Items tagged with Eric Schmidt
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Nov 03, 2017
One of the fastest growing fields in technology right now is artificial intelligence. We see AI being employed in various different categories, everything from digital assistants and video games, to autonomous vehicles and robotics. Be...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jun 10, 2016
As time goes on and advances in technology lead to increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence systems, the prevailing thought is we'll one day bow to our robot overlords. It's the oft-cited Skynet scenario, which gets its roots in...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, May 25, 2016
It’s no secret that Google and Apple have a strained relationship. Late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs once openly declared thermonuclear war on Google for "theft" when it comes to the Android operating system, but that hasn’t stopped...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 23, 2015
Google put an abrupt end to its Glass Explorer program back in January of this year, leading some to speculate if Google was giving up on the wearable. That doesn't appear to be the case. When the Explorer program ended, Google moved Glass...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Feb 05, 2014
If you could switch financial situations with anyone in the world today, former Google chief and current executive chairman of the search giant Eric Schmidt wouldn't be a bad candidate. The guy has a net worth north of $10 billion (with a...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Apr 27, 2013
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt had some interesting tings to say about Google Glass after trying on a pair for himself. He described talking out loud to Google Glass as "the weirdest thing," and also the most "impressive" aspect of the...
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Dave Altavilla - Fri, Feb 08, 2013
Eric E. Schmidt, Google's Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, will become ever more wealthy. Already a member of the One Percent club, Mr. Schmidt will be selling roughly 42 percent of his stake in Google. In total, that's 3.2...
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Ray Willington - Thu, Jan 03, 2013
Here's an interesting tale: Google's executive chairman is about to go on a trip. But it's not just "any" trip, and it's hardly a vacation. He's about to travel to the Hermit Kingdom -- a place that's all but impossible to venture to...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Sep 05, 2011
Google surprised the entire tech universe when it announced plans to acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion, and once shock of the news started to wear off, the general consensus was that Google made the move to beef up its patent portfolio. Suddenly the multi-billion dollar acquisition made...
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Michael Santo - Tue, Aug 04, 2009
Apple announced on Monday that Google's CEO, Dr. Eric Schmidt, has resigned from their Board of Directors. While there was little content in their announcement (it was only two paragraphs sans the company info paragraph at the end), it had been obvious for a long time that he had to go. After...
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