Larry Page

Google launches Google Calendar in Arabic

Google today announces the launch of Google Calendar in Arabic. Google Calendar is a tool that simplifies keeping track of events, special occasions, and appointments -- whether they're on your own agenda or on the calendars of...

WiFi On Steroids

I posted about the "TV white spaces" issues a week or so ago. Well, we got the win. Yesterday was a big day on more than one front. Larry Page calls this "wifi on steroids" on the Google blog. That's...

Starting a company with business credit cards

Believe it or not some very successful business ventures have been funded through creative business credit carding. Certainly it is risky, as any financial advisor would tell you, but it is possible. Besides, starting a...

Google evolves from mundane searches to digital behemoth

"Planet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know" by Randall Stross. That company, Google, is now on the verge of adolescence — but are we ready for teen rebellion? Schmidt said that the company's...

FCC to decide on future of US radio spectrum

By Richard Waters in San Francisco and Paul Taylor in New York Some of the biggest technology and consumer electronics companies could receive a boost on Tuesday as US regulators make a long-awaited decision on whether to open...

Professor Highlights Strategic Intuition of Apple, Google Thinkers at Defrag

Things to do in Denver during election week? Here's one: Defrag. A few hundred attendees flocked to the Mile High City Nov. 3 for the Defrag conference. Professor William Duggan, an associate professor of management at Columbia...

Qualcomm, Amobee Team For Mobile Ads

The partnership lets mobile operators serve targeted advertisements on top of Qualcomm's widget-platform, Plaza. By Marin Perez InformationWeek Qualcomm announced Monday a partnership with Amobee to help carriers bring more...

Power Point: Dont do it for the money (at Fortune)

“If I wanted to make money, I would do something easier. Maybe women are prone to take crazy risks.” – Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of consumer DNA startup 23andMe. The company’s gene-testing service was named “Invention of the...

Microsoft, LG Team Up For Smartphones

In a move aimed squarely at building their respective market share, the companies said they will strategically collaborate on research, marketing, and applications. By Marin Perez InformationWeek Microsoft and LG Electronics on...

Aspiring lunar entrepreneurs contract for help from NASA

by Staff Writers San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2008 In a cosmic case of role reversal, aspiring lunar entrepreneurs based on the Isle of Man have hired NASA to build them a robotic rover to send to the moon. While it has...