Eric Schmidt (15 articles)
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Google's purchase of Motorola won't damage other Android devices
Google supremo speaks 23 May 2012 16:27 GMT TweetEric Schmidt, Google’s chairman, has taken to the stage at Google’s Big Tent conference to outline the company’s plans for the recently acquired Motorola Mobility.
Google finally completed the purchase of Motorola for $12.5...
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Google tablet to arrive 'in the next 6 months' says Schmidt
Google boss teases tablet 19 December 2011 20:43 GMT TweetEric Schmidt, president of Google, has confirmed to an Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, that the company will be "marketing a tablet of the highest quality" in the next 6 months.
Schmidt continues to say that you'll see "brutal competition...
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Google boss: Android is ahead of iOS
Schmidt talks the talk... 8 December 2011 11:00 GMT TweetGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt has come out all guns blazing (and pointing in Cupertino's direction) in defence of Android, insisting at the Le Web expo in Paris that the mobile platform is the dominant player in the market.
"Android is ahead...
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Schmidt: Google TV revolution coming in 2012
Platform hitting "majority of televisions" 8 December 2011 9:42 GMT TweetGoogle TV may not have been the rip-roaring success that the Big G would have hoped for but, the message from the search giant is clear - there should definitely be a "yet" added to that statement.
Speaking at the Le Web conference in Paris...
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Schmidt: No special Android treatment for Motorola
Google bossman plays down fears 8 November 2011 11:12 GMT TweetHTC, Samsung and the gang have nothing to fear - Motorola will not be given preferential treatment when it comes to Android as a result of Google's imminent takeover.
That's the message from executive chairman of the Mountain View based search...
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Google uses Siri scapegoat to avoid anti-competitive charges
"Entirely new approach to search" 7 November 2011 8:04 GMT TweetEric Schmidt has suggested that Apple's Siri voice search technology is a significant threat to Google's dominance as the go-to search engine, especially when it comes to sourcing specific information.
During another session with U.S. senators...
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Schmidt confirms Google TV in UK and Europe for “early next year”
Chairman confirms 26 August 2011 19:56 GMT TweetGoogle’s Chairman Eric Schmidt has, as earlier rumours reported that he would, confirmed that Google TV will launch in the UK and other countries “early next year”. The confirmation was made at this year’s Mac Taggart Lecture...
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Is Google TV finally heading to the UK?
Schmidt giving go ahead 26 August 2011 12:43 GMT TweetGoogle TV, the IPTV service from the search giant that's had a stuttering start, could be making the trip from the US to British soil after all.
According to the Telegraph, Google's Eric Schmidt is planning to announce the service's final...
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Want security? Get a Mac says Eric Schmidt
Microsoft isn't going to be happy 1 June 2011 11:39 GMT TweetGoogle's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has pointed to Macs as the weapon of choice for those in need of security.
In a move that will undoubtedly spark Apple versus Windows comment-wars the world over, the ex-Apple board member said viruses...
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Google and Apple make friends over maps
Says executive chairman Eric Schmidt 1 June 2011 11:10 GMT TweetApple will continue to use Google mapping data to power its iOS navigation app, according to Eric Schmidt.
The Google executive chairman revealed that the two tech giants had "renewed a mapping relationship" at this years All Things Digital...
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Google CEO: Schmidt out, Page in
All change as Schmidt pushed aside and founder takes reigns again 20 January 2011 23:32 GMT TweetGoogle has shocked its shareholders by announcing that Eric Schmidt, its current CEO, is to step down in April and co-founder Larry Page will replace him in the chief executive officer role.
“When I joined Google in 2001 I never imagined,...
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Google: Chrome OS coming in “next few months”
New operating system likely to be landing in the new year 15 November 2010 23:41 GMT TweetEric Schmidt has confirmed that Google’s yet-to-be-released operating system, Google Chrome, will be available in the “next few months”.
The comments, made at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, came after journalists at...
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Eric Schmidt teases new Gingerbread phone, says release just weeks away
Is it the Nexus S? Oh, and NFC in next iteration as well 15 November 2010 23:18 GMT TweetGoogle’s CEO Eric Schmidt has shown off an "unannounced Google Android" phone by an "unannounced manufacturer" at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco, saying that Gingerbread, the next iteration of the Android Operating System, will have NFC...
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Google boss says newspapers need to go digital
Eric Schmidt urges newspapers to plan for mobile platforms 2 July 2010 16:20 GMT TweetGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt has indicated that he sees the future of newspaper organisations depending on how well they adapt to the rapid changes that the internet presents.
Speaking at the Guardian Activate summit Schmidt foretold a future where...
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Google's Schmidt predicts Android explosion
The good kind of explosion 16 October 2009 9:31 GMT TweetEric Schmidt, Google's CEO, declared during the company's earning's conference call that "Android adoption is about to explode". He's referring to his company's open source mobile phone operating system that powers handsets like the Motorola DEXT and...
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