Things Eric Schmidt says

Oct 21, 2020Sean Hollister

Eric Schmidt, who bought YouTube for a premium, thinks social networks are ‘amplifiers for idiots’

The former Google CEO also seems to think antitrust only kicks in at 100 percent market share

May 25, 2016James Vincent

Eric Schmidt tells room full of iPhone users: 'So much for the Android monopoly in Europe'

Jan 12, 2016Amar Toor

Eric Schmidt wants an AI assistant named Not-Eric

Alphabet chairman touts the promise of artificial intelligence at New York conference

Dec 7, 2015Jacob Kastrenakes

Google’s Eric Schmidt wants 'spell-checkers, but for hate and harassment'

Mar 23, 2015James Vincent

Google Glass isn't dead, it's being 'made ready for users,' says Eric Schmidt

Mar 16, 2015T.C. Sottek

Google executive Eric Schmidt, man, makes total ass of himself at SXSW

Careful not to step in the bullschmidt

Sep 23, 2014Rich McCormick

Google pulls funding from conservative group for 'lying' about climate change

Eric Schmidt says facts of climate change 'are not in question'

Mar 7, 2014Adrianne Jeffries

Google's Eric Schmidt: 'let us celebrate capitalism'

Jan 24, 2014Rich McCormick

Eric Schmidt says encryption will help Google crack Chinese censorship and stop the NSA

Dec 30, 2013Tom Warren

Eric Schmidt makes 2014 predictions, says mobile has won

Nov 24, 2013Casey Newton

Eric Schmidt writes a guide for switching from iPhone to Android

Nov 21, 2013Nathan Ingraham

Google's Eric Schmidt: 'the solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything'

Nov 4, 2013Adi Robertson

Google's Eric Schmidt calls NSA surveillance 'outrageous'

Oct 8, 2013Sam Byford

Eric Schmidt calls Android 'more secure than the iPhone'

Sep 13, 2013Russell Brandom

Eric Schmidt expresses concern over PRISM, but calls NSA spying 'the nature of our society'

Jun 6, 2013Adi Robertson

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

May 13, 2013Adi Robertson

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

May 6, 2013Chris Welch

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

Apr 25, 2013Jeff Blagdon

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

Apr 22, 2013Dante D'Orazio

Eric Schmidt says consumer version of Google Glass 'probably a year-ish away'

Apr 19, 2013Sam Byford

WikiLeaks publishes five-hour conversation between Eric Schmidt and Julian Assange

Apr 16, 2013Aaron Souppouris

Eric Schmidt calls Facebook Home a 'tremendous endorsement' of Google Play

Apr 16, 2013Tom Warren

Eric Schmidt describes future 'phenomenal' Motorola devices as 'phones-plus'

Apr 13, 2013Adi Robertson

Eric Schmidt calls for drone regulation to keep neighbors from spying on you

Apr 1, 2013Carl Franzen

Google's Eric Schmidt warns of 'dangerous period for the internet' in Burma

Mar 21, 2013Chris Welch

Eric Schmidt hints Google Now for iOS stuck in App Store approval process

Mar 21, 2013Adi Robertson

Eric Schmidt calls Apple a 'tremendous technology innovator,' but still wants you to buy a Nexus 10

Mar 21, 2013Matt Brian

Google to keep Android and Chrome OS separate, says Schmidt

Mar 19, 2013T.C. Sottek

Eric Schmidt challenges India to invest in an open internet

Feb 1, 2013Bryan Bishop

Eric Schmidt reportedly calls China hacking campaigns 'sophisticated and prolific' in new book

Jan 23, 2013Jeff Blagdon

The no-hire paper trail Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt didn't want you to see

Jan 20, 2013T.C. Sottek

Eric Schmidt's daughter reports on creepy North Korea trip, says the country is like 'The Truman Show'

Jan 10, 2013Kimber Streams

Eric Schmidt says North Korea must allow internet access or 'remain behind'

Dec 17, 2012Jeff Blagdon

Watch this: Eric Schmidt interviews Stephen Colbert in the nerdiest hour of the year

Dec 12, 2012Nathan Ingraham

Eric Schmidt says that Google Fiber 'is a real business' and plans to expand it

Dec 12, 2012Nathan Ingraham

Eric Schmidt says Google is the new Microsoft and it's winning the war against Apple

Dec 5, 2012Sam Byford

Eric Schmidt says it's 'extremely curious' that Apple lawsuits don't target Google directly

Oct 11, 2012Aaron Souppouris

Google's Eric Schmidt says Android vs. Apple is the 'defining contest' while dismissing Microsoft

Oct 2, 2012Adrianne Jeffries

Eric Schmidt stops by New York City, joins mayor in cheering Silicon Alley

The Google chairman flew east for a summit with New York City tech leaders

Sep 27, 2012Sam Byford

Google's Eric Schmidt dances 'Gangnam Style' in Korea (video)

Sep 25, 2012Jeff Blagdon

Google has not submitted a new Maps app for iOS, says Eric Schmidt (update)

Sep 25, 2012Sam Byford

Google expands global reach with Nexus 7 launch in Japan

Jul 14, 2012Evan Rodgers

Google's Eric Schmidt: 'We always wanted to be in the hardware business'

During last Thursday's Allen & Company technology conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, Google's Eric Schmidt spoke about the company's growing role as a hardware producer.

Jun 22, 2012Dieter Bohn

After acquisition, Google reiterates it is 'not integrating Motorola'

Speaking to said shareholders, CFO Patrick Pichette reiterated Google's intention to hold Motorola at arm's length and allow it to "stay on its own battlefield."

May 24, 2012Dante D'Orazio

Eric Schmidt on Motorola Mobility's future: 'a lot more focus on Android'

The Guardian quoted executive chairman Eric Schmidt saying that Motorola will have "more investment in products and a lot more focus on Android and the tools even than they have today."

Apr 24, 2012Nilay Patel

Eric Schmidt's testimony from the Oracle v. Google trial

It's a day packed full of legal fun with Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt following immediately on the heals of Andy Rubin's testimony in the Oracle v. Google trial.

Jan 11, 2012Nilay Patel

Eric Schmidt: Microsoft 'may not get through' Windows architectural transition, Android fragmentation not a concern

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told CNET's Molly Wood that "Microsoft's trapped in an architectural transition problem they may not get through."

Dec 7, 2011Jeff Blagdon

Eric Schmidt: Google TV on 'majority' of new TVs by summer 2012

Google's CEO Eric Schmidt made an appearance at the LeWeb conference in Paris, saying that Google TV was going to be on the majority of new TVs in Summer 2012, among other eyebrow-raising soundbites.

Nov 9, 2011Nilay Patel

Eric Schmidt: Google supports Android OEMs against patent lawsuits

Google says it's offering assistance to Android OEMs caught up in lawsuits — even offering up its own patents, in some cases.

Nov 8, 2011Vlad Savov

Eric Schmidt: Android work began before the iPhone, Google remains a great innovator

Google's Eric Schmidt has refuted Steve Jobs' claims that Android copied the iPhone's OS by asserting that "the Android efforts started before the iPhone efforts."

Oct 3, 2011Chris Ziegler

Eric Schmidt on Google buying Motorola: won't 'screw up' Android, will use patents to form 'rough truce'

The Android ecosystem is the number one priority, and that we won't do anything with Motorola, or anyone else by the way, that would screw up the dynamics of that industry.