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If Apple is the new IBM, then Google is the new Microsoft?

Mauro Dalu

Google Search, Google Ads, Google Phones, Google Browser, Google Netbooks, Google Tablets, Google TVs, then what?

Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering for Google, suggested during Google I/O conference that Google’s entrance into the mobile phone market was a move meant to directly oppose the likes of Apple and its tightly controlled iPhone platform.

“If Google did not act, we faced a Draconian future where one man, one company, one device, one carrier would be our only choice,” Gundotra said. “That’s a future we don’t want.”

Really? Or the future Google doesn’t want is one in which they don’t control the ad networks fully? Aren’t they entering every market in which advertising is a crucial part of the picture?

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The great tablet catch-up

Brad Midgley

It doesn’t matter if people understand your business model or not… if you sell a million of anything in 28 days, the competition will soon be clawing to get into the game. Apple is seeing some potential for competition.

The other tablets are coming in a few classes of devices.

Several models will run Windows 7. While I think that will represent something useful for some people, it remains to be seen how tablet-friendly Windows 7 software will become. On top of

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iPhone users upgrade, Android/Blackberry/WM users don’t

Brad Midgley

Many people don’t give a second thought to the idea that you can upgrade your laptop or desktop computer to a newer operating system, even an OS from a different vendor, down the road. It’s a completely different story for mobiles. The roots of the problem are in the specialized hardware that mobiles have. The hardware manufacturer has to be on board when you want to release new firmware specifically for that mobile.

Apple’s consolidated mobile product line and tight control

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How to Fix Chrome for Mac Broken Fonts

Mauro Dalu

ChromeFontBrokenIf your Google Chrome browser is acting awkward with fonts like in the picture (displays all “A” characters) instead of serif fonts or of all fonts, you may need to clean your Mac OS X Font Cache.

Here’s how to do it.

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Google Nexus One: what Motorola Droid should have been

Mauro Dalu

Google-Nexus-One-Demo-VideoJason Chen of Gizmodo tried the Google Nexus One thanks to an anonymous source. As a result, new photos and a hands-on video surfaced.

Chen said “You can call the design the antithesis of the Droid: smooth, curved, and light, instead of hard, square and pointy,” he said. “It feels long and silky and natural in your hand — even more so than the iPhone 3GS.”

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Google "Nexus One" Android 2.1 Phone coming January 5, 2010

Mauro Dalu

google-nexus-oneTwo versions of Google phone were planned, Reuters reported, one to be subsidized through T-Mobile by contract and one unlocked version sold through Google’s website.

The new Android based and Google branded phone could be launched as early as January 5, 2010.

The phone will run Android 2.1…

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Google Chrome vs. Safari

Mauro Dalu

chrome-091208Everyone can finally download the public beta of Google Chrome for Mac. Many could think this is a piece of software that should only appeal to windows users, since they are the most subject to be unsatisfied by their Internet Explorer standard web experience, however there are reasons for you to try out Chrome even if you’re a happy Safari user.

At least, these are 3 reasons why I’ll try it out.

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Mobile Advertising Networks: Google purchases AdMob Inc.

Mauro Dalu

Picture 7AdMob is the world’s largest mobile advertising marketplace, offering solutions for discovery, branding and monetization on the mobile web. Mobile devices are a critical media platform and we are building the tools to let every business on earth leverage mobile.

Google’s purchase of AdMob Inc. will make it the Internet’s largest mobile advertising company. The AdMob acquisition will help Google enter a market on the iPhone where it has only tested the waters so far. Google began a revenue-sharing pilot program to place targeted advertising in applications in June. But Schmidt said that mobile revenue is growing faster than regular revenue, and Google wants to expand its role even further in the mobile phone space.

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