Larry Page came
on board. He is now the Chairman and he’s one of the richest men in the United
States with an estimated net worth of $9.3 billion (according to Forbes).
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Google to hold its I/O conference in June
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:12 AM
Google’s
senior vice president in charge of android and chrome, Sundar Pichai has
announced on Wednesday that Google’s I/O developer conference will be coming up
in 126 days time on June 25 – 26 at San Francisco.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Sergey Brin (1973 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:30 AM
Sergey Brin
is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who co-founded the
biggest internet company, Google Inc. Sergey Brin was born in Russia and moved
to the U.S. at the age of six.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Quotes for the week: Google's Larry Page (1973 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:33 PM
Larry Page is
an internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of technology giant
Google Inc. Larry Page has been the Chief Executive Officer of Google since
2011 when he succeeded Eric Schmidt.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Lenovo acquires Motorola Mobility from Google in its second big coup of the month
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:18 AM
Google Inc.
has announced that it has decided to sell the smartphone unit of Motorola
Mobility to Chinese company Lenovo, in a deal that is valued at $2.91 billion
and will see Google retain most of Motorola’s important patents.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Chrome apps will now run on Android and iOS
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:10 AM
Google has announced
on the official Chrome blog that Chrome apps will now be able to run on Android
and iOS devices due to a toolchain which is based on Apache Cordova.
Posted in android, Apple, Google, iOS, Smartphones
Monday, January 27, 2014
Samsung and Google sign important agreement
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:38 AM
Samsung Electronics
Co. ltd has announced that it had signed an agreement with Google Inc. that
involves global cross-license patents. This agreement covers both companies’
existing patents and those filed over the next 10 years.
Posted in android, Google, Samsung, Smartphones
Friday, January 17, 2014
Google announces a project that could help 372 million people
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:53 PM
Google announced
on the 16th of January that it was going to embark on a project that would help
diabetics monitor their blood sugar level whenever it is too low or too high.
Managing diabetes is a hard task for diabetics and a technology is needed to
make detection of sugar levels in the blood easier.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Google to acquire Nest Labs for $3.2 billion
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:58 AM
Google Inc.
has agreed a deal to buy home thermostat maker Nest Labs for a fee of $3.2
billion. Nest Labs was founded in 2011 by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers who are
both former employees of Apple Inc. and this has made the deal more
interesting.
Posted in Google, technology
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Google is the most talked about company of the year 2013
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:53 AM
Statistics
from Dow Jones has revealed that Google is the most talked about company of the
year 2013 after overtaking Apple which moved from first place last year to
second place this year.
Posted in Apple, Google, technology
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Interesting Facts you need to know about Android
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 4:27 AM
Today, it is
more difficult not to know android than it is to know the most popular
operating system in the smartphone world. Google has brought the operating
system a long way to make it the market leader in a very tight market which has
surpassed the feature phones.
Posted in android, Google, Smartphones, Tablets
Monday, November 4, 2013
First ever YouTube Music Awards: Winners
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:28 AM
Google’s
video giant, YouTube has delivered its first ever video awards which took place
in New York with other events in Seoul, London, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro. The
event was streamed live on the video site and some surprises were involved.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
iPads lost market share to Android tablets last quarter
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 5:58 AM
A new report
from International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed that despite Apple
selling a bit more ipads this quarter than the same period last year, it lost a
chunk of its market share because android sold much more tablets in comparison.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Youtube releases the list of nominees for its first ever music awards
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:37 AM
After
announcing that it will hold its first ever music awards this year, which will
be determined by users, Youtube has released the full list of nominees for the
awards that will take place later on the 3rd of November.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Google stock price tops $1000
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:57 PM
After
announcements of Google’s financial report for the third quarter of this year,
its share price gained more than 10 percent to break the $1,000 barrier for the
first time since the tech giant went public in 2004.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Google to use your profile for advertisements, how to stop it
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:04 AM
Tech giant
Google has revealed through the revision of its policies that accounts of users
of Google products could be used for adverts if you allow Google to do so
through your shared endorsement settings.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Alliance for Affordable Internet formed
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:28 PM
Alliance for
Affordable Internet (A4AI) has been launched in a bid to reduce the price of
broadband services in developing countries. The United Nations Broadband
Commission targets price of below 5% of monthly income worldwide and this is
one of the ways of achieving that.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Android is more secure than the iPhone – Eric Schmidt
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:06 PM
Google’s
Chairman and former CEO, Eric Schmidt revealed at a Gartner Symposium which
coincided with the announcement of his new book that Android Operating System
is more secure than iOS which power iPhones.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
First ever Youtube Music Awards announced
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 11:07 AM
Online video
giant Youtube, has announced that it will be holding its first ever music
awards on the 3rd of November this year. This will include music from
established stars around the world and online stars that are popular on
Youtube.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Apple is World’s most valuable brand, Google close second
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:21 PM
For the first
time since the beginning of Interbrands’ rating of valuable brands in the world
in 2000, Apple becomes the second company to grace the top spot after Coca-Cola
had the position for 12 years.
Posted in Apple, Google, technology
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