4 posts tagged “google”

Outlook ? Make that Google Calendar... ((cheapo pun. Hey, it's a free blog ; ))

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/google_to_surpass_size_of_microsoft_windows_in_2009

(( The author's name will give some readers a bad "New Economy" flashback headache, but the article is actually interesting and worth reading))

Other bad news for Microsoft stock holders is the tendency of some large customers to skip Windows Vista and stick with XP until Windows 7 is out...

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080512_157155.htm?campaign_id=yhoo

I have only see anecdotical evidence of this so far, it will be interesting to look at the numbers.

Und diesmal geht es nicht mal um absolutistische Machtgelüste oder drohende Informationsmonopole der Suchkrake...

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/100035

Langsam erinnert mich das deutsche Rechtssystem - oder besser dessen Auswüchse - an das amerikanische.

Google erlaubt ja nicht erst seit gestern solche Suchabfragen; die deutsche Pornoindustrie ist Ende 2007 endlich in der globalisierten Welt angekommen...

PS: Und Wikipedia-Artikel sollen auch verboten werden...

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/100170

As interesting as the "Space Evelator Elevator" idea. The idea here is not to move things into space but rather move energy "earthbound"...

http://www.makanipower.com/home.html

and

http://skywindpower.com/ww/index.htm

Google invested a little in the first company ((Makani)). I am all for a few more no-fly areas for this great idea to become reality.

PS: Tomorrow is Blog Action Day about the environment (( http://www.blogactionday.org/de )).

Long rumored, now apparently closer to reality:

Google Inc. is searching for growth in cellphones.

The company, which has made billions of dollars in Web advertising on computers, is courting wireless operators to carry handsets customized to Google products, including its search engine, email and a new mobile Web browser, say people familiar with the plans. It wants to capture a big chunk of the fast-growing market for ads on cellphones.

Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the cellphone project, say people who have been briefed on it. It has developed prototype handsets, made overtures to operators such as T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, and talked over technical specifications with phone manufacturers. It hopes multiple manufacturers will make devices based on its specs and multiple carriers will offer them.

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118602176520985718.html

This brings at least three interesting implications and questions:

-  Will Google also ((at least in the USA, 700Mhz spectrum is for sale)) buy wireless spectrum or 'just' do phones at the moment ? ((Or will it become a virtual phone operator, a move long rumored for Apple )) ?

- How can a giant software/services company like Google provide good ((mass-market)) hardware and after-sales support ? A lesson Microsoft learned the hard way with XBox 360 quality and recalls...
((And how will a Google phone affect its cozy relationsip with Apple long-term ? Although Apple only strives for a small chunk of the phone market at the moment...)

- Now that a Google cellphone and browser are out soon, what about an answer to Adobe Flash/Flex and MS WFE/Silverlight from both companies ? I wonder when and how Apple will get active in this new area for web apps so they are independent of both Adobe and Microsoft in web applications creation and APIs.