Politics
It doesn’t contain the stench
Wrapping it in parentheses is like wrapping a dead fish in newspaper — it doesn’t contain the stench. John Gruber in a long, thoughtful piece on the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico, or Golfo del Gringo Loco
Cloud computing
Ghost on GAE
Setting up Ghost CMS on Google App Engine, easier done than said
Where they think the puck is going
Google is extremely well-placed for where they think the puck is going. Marco Arment, comparing Apple to the competition on matters of AI & Big Data
I don’t think they are evil
I don’t think they are evil. I think they, like other tech companies, are just idealistic in a way that works best for them. Musician Zoë Keating about Google, asking What should I do about Youtube?
The impact technology will have
It’s a well known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term. Larry Page, announcing Google closing the acquisition of Motorola
Human Rights
There are plenty of evil people
Google might not be evil, but there are plenty of evil people who stand to benefit from the blurring of public and private life Rob Beschizza, explaining on BoingBoing Why we shouldn’t let Google (or anyone else) claim their private services are public spaces
User experience
The only problem Chromebooks appear to solve
The only problem Chromebooks appear to solve is the user problem. Datamation, Chromebook: The Computer for the Rest of Them
Apple
Apple benefits Google
Apple benefits Google by creating user experience innovations which Google can rapidly copy. Google benefits Apple by […] crippling the profitability (and thus the ability to innovate) of Apple’s direct competitors. Horace Dediu, Apple (biased?) analyst, on his view of Google and Apple as mobile co-belligerents
It's why everyone is terrified of Google
it’s why everyone is terrified of Google: The PC revolution is almost coming to an end, and everyone’s trying to work out a strategy for surviving the aftermath. Charlie’s Diary, The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash
In the real world, the devil is in the details
In the real world, the devil is in the details. In cyberspace, it’s in the defaults John Naugton, With Buzz, Google takes another giant step towards turning into Microsoft
I think 2010 will be the year
I think 2010 will be the year that enterprises of all sizes start their transition to Gmail and Google Apps, and take their first steps towards the vision of the future. The move towards Cloud Computing is obvious. Don Dodge, Google’s official evangelist, as quoted by The Register
Cloud computing
Early on, people believed that their money was safer
Early on, people believed that their money was safer under their mattress than in a bank Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive of Google, on cloud computing, Times Online (Wayback Machine)