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Ga Ga for Google

"Google is this era's transformational computing platform." - Stephen Arnold

Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Or, in this case, the brightly colored company with the anything-but-evil ethos taking over every aspect of the web. Google is the 800-pound gorilla of the Internet game, and the tech industry is running scared. Traditional media companies (think Viacom) are suing 'em and new media companies (think Yahoo!) are trying to just keep up. And with Google's technology edge, even the once-invincible Microsoft can't seem to get a leg up. No one seems to know yet whether Google is friend or foe—or perhaps, as one pundit called them—a “frenemy.”

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February 2008
- Guests Want It All at Lux Hotels
  
  W | Feb 13, 08 1:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Luxury hotels don't bat an eye at charging $500 a night, and guests are responding with increasingly zany requests, W reports. Concierges, once downright neglected by the average customer, are now routinely tasked with the impossible: Deliver an unspecified amount of breast milk, or procure a rub-down for a dog. Why comply? To ensure loyalty in an increasingly competitive market. More »
- Microsoft and Google Launch Anti-Trust Duel
  
  MarketWatch | Feb 8, 08 6:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft isn’t sitting still as rumors spread that Yahoo will try to outflank a hostile takeover by allying with Google: The Redmond company is drawing up an antitrust argument it hopes will be at least as good as Google’s. The younger colossus is already claiming that Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion bid is anti-competitive, but the PC software king says a Google-Yahoo partnership is even more troublesome. More »
- Google Phone Rumors Swirl
  
  Reuters | Feb 8, 08 10:34 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The public will finally get to see Google’s Android cellphone platform in action at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, a source told Reuters. British chip maker ARM will show the prototype, the source said, though ARM and Google declined comment. The first phones and services based on Android are due on the market in the second half of 2008. More »
- Google Tries Free Music in China
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 6, 08 4:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In an effort to compete with search rival Baidu, Google will join with music companies to offer free music downloads in China. The hometown search engine, which has 60% of the local market to Google’s 25%, has long hosted free searches for unlicensed music downloads, and piracy has largely slain China’s entertainment industry. Google’s new service could satisfy music bigwigs and cut into Baidu’s market domination. More »
- Yahoo Searches for Answer to Microsoft Bid
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 6, 08 12:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yahoo is struggling to find shareholder-pleasing alternatives to Microsoft's buyout bid, reports the Wall Street Journal . Selling Yahoo Japan is one possibility. An outsourcing deal with Google for its search ads that could boost revenue 25% is another, yet would raise regulatory issues. And shareholders would need to be convinced any moves outweighed Microsoft’s $31-per-share offer, a 62% premium on recent prices. More »
- Google Reinventing the Search
  
  MIT Technology Review | Feb 6, 08 10:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google has gotten a lot of mileage out of its supremely simple search interface, but now it’s exploring ways to reinvent that wheel. Users can now experiment with three new views: info view, timeline view, and map view. None of them is all that revolutionary, but they represent a major attempt to rework a time-tested formula, MIT's Technology Review reports. More »
- Google to Microsoft: Not So Fast
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 3, 08 9:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google is offering to help Yahoo thwart Microsoft’s attempts at a hostile takeover, the Wall Street Journal reports. After Microsoft announced its $44.6-billion bid, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt called Yahoo’s Jerry Yang on Friday to bolster talk of an ad search alliance, support Yahoo’s efforts to find a higher bidder, or help the struggling search giant remain independent. More »
- Microsoft and Yahoo May Not Be Enough to Fell Google
  
  NPR | Feb 3, 08 5:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Microsoft/Yahoo combination would pose a greater challenge to Google, but it's not at all clear the search engine behemoth would be greatly affected, NPR reports. Google owns about 60% of the search market—three times that of Microsoft and Yahoo combined. And, perhaps more to the point, it is a household word. "Google has become a verb," notes one analyst. More »
- Fortune Names Top Employers
  
  CNN | Feb 3, 08 5:32 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Thinking of a career move? Fortune Magazine has released its 100 best employers for 2008 list—and the top 10 are: Google (Mountain View, CA) Quicken Loans (Livonia, MI) Wegmans Food Markets (Rochester, NY) Edward Jones (St. Louis, MO) Genentech (South San Francisco, CA) More »
- Google for Barack, Microsoft for Hillary
  
  Reuters | Feb 2, 08 5:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama leads presidential hopefuls in Silicon Valley donations, but Hillary is tops among Microsoft employees, Reuters reports. Residents of the valley that Google, Yahoo, and Apple call home are interested in change, one analyst said: "It is absolutely the case that Obama is seen as different, and therefore appealing to Silicon Valley." Computer-industry workers have sent $940,459 to Obama, compared to $883,125 for HIllary. More »
January 2008
- Big Bid Ensures Open Access Network in US
  
  MarketWatch | Jan 31, 08 10:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google’s hopes of forcing a piece of the national radio spectrum into becoming an open access wireless network came a step closer to fruition today, Marketwatch reports. The bid price on the “C block” of 700 Mhz spectrum hit $4.7 billion, enough to trigger FCC regulations that will require the spectrum to support mobile devices not made by the network’s owner. More »
- Google's 17% Profit Not Good Enough for Markets
  
  Bloomberg | Jan 31, 08 4:14 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google disappointed investors with its after-hours announcement of a 17% rise in net income, signaling to many that credit woes could be hurting Internet use. The climb to $1.21 billion, or $3.79 per share, from $1.03 billion, or $3.29 a share, one year earlier underperformed estimates of a $3.91 share price, Bloomberg reports. The search giant’s shares have already fallen 18% in 2008. More »
- Google Trio Made 20-Year Partner Pact
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 31, 08 2:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google’s top three honchos made a pact just before their 2004 IPO to stay together at the search behemoth for at least 20 years. News of the informal agreement—which one analyst called “really very, very positive”—comes as investors fret about the company's bids in the FCC auction of the 700 MHz spectrum, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Google Sours on 'Domain Tasters'
  
  Associated Press | Jan 26, 08 10:23 AM CST