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Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Interview: Ruth Kedar, Designer of the Google Logo

Interview: Ruth Kedar, Designer of the Google Logo

Ruth Kedar is the principal designer at Kedar Designs, a corporate design firm based in Mountain View, California. As well as work for Stanford University…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Tomorrow People | March 2, 2010 12:06PM | 1 Comment »


Windows Phone 7 Marks The Dawn of Holistic Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 Marks The Dawn of Holistic Microsoft

For the last couple of years, Microsoft have struggled with mobile phones. Along with Palm, the company was one of the early pioneers of the…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | February 18, 2010 11:46AM | 1 Comment »


Away From the iPad Melee, Google vs. Apple Hots Up

Away From the iPad Melee, Google vs. Apple Hots Up

Alongside the 3D televisions, tablet PCs and ebook readers that dominated this year’s consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, the biggest news to come out…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | January 29, 2010 5:16PM | 2 Comments »


Coming to a Smartphone Near You: Augmented Reality

In a recent YouTube video-review for Samsung’s Android-toting i7500 Galaxy phone there’s a moment that is as portentous as it is jaw-dropping: a Dutch reviewer…

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Posted by Phil Rich in Sci-tech | December 7, 2009 1:40PM | 4 Comments »


Chris Anderson and the Future of a Radical Price

Chris Anderson and the Radical Future of ‘Free’

Chris Anderson’s eyebrows are perhaps his most dominant feature; dark, smudgy lines that cut across a fleshy, bald apricot of a head. For the staff…

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Posted by Jack Roberts in Tomorrow People | December 7, 2009 12:57PM | 3 Comments »


Google Wave: Are We Surfing or Drowning?

Google Wave: Are We Surfing or Drowning?

In September, having an invite to Wave, Google’s latest milestone product, made you the coolest kid in school (at least among the nerds hanging…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | December 4, 2009 1:28PM | 7 Comments »


Samsung, AdMob See The Value In Opened-Up Business

Samsung, AdMob See The Value In Opened-Up Business

Samsung has announced it’s getting into the app development market, with its “bada” software platform and developers toolkit. We saw Paypal…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Sci-tech | November 10, 2009 12:57PM | No Comments »


Rupert Murdoch Blocks Google, Stalls Paywalls, Dodges Hacking Charges, Beefs Rudd

Rupert Murdoch Blocks Google, Stalls Paywalls, Dodges Hacking Charges, Beefs Rudd

There’s been a flurry of activity across the Rupert Murdoch media empire recently as the Digger hatches his plans to get people to pay for…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | November 9, 2009 12:23PM | 1 Comment »


Amazon Kindle's Shaky UK Launch Proof Of Their Apple Tablet Fears

Amazon Kindle’s Shaky UK Launch Proof Of Their Apple Tablet Fears

What with Christmas books like “Here’s My Annual Cash Cow” by Peter Kay and “Socialnomics: You’ll Buy This Because It Has ‘nomics’ In The Title”…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | October 8, 2009 12:37PM | 2 Comments »


Eric Schmidt Stands Firm On Google Sharing Revenues With Some Poxy Content Producer

Eric Schmidt Stands Firm On Google Sharing Revenues With Some Poxy Content Producer

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, annoyed American print media at the Newspaper Association of America conference recently by saying: “Try to figure out what…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 21, 2009 10:44AM | No Comments »


FIPP 2009: Top Five PR Manouevers

FIPP 2009: Top Five PR Manoeuvres

While FIPP had its fair share of genuinely inspiring and thought-provoking moments, there were times when it felt like watching QVC with better lighting –…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Creative Economy | May 7, 2009 12:53PM | No Comments »


Google-AP Beef Escalates Print Media War With Internet

Google-AP Beef Escalates Print Media War With Internet

Print media is screwed – we all know that. But now Google CEO Eric Schmidt is telling newspapers to innovate, and the Associated Press is…

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Posted by Jennifer Allan in Creative Economy | April 24, 2009 12:56PM | No Comments »