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President Obama Talked Jobs With Steve, Zuckerberg, And Schmidt

Stefan Etienne — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:25:02 +0000

While the Internet was speculating about the subject of a meeting in Northern California between Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO (for now) Eric Schmidt, Reuters just picked up what the meeting as specifically about, mostly that the meeting, “was part of Obama’s push for technological innovation to help boost the economy and reduce unemployment.”

Other major technology figures that attened were Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Cisco CEO John Chambers, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Genentech Chairman Art Levinson, Stanford University President John Hennessy, and former state controller and venture capitalist Steve Westly.Via: Reuters, TNW

This Week On LaptopMemo: Android Takes The Lead Ferociously, And Rivals Have Coffee

Stefan Etienne — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:06:26 +0000

There’s no doubt about it: Android, our favorite little brown robot, means serious business. In Las Vegas, the perfect place to lose all your money (or make some of it playing blackjack), CTIA 2010 steamrolled all other smartphone competitors with the Sprint EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S, Dell Aero, and the PTT-based Motorola i1. And of course, there’s Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt not stabbing each other at a cafe, some new reviews, and more….

Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt seen at a cafe? Why? How?

Stefan Etienne — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:54:54 +0000

Either they were having a friendly discussion or are simply taunting themselves or the press. According to one lucky Gizmodo tipster, Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt were having coffee at Calafia in the Town and Country shopping center in Palo Alto, California. What exactly were they talking about? We’ll leave the guessing up to you, but all we know is that this occurred earlier today. And what’s that black thing on the table? Look closely.

Source: Gizmodo

Did You Know: 60,000 Android phones are shipped everyday

Stefan Etienne — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:43:12 +0000

This is a good addition to the Did You Know? fact section of LaptopMemo. Did you know that according to Eric Schmidt at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, 60,000 Android phones are shipped everyday, with 1.8 million handsets per month and over 21.8 million handsets per year, worldwide? Although he failed to say whether or not these devices are being shipped to retailers, or if they are being sent to owners, it’s still impressive.

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Hell Indeed Freezes Over: Google’s First Superbowl Ad

Stefan Etienne — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:53:39 +0000

When Google CEO Eric Schmidt tweeted “Hell Freezes Over”, we expected something. Hell has indeed freezed over as Google’s first Superbowl ad was aired just minutes ago to over 90 million Americans (accompanied by beer, food, and whatnot).

The ad is titled Parisian Love, which is basically a love story, and pushes Google’s search engine technologies to the limit. It starts at “study abroad paris france”, then moves to “impress a french girl” and eventually goes all the way to “how to assemble a crib”; the ad shows how much Google can fit perfectly into people’s lives. I’ve embedded the video after the break.