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Eric Schmidt / The Official Google Blog:
An update from the Chairman — When I joined Google in 2001 I never imagined—even in my wildest dreams—that we would get as far, as fast as we have today. Search has quite literally changed people's lives—increasing the collective sum of the world's knowledge and revolutionizing advertising in the process.
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Google Investor Relations:
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Results and Management Changes — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. — “Q4 marked a terrific end to a stellar year,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.
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SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
CHART OF THE DAY: Google's Stock Under Eric Schmidt — Eric Schmidt announced that he was moving from CEO of Google to Executive Chairman, handing over the reigns of the company to Larry Page. — Under Schmidt's watch Google's stock exploded, but over the last year, it has flattened.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Was It Time For A Fresh Face? Thoughts On Larry Page As The New Google CEO — Wow. Just announced, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down from that position, to become “Executive Chairman,” with Google cofounder Larry Page stepping into the CEO role. Below, some reflection …
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Forbes, Digital Daily and TG Daily
Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Eric Schmidt Out As Google CEO, Larry Page Takes Over — Eric Schmidt is stepping down as CEO of Google, and Larry Page is taking over the company just announced in its earnings. Here's Google: Starting from April 4, Larry Page, Google Co-Founder, will take charge of Google's day-to-day operations as Chief Executive Officer.
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SAI and Mercury News
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Google Grows Revenues 26% In 4th Quarter To $8.44 Billion [Slides]
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Sergey Brin: We've Touched 1 Percent Of What Social Search Can Be
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Digits, internetnews.com, The Atlantic Online and GottaBeMobile
Kyle / iFixit Blog:
Apple's Diabolical Plan to Screw Your iPhone — Expecting to be one of the first people in the world to buy the iPhone 4, I was dispatched to Japan for its release last June. Much to the dismay of thousands of Japanese with similar intentions, my mission was thwarted …
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Tweets can now become Techmeme headlines or discussion. So tweet away. — For as long as newsmakers have used Twitter, tweets have broken news stories. And yet for Techmeme, linking directly to tweets was never imperative - after all most newsworthy tweets are blogged within minutes, moreover with helpful context.
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GigaOM, VentureBeat, ReadWriteWeb, SAI and Softpedia News, more at Mediagazer »
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Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera:
We're now including tweets on Techmeme and this will be the first one. @-reply with something clever to join the Discussion!
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Epicenter, @thestalwart, @thejongardner, @christophernull, @jason, @joshelman, @armchairdude, @dana_gardner, @fromedome, @parislemon, @ed, @ddrager, @lylesback2, @mattbinder, @harrisonhoffman, @jspepper, @kevinmarks, @hpnews, @fortunemagazine, @mathewi, @snaggy, @rawmeet and @troywhyte, more at Mediagazer »
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
T-Mobile Confirms Sidekick 4G, Samsung Galaxy S 4G — T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm confirmed today that 4G HSPA+ versions of the T-Mobile Sidekick and the Samsung Galaxy S phones will be “coming soon,” according to a slide presented at a press breakfast today.
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Dow Jones Newswires, IntoMobile, Bloomberg, Android and Me, Examiner, SlashGear, Electronista, FierceWireless, TmoNews, Mobile Magazine, Computerworld, The Toybox Blog, SlashPhone, BetaNews, VentureBeat, Thoughts from the Sidelines, TechFlash, Techland, GottaBeMobile, Gizmodo, SlashGear and Engadget
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Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant will get Froyo tomorrow, says T-Mobile CMO
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PC World, MobileCrunch, PC Magazine, TmoNews, SAI and Android News, Rumours …
Arik Hesseldahl / New Enterprise:
Meg Whitman, Patricia Russo Among Five Joining HP Board — Former EBay CEO Meg Whitman, and former Alcatel-Lucent CEO Patricia Russo were among five new directors named to the board of directors at Hewlett-Packard. The other three at Shumeet Banerji, CEO of Booz and Co …
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Arn / MacRumors:
FaceTime, Camera and PhotoBooth Icons Confirm Camera in iPad 2 — Apple's developer release of iOS 4.3 Beta 2 has provided more visual evidence confirming that the next iPad will carry a front facing camera as well as the Apple Camera App and Photo Booth App.
