Posted in Android, China Mobile on Jan 15th, 2010
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s (January 12) bombshell announcement, Google is now engaged in discussions with Chinese ministry officials about the “feasibility” of their business operations in China. Key points of contention include state censorship of “search” on Google.cn and incidences of cyber spying. Read > Google’s China Gambit According to a Marbridge Consulting report, [...]
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Google’s China gambit – defiance of compliance may prove costly
Posted in Android, Apple, China, Google on Jan 13th, 2010
If you haven’t heard the news … Google announced yesterday that they’re reviewing the “feasibility” of their business operations in China. Doing away with PR speak, Google is threatening to shut down their offices and get out of the search business in China altogether unless China makes concessions. Google’s ultimatum stems from incidences of state-sanctioned cyber [...]
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And the winners in mobile are: Apple and Google
Posted in Android, App store, Apple, iPhone on Jan 11th, 2010
Robert Scoble of Scobleizer interviewed Michael Schneider, CEO of Mobile Roadie (watch video below) an “up and coming” app development platform. Schneider and Scoble discuss many mobile/smartphone trends and topics. Here’s a short excerpt; Your mobile phone is really what your laptop was three or fours years ago … It’s really that powerful … As [...]
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Gene Munster discusses iPhone’s first mover advantage
Posted in AAPL, App store, Apple, Google, Research in Motion on Dec 18th, 2009
Piper Jaffray tech analyst, Gene Munster, appeared on Bloomberg radio (Dec. 16) and the prime topic was smartphones. Munster discusses iPhone and Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone platform first-mover advantage. The Piper Jaffray analyst also talks about Android, the rumored Google (GOOG) Phone, and Research in Motion’s (RIMM) Blackberry. Piper Jaffray has a $277 price target on Apple [...]
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Posted in AAPL, Android, Apple, iPhone on Dec 13th, 2009
It has been all the buzz this weekend. The G-Phone is coming! The G-Phone is coming! What’s this all about? On Friday Google handed out thousands of HTC phones* loaded with a new version of Andriod. Now suddenly Tech Crunch is crowing that they were right! The “G-phone” is coming! If you slap the Google [...]
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