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What Google Hasn’t Done: Explained Why We as Users Would Want a Unified Online Identity

Liz Gannes in News on March 23 at 7:00 am PT

I want to live in a world where I can use the best tools and they work together.

Talking Schmidt: Google’s CEO in His Own Words

John Paczkowski in News on January 20, 2011 at 1:30 pm PT

Eric Schmidt once said Google’s “policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.” But during his soon-to-end tenure as CEO he happily high-stepped across that line like the grand marshal of the Tone-Deaf Technocrat Parade, as I once joked. After the jump, a collection of some of his more remarkable pronouncements.

What’s the Chinese Word for Bing? Google Threatens to Leave China.

John Paczkowski in News on January 12, 2010 at 4:48 pm PT

Evidently, Google is taking its informal “don’t be evil motto” a bit more seriously these days. The search sovereign threatened late Tuesday to pull out of its operations in China after detecting a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack on [its] corporate infrastructure originating from China.” Targeted in the assault: The Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

AT&T, Google: Nuns on the Run

John Paczkowski in News on October 15, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

In the rhetorical battle over net neutrality, Google may have regulatory capitalism with which to bludgeon and batter AT&T, but AT&T has Benedictine nuns, an entire convent of them. In a 13-page letter to the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday, the carrier took issue with Google’s claim that its Google Voice service only blocks calls to adult sex chat lines, asserting that it also blocks calls to small businesses and Benedictine nuns.

AT&T, Google: Nuns on the Run

John Paczkowski in News on October 15, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

In the rhetorical battle over net neutrality, Google may have regulatory capitalism with which to bludgeon and batter AT&T, but AT&T has Benedictine nuns, an entire convent of them. In a 13-page letter to the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday, the carrier took issue with Google’s claim that its Google Voice service only blocks calls to adult sex chat lines, asserting that it also blocks calls to small businesses and Benedictine nuns.

Google Dumps Yahoo, Which Should Come as a Shock Only to Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on November 5, 2008 at 9:49 am PT

When reports came out last week that Google and Yahoo were downsizing their controversial search advertising deal, I told a Yahoo exec I happened to be having dinner with that that it was the surest sign that the search giant was about to dump the long-suffering Internet portal. The exec, who made the case that the deal was always tactical and not strategic, laughed. For all its problems, Yahoo has always been a straight-up player and such sneaky machinations are not its strong suit. Google, not so much.

Don’t Be Evil Stupid

John Paczkowski in News on June 25, 2008 at 1:08 pm PT

Google’s facing another billion dollar lawsuit–and, whaddaya know, it’s not from Viacom. It’s from LimitNone, a small software developer that claims Google’s Email Uploader tool copies the look, feel, functionality and distribution model of its gMove application.

A Battle of Good Vs. Don't Be Evil

John Paczkowski in News on June 12, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Now that Google’s demonstrated that you can, in fact, make money without doing evil, it’s apparently wiling to admit you can make even more without lending much credence to silly informal corporate mottos.

A Battle of Good Vs. Don’t Be Evil

John Paczkowski in News on June 12, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Now that Google’s demonstrated that you can, in fact, make money without doing evil, it’s apparently wiling to admit you can make even more without lending much credence to silly informal corporate mottos.