'google' Tag
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Governments’ bite of the Apple
May 28, 2013There has been a lot of gnashing of teeth recently about Apple’s alleged dodging of paying taxes on tens of billions of profits from 2009~2012. Incidentally, that’s merely what the U.S. government deems it forfeited. Apple of course pays a paltry tax bill in France, despite the fact the France remains the world’s third best […]
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The Valley of Heart’s Delight
February 19, 2013Spot quiz: What region is formerly known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight ? Here’s a hint: it’s not Blackstone Valley in Massachusetts, nor is it Berlin, East London, and especially not Saclay, France. A swathe of apple orchards and orange groves spanning Santa Clara County in Northern California is what gave Silicon Valley this […]
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Google’s insidious plot with Yahoo!
July 24, 2012Anyone reading the tech press last week couldn’t avoid the gushing over Marissa Mayer’s appointment to become CEO of Yahoo!. Google’s first female engineer and the brains behind the elegantly simple white search home page, the 37-year old Mayer will face a tremendous new challenge in taking the helm of the ailing internet company. Whether […]
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Mobile internet potential in Africa
May 19, 2010Today’s Wall Street Journal Europe cites Google’s recent investments in sub-saharan Africa (Google’s keyword for Africa: growth). Google aims to encourage adoption of its search, mapping, and mobile phone technologies in the region, attracted by the high growth-potential in a continent of 1 billion people. Broadband internet penetration in sub-Saharan Africa remains incredibly low today. […]