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These Intimidating Emails From Steve Jobs Put Apple At The Center Of Alleged Conspiracy Against Workers (AAPL, GOOG, INTC)
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Emails from former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, published below, are at the center of a lawsuit that that connects the tech industry's most powerful executives and companies. Five tech workers are suing Apple, Google, and Intel. They say that top executives at these companies agreed to not hire each other's...
These Intimidating Emails From Steve Jobs Put Apple At The Center Of Alleged Conspiracy Against Workers (AAPL, GOOG, INTC)
Google to provide Raspberry Pis and Arduinos, train teachers for UK schools
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Google has announced a three-year partnership with UK organization Teach First, which aims to increase students' exposure to science and technology by training teachers and providing equipment. Each year 34 teachers will go through a six-week training program, for a total of 102, with the first group due to...
Schmidts Have Their Say on North Korea Trip
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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and his daughter have taken to the Internet to write about their recent trip to North Korea....
Eric Schmidt Talks About His North Korea Visit: Global Internet Access Is The Key
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The Google Chief visited the strict dictatorship with Bill Richardson, among others. Eric Schmidt's three-day visit to North Korea has ended. The trip, which elicited frowns from the U.S. State Department, was described by him as "a private visit to North Korea to talk about the free and open...
Beamit changes name to Remitly
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Remitly’s Matt Oppenheimer and Josh Hug are looking to transform the way people transfer money overseas. Beamit Mobile, the TechStars Seattle grad that’s developing technologies to allow customers to easily transfer money from the U.S. to the Philippines, has changed its name to Remitly. CEO Matt Oppenheimer said that they’ve been testing...
The Android Conundrum: People Buy More Phones And Do Less With Them (AAPL, GOOG)
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It's been a little over four years since the first Android phone went on sale. Despite Apple's one-year lead, devices running Google's mobile operating system now regularly beat Apple's iPhone in sales figures. Google chairman Eric Schmidt expects there will be a billion Android devices by next year. But when...
Peek lets amateur tour guides plan a "perfect day" in their city of choice
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Maybe you live in a popular city for tourism, like New York or San Francisco, and you’re used to giving your list of favorite activities to out-of-town visitors. Or maybe you took the best trip of your life to a distant city, and want to share your tips and tricks...
Google's Eric Schmidt Seeks Rapprochement With French Over Proposed Newspaper-Linking Tax
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Earlier this month Google, which past French president Jacques Chirac once called an agent of “Anglo-Saxon cultural Imperialism,” threatened to stop linking to French news websites after French publishers and the French government floated a proposal to require the search engine to... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article....
Google Ideas announces the INFO summit as a way to expose violent illicit networks
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In a blog post today, Google Ideas head Jared Cohen described a new initiative to expose violent illicit networks. Violent illicit networks represent a trillion-dollar problem that affects every society in the world and claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year. For example, more than 50,000 people have died in the past five...
Newvem offers insights into your Amazon Web Services usage, raises $4m from Greylock, Index, Eric Schmidt
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Two Israeli entrepreneurs with a track record in starting and selling enterprise software companies have put their weight behind a new startup called Newvem. The company’s SaaS solution – dubbed KnowYourCloud Analytics – enables Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers to analyze and optimize their cloud usage. Today, Newvem is announcing...
Newvem offers insights into your Amazon Web Services usage, raises $4m from Greylock, Index, Eric Schmidt
Google's Explainer-in-Chief Can't Explain Apple
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As Google Inc. battles rivals ranging from Apple Inc. to Internet companies that allege it fixes its search results, Eric Schmidt has become the search giant’s peacemaker and explainer-in-chief. Google’s former CEO and current executive chairman met with lawmakers in Washington last week as the Federal Trade Commission appeared closer...
Google's Schmidt on China: 'Ultimately censorship fails'
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt says the power of the Internet and citizens' desire for information will break down the Great Firewall of China. [Read more]...
Apple, Google and Intel CEOs ordered into questioning over no-poaching deals
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If you're the sort to go CEO-watching, you may want to swing by Judge Lucy Koh's courtroom in the near future. Judge Koh has ordered four hours each of depositions from Apple's Tim Cook, Intel's Paul Otellini and former Google chief Eric Schmidt to glean more information about the...
Dear Eric Schmidt, It’s Been 6 Months — Where Are Those...
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How Cybercriminals Used Facebook And Amazon For A World Tour Of Theft
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Hamza Bendelledj is believed to have stolen funds from 127 American banks over the past six years using the sophisticated Zeus botnet. A new report suggests it infected more than a third of the worlds IP addresses by hijacking trusted brands such as Amazon and by sending 1.5 fake...
Google's Schmidt offers strong words regarding Apple Maps flap
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday confirmed a new version of its popular iOS mapping app has not yet been submitted to Apple, adding that the iPhone maker's decision to switch to a new proprietary solution was perhaps a misstep....
