Larry Page, co-founder of Google along with Sergey Brin, have always denied that Google was any type of ‘portal’. However, the language they use sometimes belies that fact, as seen on the philosophy of Google page: “””The perfect search engine,” says co-founder Larry Page, “would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what [...]
Google the Portal
September 12th, 2010Jobs, Schmidt Squaring Off Over iPhone?
January 31st, 2010According to a hearsay report on Wired,, Jobs thinks Google’s ‘Don’t be evil’ mantra is ‘Bu****it’. According to rumours from those who attended the ‘Town hall’ meeting, Jobs ripped Google and Adobe. First, he discussed Google’s growing antipathy towards the iPhone and plans to enter the mobile market full bore, starting with the Nexus. According [...]
Levinson Quits Google
October 16th, 2009According to a press release Tuesday: Google announced today that Dr. Arthur Levinson has resigned as a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Levinson has been on the Google Board since April 2004. Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt described Levinson as a good friend and valued colleague. “Art has been a [...]
GMail Expands Their Emoji
May 1st, 2009Google’s Eric Schmidt may be taking a serious role, but that doesn’t mean it’s all as sober as judges at Google. In fact, they keep rolling out those emoticons (seriously, I now have a pathetic cross between emoticoniphobia and emoticonaddiction due to the repeated expansions of Gmails emoticons offerings). I love the term [...]