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The State of California Has Mark Zuckerberg’s Unclaimed Paychecks Waiting
The State of California Has Mark Zuckerberg’s Unclaimed Paychecks Waiting
When Sergey Brin Rides the Subway, He Does It Wearing Project Glass
When Sergey Brin Rides the Subway, He Does It Wearing Project Glass
Shareholder sues Google to block planned stock split
Google earlier this month reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2012, topping Wall Street’s estimates. The Internet giant also announced plans to create a new class of non-voting capital stock that would effectively create a 2-for-1 stock split. As a result, Google would be able to issue new shares of stock for acquisitions and employee compensation without diluting the 56.3% voting stake the company’s co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin control. Not everyone is happy about the planned split, however, and a shareholder has sued the company and its board in an attempt to block the plan. The class action lawsuit is being put forward by the Brockton Retirement Board, which has accused Google of breaching its fiduciary
Sergey Brin clarifies: “I have always admired Apple’s products”
A recent interview with Google’s cofounder Sergey Brin received a lot of attention due to his view that Apple and Facebook are the biggest threats to the open Internet. Today, Brin took some time to clarify his thoughts about the coverage of his interview, which he feels has been “particularly distorted.” In a Google+ post, Brin noted he has “always admired Apple’s [...]
Google’s Sergey Brin: Apple and Facebook pose huge threat to Internet freedom
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said during an interview published on Sunday that Apple and Facebook pose serious threats to Internet freedom because of their closed approaches to software. While speaking with The Guardian, Brin said there are ”very powerful forces that have lined up against the open Internet on all sides and around the world. I am more worried than I have been in the past. It’s scary.” The executive pointed to the “walled-garden” philosophy that sees companies like Apple and Facebook maintain tight control over third-party software on their respective platforms as the cause for his concerns. Read on for more. Brin voiced concerns that this closed approach prevents companies like Google from accessing the information stored on the companies’
Besides govts and the entertainment industry, Google cofounder sees FB and Apple as the biggest threat to the open Internet
In an interview with the Guardian over the weekend, Google cofounder Sergey Brin said: [...]he was most concerned by the efforts of countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Iran to censor and restrict use of the internet, but warned that the rise of Facebook and Apple, which have their own proprietary platforms and control [...]
Sergey Brin: Web Freedom Faces Its Greatest Threat Ever [Blockquote]
Over the past three decades, the internet has changed—and if you're to believe Sergey Brin, the principles of openness and universal access that underpinned it at its conception are under the grea...
Google’s Chrome OS Will Soon Look More Like Windows Than A Browser
It's hard to say how popular Chrome OS, Google's browser-centric operating system, really is. There can be little doubt, though, that Google is quite serious about this initiative. Today, Google launched the latest developer version of Chrome OS and this update sports the first major redesign of the operation system's interface since its launch in late 2010.
In this new version, Chrome OS almost looks like a traditional OS, with a full-blown desktop and window manager instead of just a browser and tabs. Aura, as this hardware-accelerated window manager is known, is Chrome's next generation user interface framework and it is making its public debut in this new developer version of Chrome OS.
