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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company's Tax Avoidance Machinations In The UK   —  Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails …
May 19, 2013, 2:55 PMIn context
John Saroff / Saroff's Place:
On Yahoo & Tumblr: “We have vision, delusion and hallucination and I want to know which one this is.”   —  “We have vision, delusion and hallucination and I want to know which one this is.”  - quote anonymously attributed to Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro while an exec at Google.
May 19, 2013, 12:35 PMIn context
David Pierce / The Verge:
Google TV: silent but not forgotten at I/O 2013   —  Android is coming to our TVs, but has Google already lost the battle for the living room?  —  It's easy to miss the Google TV booth here at I/O 2013, hidden in the corner of the third floor.  That may not be an accident …
May 19, 2013, 8:15 AMIn context
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Behind The Scenes Of The Big Google Maps Redesign And Its Technical Challenges   —  Google unveiled its completely redesigned Google Maps product on the web at I/O 2013, and at a panel dedicated to the new Maps experience, Maps User Experience Design Lead Jonah Jones and Engineering Director …
May 19, 2013, 5:05 AMIn context
Mat Honan / Wired:
Welcome to Google Island   —  I awoke aboard a boat, just before daybreak, which was weird.  The last thing I remembered was being in San Francisco's Moscone Center, wrapping up a four-hour Google I/O keynote liveblogging session.  My last recollection was of Google CEO Larry Page taking questions …
May 18, 2013, 7:45 PMIn context
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom   —  The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.  —  I had just wrapped up a conversation with a man who owned a pair of Google's Internet-connected glasses, Google Glass.
May 18, 2013, 4:45 PMIn context
Scott Stein / CNET:
Glasses with Google Glass: Prescription versions appear at Google I/O   —  What about Google Glass for those who don't like contacts?  A few glasses with Glass attached were lurking on the show floor.  —  SAN FRANCISCO—Google Glass currently comes in five colors and has a pop-in sunglass visor …
May 18, 2013, 12:35 PMIn context
Matt Hartley / Financial Post:
Canada's Competition Bureau plans investigation into Google Canada   —  Canada's Competition Bureau is gearing up to launch a formal inquiry into the business practices of Google Inc.'s Canadian operations.  —  Google was recently notified by the Competition Bureau of the watchdog organization's intentions …
May 18, 2013, 1:55 AMIn context
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Google Play In-App Purchase Revenue Growth Jumps 7X In One Year, Subscription Revenue Growing 2X Each Quarter   —  Google held a session today at I/O 2013 about how to make money on Android, and in the initial few minutes it shared some updated stats around Google Play revenues and how those are progressing.
May 17, 2013, 9:20 PMIn context
Todd Shields / Bloomberg:
FCC Nominee to Divest AT&T, Verizon to Avoid Conflict   —  Tom Wheeler, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the FCC, agreed to sell holdings of $500,001 to $1 million in both AT&T Inc. (T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) to resolve possible conflicts of interest before taking office.
May 17, 2013, 2:30 PMIn context

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