In a landmark ruling that will reshape the digital landscape for years to come, the U.S. government has successfully argued that Google maintained its search monopoly through illegal, anticompetitive practices. For over a decade, Google’s dominance seemed as immutable as […]
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To say I’m a car nut would be an understatement. I started driving at 9, got my license when I was 15, and have had a car hobby for much of my life. But as cars advanced, my ability to
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One piece of interesting news this week was that Tulsi Gabbard, one of the massive number of Democrats trying to unseat President Trump, sued Google for election interference. The amount of the suit is $50 million, which isn’t close to
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One of the most common questions, or statements really, back in the 1990s was on whether Microsoft was evil. You could see how folks got there because—at the time—Microsoft was heavy handed, Netscape was claiming (accurately) that Microsoft was misacting
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The Google logo is probably as powerful as the search engine brand itself. According to a Forbes article, Google was second only to Lego in worldwide brand strength in 2017. Google’s logo history started in 1997 with a beta version
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APIs are the glue that connects the online world. The battle between Oracle and Google over the use of Java APIs in Android threatened to make using APIs to leverage applications and services a much more complex and possibly cumbersome
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There is a lot of news this week talking about the “Amazon Echo Killer” called “Google Chirp”. I’m once again reminded why I avoid product naming like the plague, my rule is “that the only thing everyone ever agrees with
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April Fool’s Day is a fun day of prank-filled frivolity. When you’re dealing with pranks, though, perspective matters and they sometimes backfire. The joke is sometimes in the eye of the beholder and may not be funny at all. Google’s
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I’ve been looking at this since 2012, because the potential was there and particularly because there was so much technology in play. The analysis that Romney did had far different results than the same analysis from Obama, and the results—coupled
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Right at the close of last year both Google and Microsoft released products that are early showcases of the next generation of smartphones. The Microsoft Lumia 950 and Google LG Nexus 5X are pretty amazing devices technically and they represent
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