Larry Magid, 06.14.2011
Technology journalist
Even though it's the undisputed leader in search, Google isn't sitting still. It can't. Unlike email services or social networking sites, users don't have a great deal invested in which search engine they use so users can and will switch search engines if a better one comes along.
Stanley S. Litow, 06.14.2011
President, IBM International Foundation
In the 21st century, as the market, society and the planet become more intertwined, "minding your own business" becomes obsolete.
Nataly Kelly, 06.13.2011
Chief Research Officer, Common Sense Advisory
According to Ray Kurzweil, machines will reach human levels of translation quality by the year 2029. In addition to text-based translation, numerous advances have taken place recently.
Larry Magid, 06.13.2011
Technology journalist
Robert Hatta, 06.10.2011
Vice President of Entrepreneurial Talent, JumpStart Ventures
Are today's innovators selling out too quickly to their deep-pocketed tech overlords?
Zandile Blay, 06.09.2011
Founder of TheBlayReport.com
Indego Africa creates a powerful new paradigm for brands seeking to help the people of Africa by giving them a hand up instead of a hand out.
Phil Bronstein, 06.08.2011
Executive Vice President and Editor-at-Large, San Francisco Chronicle
Let's say your spouse sends you a dirty picture. It doesn't matter if you both like it: officially, you're violating the Terms of Service of most software companies, and they can remove the offending image.
Nathan Newman, 06.08.2011
Founder, Tech-Progress.org
Your whole financial behavior will now be under complete surveillance by Google, from what goods and terms you use to search for products to what ads you click on that are associated with those search terms to which offers you download.
Steven Crandell, 06.07.2011
Writer
I am proud of my son. He had the gumption to unfriend the Big Friend-making machine and detach on-line from his peer group.
Constantin Bjerke, 06.02.2011
CEO, Crane.tv
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Larry Magid, 06.01.2011
Technology journalist
According to Eric Schmidt, this is first time Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon all have exploding new platforms that are not only generating profits for themselves but also thousands of third party developers.
Jeff Pollack, 05.30.2011
Founder, Pollack Media Group - Experts in Music and Media
If you're one of those that feels that major labels are the root of all evil, you may want to skip this post altogether because this time I'm sticking...
David Coleman, 05.29.2011
Public Defender (Ret.) and Adjunct Law Professor
The path of least resistance seems to be the best response to a police request to examine a car, at least until the officer discovers a text message from a drug-using associate, or contact information about someone who is under suspicion.
Don McNay, 05.29.2011
Award winning financial columnist, expert about lottery winners, structured settlement guru
Economic decisions shouldn't be ignored. Some severance packages are lucrative and offered on a one time basis. Financial considerations are one part of the package, not the whole package.
Steve Tack, 06.01.2011
CTO, Compuware APM Solutions
Faster performance will also hasten the growth of new, profitable applications for today's powerful devices. These applications will be the profit centers of the future, unimaginable in the days when performance was uniformly slow.
Andy Plesser, 05.26.2011
Beet.TV
Searching for local information makes up 20 percent of Google queries, says Marissa Mayer, VP for Location and Local Services, in this interview with Beet.TV.
Tanya Jo Miller, 05.31.2011
Co-host, CyberFrequencies
The Chromebook, if it catches on, is pushing us to the clouds in a very new way. Which sheds light on Google's free-love attitude toward intellectual property, copyright protection and data ownership.
Fortune's Stanley Bing, 05.25.2011
Fortune Magazine Columnist
I dreamed I died and went to computer heaven. And lo, I had passed to the next realm, and found myself standing before the great and awesome entrance to my celestial reward, and there was a nerd in a business suit with no tie holding a tablet.
Jane White, 05.25.2011
Author, "America, Welcome to the Poorhouse"
If big but frugal companies aren't willing to offer adequate retirement plans, they ought to be required to make their stinginess public so that prospective and current employees can look elsewhere.
Scott Cleland, 05.25.2011
President, Precursor LLC; Author
What's wrong with being tracked by Google as a target? Consider that Google's private information on users has already fallen into the wrong hands.
Pamela Haag, Ph.D., 05.25.2011
Author, 'Marriage Confidential'
Google deprives us of this privilege of autobiography. Instead, our life is now a biography: It's a story, in the aggregate, that's written about you by someone -- or in this case by something -- else.