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Ars Technica, SlashGear, 9 to 5 Mac, App Advice, Gadget Lab, Thoughts from the Sidelines, L.A. Times Tech Blog, PC World, Pulse2, The Toybox Blog and CrunchGear
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Twitter Gets Sued For Letting Famous People Interact Online — Part of Twitter's appeal is that people can ‘connect’ and engage with celebrities online, even if most of them consider it to be, and treat it like, just another push marketing channel rather than a multi-dimensional communication system.
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TechRadar.com, Thanks:robinwauters
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Eric Schmidt: All of Google's Strategic Initiatives in 2011 are Mobile — In the latest Harvard Business Review, guest contributor Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, writes about the company's plans for the coming year, saying “as I think about Google's strategic initiatives in 2011, I realize they're all about mobile.”
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Mobilized, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Datamation, PC World, Computerworld, Engadget, BetaNews, SlashGear, Search Engine Land and Android Phone Fans
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
iOS 4.3 beta multitasking gestures demonstrated on iPhone, look like a handful (video) — If you came along for our most recent podcast you heard us discussing some of the new features uncovered in the iOS 4.3 beta, including multitouch gestures for multitasking like four-finger swipes to go between apps.
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GigaOM, Mobile Magazine, IntoMobile, MacStories, TiPb and CrunchGear
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Facebook Billionaire Eduardo Saverin Leads Qwiki's $8 Million Round — TechCrunch Disrupt winner Qwiki has closed its $8 million series A financing, which I first reported a couple weeks ago when it was midway through the round. Now we know the investors, and it is a very interesting group.
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Bits, All Facebook and L.A. Times Tech Blog
Jack Purcher / Patently Apple:
Apple Considers Integrating a Display into their Magic Mouse — On January 20, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals one of the next chapters for Apple's Magic Mouse. Apple is working on combining the Magic Mouse's touch surface …
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SlashGear, Computerworld, Apple Headlines and MacRumors
Brett Pulley / Bloomberg:
NY Times to Charge Less Than $20/Month for Web Access — New York Times Co. will charge readers less than $20 a month for full access to its namesake newspaper on the Web when the company introduces its paid service, a person familiar with the matter said. — The price has been set at less …
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Screenwerk, paidContent and SAI, more at Mediagazer »
Daniel Shen / DigiTimes:
HTC to launch Flyer tablet PC in March — HTC plans to launch three tablet PCs in the first half of 2011 with the first model, the Flyer, to begin shipping in the US market in March, according to sources at handset component suppliers. The Flyer, which looks like an enlarged version …
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Gadget Lab, IntoMobile, Computerworld, Engadget, eWeek and SAI
YouTube Blog:
New YouTube homepage launches to all users — You may have noticed we've been experimenting with a new YouTube homepage. After countless user studies and community surveys, one thing came in loud and clear: the homepage in its current form doesn't mean much to most of you, and could be more personally relevant.
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GigaOM and Techie Buzz
Arn / MacRumors:
Apple's $3.9 Billion Investment Was in LCD Displays? — During Apple's Q1 2011 Financial Results conference call, Apple revealed that they had made long term commitments with three companies in the amount of $3.9 billion. When questioned about the exact component, Tim Cook declined to answer citing competitive reasons.
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TechCrunch
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Box.net Upgrades Cloud Storage Platform With New UI, Collaborative Features And More — Today, Box.net unveiled a brand new version of its cloud storage platform. Box's CEO Aaron Levie says that in creating the new version of Box, the company focused on three key themes—simple, open and mobile.
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GigaOM, PC World, Between the Lines Blog and VentureBeat
Denise Leung / Flickr Blog:
Login to Flickr with your Facebook Account! — Last October, we introduced the option to create an account on Flickr using a Google ID in an effort to make it even easier for users to join Flickr and share their photos with the people who matter to them. We launched with Google …
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Inside Facebook and The Next Web
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
BitTorrent Inventor Demos New P2P Live Streaming Protocol — Bram Cohen, the inventor of the BitTorrent protocol that revolutionized file-sharing, is finalizing the code for his new P2P-live streaming protocol. With his efforts he aims to develop a piece of code superior to all other streaming solutions on the market today.
