Eric Schmidt articles

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  Feature

  Being cynical: Julian Assange, Eric Schmidt, and the year's weirdest book

  By Joseph L. Flatley on June 7, 2013 10:00 am + 62 comments

  Stephen Colbert: Is this new digital age going to be good? Eric Schmidt: Yes! Stephen Colbert: Continue reading…

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  Article

  Eric Schmidt says the internet will solve global warming's 'fact problem'

  By Adi Robertson on June 6, 2013 05:25 pm + 55 comments

  While Google leverages its phones and web services in the mundane service of advertising, executive Continue reading…

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  Article

  Aspirational asteroid miners promise 'space selfies' in $1 million Kickstarter campaign

  By Adi Robertson on May 29, 2013 01:07 pm + 14 comments

  Two months after unveiling an ambitious asteroid mining plan, billionaire-backed startup Planetary Continue reading…

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  Eric Schmidt 'perplexed' by UK tax controversy, says Google pays all legally required taxes

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 27, 2013 11:24 am + 133 comments

  Google has recently come under fire in the UK for alleged tax avoidance — last November, UK Continue reading…

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  Eric Schmidt thought 'Don't Be Evil' was 'the stupidest rule ever' when he joined Google

  By Adi Robertson on May 13, 2013 11:03 am + 164 comments

  Former Google CEO and current chairman Eric Schmidt is known for both a sense of broad Continue reading…

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  YouTube to advertisers: we're the new TV, because we're nothing like TV

  By Adi Robertson on May 6, 2013 03:25 pm + 33 comments

  By any reasonable measure, YouTube is one of the web’s giants. Google announced in March that the Continue reading…

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  Article

  Eric Schmidt on an internet 'delete' button: 'There is a time when erasure is a right thing'

  By Chris Welch on May 6, 2013 02:18 pm + 69 comments

  Eric Schmidt is known for singing the internet's praises, but it turns out Google's chairman also Continue reading…

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  Article

  Does anyone know why Google bought Motorola?

  By Nilay Patel on April 26, 2013 04:33 pm + 611 comments

  Why did Google spend $12.5 billion to purchase Motorola Mobility? It's been nearly two years since Continue reading…

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  Things Eric Schmidt says

  By Sam Byford on April 25, 2013 10:49 pm

  Eric Schmidt may have stepped down as Google CEO in 2011, but he hasn't been any less vocal in his Continue reading…

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  Eric Schmidt thinks Glass's voice controls are 'the weirdest thing'

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 25, 2013 07:41 pm + 84 comments

  As Google’s Glass device trickles out to developers and early adopters, debates about its use in Continue reading…