Eric Schmidt
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Watchdog Group Takes Google to Task in Times Square
Marketing Pilgrim &bull 56 Minutes Ago
Consumer Watchdog's InsideGoogle.com has something to say about Google's disrespect for people's privacy and they're saying it at one of the busiest intersections in the world. The group has purchased advertising space on a 540 sq ft Jumbotron in Times… Full Story »
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1938Media Responds to Eric Schmidt's Name Change Theory
Technorati Technology &bull 5 Hours Ago
Recently Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggested that when they turn 18, children will want to change their names to escape their permanent online records. It's kind of creepy, and a bit weird that he would hold children to such high… Full Story »
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Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads
Cnet News &bull Yesterday
Consumer Watchdog took its crusade against Google to new heights Thursday, running ads in New York's Times Square blasting CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy issues. The group's Inside Google site, an extremely vocal critic of the search giant, produced two… Full Story »
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Google: Eric Schmidt, The Creepy, Evil Ice Cream Truck Driver
Barron's &bull Yesterday
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has begun running an animated ad on a giant screen in Times Square that attacks Google (GOOG) for its privacy policies - and stars a creepy, animated version of CEO Eric Schmidt as a demented… Full Story »
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Google CEO Shown Menacing Children on Times Square Jumbotron [Attack Ads]
Valley Wag &bull Yesterday
A new Times Square TV ad depicts Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a creep in an ice cream truck. It's just the latest critical swipe at the company, Fast Company's Ariel Schwartz reports. Google's "Don't Be Evil" motto has become… Full Story »
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Consumer Watchdog Group Goes After Google
New York Times Web 2.0 &bull Yesterday
Consumer Watchdog, a consumer group, has long been critical of Google and some of the comments that Eric Schmidt, the company's chief executive, has made about privacy online. On Thursday the group took its objections to a new level with… Full Story »
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Don't Track Me: Anti-Google Video Plays on Times Square
Read Write Web &bull Yesterday
Twice an hour, an animated version of Google CEO Eric Schmidt can currently be seen giving away free ice cream to little kids in return for their private information on a 540 square foot screen hovering over New York's Times… Full Story »
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Portrayed as Evil in Another Video
Jatin Mahindra &bull YesterdayConsumer Watchdog has created a new anti-Google video portraying Google CEO Eric Schmidt has some kind of evil ice cream man. The video is a commentary on what the group perceives to be Google's lack of regard for consumer privacy.… Full Story »
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Consumer Watchdog Airs Anti-Google Cartoon At Times Square
Search Engine Land &bull Yesterday
A Consumer Watchdog group is airing a cartoon that is named "do not track me." The video depicts Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt as seducing children to come get their "free ice cream." Then the cartoon version of Eric Schmidt talks… Full Story »
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Crazy Anti-Google Group Distributes Cartoon Video Of Eric Schmidt Preying On Children
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Yesterday
Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit advocacy group with a special fondness for attacking Google , has posted a cartoon on YouTube that depicts Eric Schmidt exploiting children. The video, aimed at drawing attention to privacy concerns with Google's advertising practices, shows… Full Story »
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Steve Jobs Takes Dig At Android, Eric Schmidt
Jatin Mahindra &bull Sep 1, 2010In between the announcements about iPods, Apple TV, and a music-oriented social network, Apple and Google's mobile rivalry heated up a little more today. Steve Jobs, while discussing the success of iOS, also tossed out what was likely a veiled… Full Story »
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The Only 10 Things You Need To Know About Apple's Big Event (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 1, 2010
Steve Jobs just stepped off the stage at the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco. He refreshed the iPod, announced sales data about IOS devices, and unveiled a revamped Apple TV. Did you miss the event? Don't worry, we have… Full Story »
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Googler Turns Down $500,000 Cash Bonus To Quit And Join Facebook (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 1, 2010
Facebook is recruiting like crazy right now and Google is doing everything it can do to hang on to employees. TechCrunch's Mike Arrington says the company offered one employee a 15% raise and $500,000 retension bonus. The employee turned it… Full Story »
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Steve Jobs Says Eric Schmidt Is Full Of It (AAPL, GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 1, 2010
Steve Jobs just took a jab at Google. At today Apple news conference , Jobs announced Apple has shipped 120 million iOS devices, and he said the company is activating 230,000 new iOS devices on a daily basis. Google CEO… Full Story »
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Google, Verizon unite to shape Net regulation
SF Gate &bull Sep 1, 2010
Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt once called Rep. Anna Eshoo "almost the perfect example of a congressperson." She "understands what we need," he said. She opposes Google's agreement with Verizon Communications Inc. on proposed rules for Internet traffic,… Full Story »
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Justice Department Is Taking A Closer Look At Google's ITA Purchase
Paid Content Yahoo &bull Aug 28, 2010
Google's proposed $750 million acquisition of travel search technology provider ITA Software isn't ready for take off quite yet; Google says the Department of Justice wants more information about the acquisition before giving the deal its OK. In making the… Full Story »
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The Road to HAL Is Paved With Good Intentions: The Future of Google?
FastCompany: Technology &bull Aug 27, 2010
Google's CEO wants to take the company beyond search. Way beyond... "I actually think most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing next." This is not a quote from a darkly fanciful sci-fi writer, it is the voice of Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, describing his vision for the company in an August 14 Wall Street Journal interview . Is it just me or does that come across as just a little bit disturbing, even Orwellian?… Full Story »
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Bad Reputation? Google Says Change Your Name
WebProNews Videos &bull Aug 27, 2010In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted that young adults would need to change their names in order to protect their reputations. Since social media and the Web are gaining stronger influence in… Full Story »
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Report: Google searching for music chief?
Cnet News &bull Aug 26, 2010
Google CEO Eric Schmidt (center) is about to raise his music profile. Last December, visited with Universal Music Group Chairman Doug Morris and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, Sony Music chief. We've known for a while that Google has plans to launch a… Full Story »
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Facebook 2.0? Scoop Wants to Take the Social Network Back to Its Roots--The Campus
Technorati Technology &bull Aug 26, 2010
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, one of the most influential investors in the world, is placing a bet on a new social network called Scoop to take on the current king of social, Facebook. Schmidt's personal venture capital investment arm, TomorrowVentures… Full Story »
