6 posts and columns on Milan

Where in the World Is Yahoo’s Carol Bartz? (Here’s the Internal Memo GPS!)

in News on June 19, 2011 at 12:03 pm PT

With its annual meeting this coming Thursday, you’d think Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz would be taking a rest. Not so! She has been a regular Carmen Sandiego, in fact, jetting to Yahoo hotspots around the globe from Dubai to Milan to New York and then back to Yahoo’s Sunnyvale HQ.
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Huawei Looks To Turn Over a New Leaf With Concept Phone

in Mobile on April 12, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Aiming to show that it can think creatively, China’s Huawei is unveiling a concept phone at a prominent design show in Milan.

What's More Embarrassing to Italian-Americans Than "Jersey Shore"? Um, That Would Be Italy (and Its Google Ruling).

in News on March 1, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Oh, there’s no question in the often paranoid mind of BoomTown that Google is one scary company, mostly due to its huge market share in search across the globe, and deserves boatloads of scrutiny by governments for that. But no matter how you slice the monopolistic pie, Google most certainly did not deserve, nor should anyone tolerate, the conviction by a judge in Italy of three of its execs on privacy violations.

Google: Che Diavolo, Italia?

in News on February 3, 2009 at 7:45 am PT

In September 2006, a three-minute video featuring a group of teenagers harassing a boy with Down Syndrome was posted to Google Video Italia. Notified of it presence, Google quickly removed the video. But not quickly enough. The clip was viewed some 12,000 times before it was pulled. Enough times to inspire a two-year investigation and now, the trial of four Google executives on criminal charges of defamation and breach of privacy. Talk about blaming the tool for the way it is used….

I Hear Milan's Courtrooms Are WONDERFUL That Time of Year …

in News on November 6, 2008 at 10:07 am PT

Now that Google’s scrapped its proposed advertising deal with Yahoo, the company’s chief legal counsel David Drummond should have plenty of time to devote to Google’s latest legal annoyance: charges of defamation abroad.

I Hear Milan’s Courtrooms Are WONDERFUL That Time of Year …

in News on November 6, 2008 at 10:07 am PT

Now that Google’s scrapped its proposed advertising deal with Yahoo, the company’s chief legal counsel David Drummond should have plenty of time to devote to Google’s latest legal annoyance: charges of defamation abroad.