Dennis Fisher / threatpost:
Android Also Gives Google Remote App Installation Power — The remote-wipe capability that Google recently invoked to remove a harmless application from some Android phones isn’t the only remote control feature that the company built into its mobile OS. It turns out that Android also includes …
James McQuivey / Consumer Product Strategy:
Google TV Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think — It has only been a few weeks since Google announced it would create a brave, new world with its Google TV platform. In all the reactions and the commentary, I have been amazed at how little people understand what’s really going on here.
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs speaks about the iAd mobile advertising platform at a special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California April 8, 2010.
It looks like Logitech is willing to make a dent in the sales of its Harmony line of universal remote controls as long as you buy another Logitech device – its forthcoming Google TV box.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Microsoft Talking to Apple About Being a Search Option on the iPhone, Not Google Replacement — Correcting yet another post-first-and-ask questions later rumor, sources tell BoomTown that-as has been previously reported many times-Microsoft and Apple have been in long-term talks about adding …
After a lot of regulatory hubbub, Google finally closed its $750 million purchase of AdMob.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Game on: Google closes AdMob purchase just in time for Apple’s iAds — After a lot of regulatory hubbub, Google finally closed its $750 million purchase of AdMob. Now the mobile advertising battle with Apple can commence. — This mobile ad battle between Apple and Google has been months in the making.
Sachin Agarwal / Sachin’s Posterous:
To compete with Google, Apple has to make Mobile Me free — When Google announced the G1, I was not impressed. The hardware was large and clunky, the software was young and lacked polish. However, the integration with Google’s cloud services was well executed.
Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider:
Steve Jobs Email: “Not A Chance” Google Is Leapfrogging Us (AAPL, GOOG) — Steve Jobs is firing off one-line emails this weekend addressing Google’s big announcements from this week. — One email to Steve asked him what he thought of Gizmodo saying Google had leapfrogged Apple with the release of the new Android operating system.
ABC’s popular television show Lost comes to an end this weekend. This season has been largely about the backstory for why things are the way they are on the island.