Judge Wants To See Apple, Google And Intel Heads In Her Office Immediately
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U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh wants to see Google's Eric Schmidt, Apple's Tim Cook, and Intel's Paul Otellini in her office. She's ordered four hours with each CEO separately to question them about an alleged no-poaching agreement the three tech companies made. Employees say the three made a verbal pact...
Mayor Bloomberg, Eric Schmidt Dish on Upgrades to New York's Tech Scene
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Mayor Bloomberg and Mr. Dorsey. (Photo: nycgov.tumblr.com) Earlier today, Betabeat ventured downtown for a tech-world double whammy: Not just Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but also Google chairman Eric Schmidt were scheduled to speak. The pair were stopping by the joint headquarters of Boxee and Sidetour for a quick check-up on the state...
WSJ: Eric Schmidt calls China 'the most sophisticated and prolific' hacker of foreign firms
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The Wall Street Journal snagged a preview of an upcoming book co-authored by Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and the company's Jared Cohen, and it doesn't seem to paint the rosiest picture of China. Dubbed The New Digital Age, the tome reportedly claims China is "the world's most active...
Today's Scuttlebot: Anonymous on Swartz, and Precious Obscurity
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The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. For Monday, selections include Eric Schmidt's daughter reporting on North Korea, strange book recommendations from an app that uses Facebook data and the European Union's $1.3 billion contest for financing science projects....
Judge orders Oracle to pay Google’s $300K in legal fees
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A jury decided this last month that Google did not infringe upon Oracle’s patents, but it has now come to light that Oracle must pay Google’s legal fees accrued from the trial. Oracle, a database software giant based in Redwood City, Calif., sued Google in August 2010, while alleging the Android operating system violated a number...
★ On the Timing of Apple's Map Switch
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Let’s assume the timeframes being reported about Apple and Google’s maps license are accurate. The various reports coming out yesterday and today are in general agreement in this regard, and my own sources (who in this case are, as they say, directly familiar with the matter) back this up: Google...
Try-before-you-buy YBuy subscription services raises $1M from Eric Schmidt
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One of the biggest hurdles to buying stuff online is the inability to try them out first hand before knowing whether you want to purchase it. But increasingly, companies are getting around that by offering a try-before-you-buy option for online goods, something Warby Parker has done successfully with glasses. YBuy,...
Looks Like Google Might Not Be Getting That Sweetheart Deal From the FTC
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After continued leaks and reports that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission would go easy on Google with an antitrust settlement reached this week, the tides seem to be turning. The FTC will likely push its deliberation on Google’s competitive practices until next year so it can continue to deliberate on...
Oprah and Eric Schmidt Back Cory Booker’s New Startup #waywire, a Media Site for Millenials
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(Photo: waywire.com) While you were clinging to your A/C unit over the weekend, New York mayor and Twitter addict Cory Booker was ushering his new startup out of stealth mode. The company, called #waywire, is a media platform that combines original and syndicated videos with relevant user-generated content from young...
Can Marissa Mayer Really Have It All?
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There comes a moment in every very ambitious person’s life when she sees with perfect clarity that the path before her is blocked. For Marissa Mayer, Google employee No. 20 and Silicon Valley’s reigning “geek queen,” this moment occurred last year, when her former boyfriend, Google co-founder Larry Page, kicked...
Talent Crowdsourcing Startup Talenthouse Raises $4.1 Million From Director Brett Ratner, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Others
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Talenthouse, the talent crowdsourcing startup that aims to connect well-known artists with talented (but not so well known) collaborators, announced a new round of funding today. The company raised $4.2 million from a series of high-profile investors, including director and film producer Brett Ratner, Jean Piggozzi, Estée Lauder chairman William...
Talent Crowdsourcing Startup Talenthouse Raises $4.1 Million From Director Brett Ratner, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Others
China bans internet anonymity
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China is taking steps to abolish online anonymity by passing a law which requires citizens to identify themselves when signing up for internet and telecommunications services. The new law, Bloomberg says, will require people to provide their full names when ordering landlines, mobile phones, and internet connections, and will also...
Google Now Comes Online (Well, Its Homepage Does)
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Google Now, the smart personal search assistant announced yesterday at Google I/O, has now come online. Well, the landing page for the service has come online, that is. The new site introduces the key aspects to Google Now, which arrives in Google’s next mobile operating system, Android 4.1 (aka Jelly...
The Feds Are All, 'Really, Eric?' With Mr. Schmidt's Mission to North Korea
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“But YOU SEE…” (Screencap) Sometime soon, Google chairman and unfiltered man-about-town Eric Schmidt is due to set out for North Korea in the company of former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. However, it seems the U.S. State Department is not particularly keen on this trip. In fact, it sounds like America’s...
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