Google my best search engine is at war on all fonts of its business. Earlier in October the company disappointed shareholders with underwhelming quarterly results. The amount of money it makes each time somebody clicks on an ad has steadily fallen for the past three years. Then a concern rose about the disintermediation of search by apps and how it could impact the core search growth of Google. While this is extremely difficult to quantify, qualitatively, it is believed that consumers’ increased dependence on mobile and apps is negatively impacting GOOGLE’s core search engine. Earlier this month, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch downgraded Google stock from “buy” to “neutral,” citing “search maturity, lack of product catalysts,…
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Apple Aiming For Google In It's New Patent Suit Against Samsung
Okay, it is kinda embarrassing and now boring to hear and read about these patent suits between these two, it is no longer shocking as it used to be. But this new suit by Apple Inc against Samsung Electronics should shock you, because it is targets Google’s Android. Apple has sued Samsung for $2 Billion because of the later infringing on five Apple patents related to smartphone functions. Samsung is alleged to have infringed on; – the slide-to-unlock feature that prevents accidental use; -contextual links with contact information; -word correction when typing; -universal search of the phone; – Internet and background syncing of data. Now the most interesting part about this features…
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Tough Competition For Apple Following Google-Motorola-Lenovo Deal
Apple is in for tough competition after Google saying Motorola to Lenovo yesterday. Google sold the tech company at $2.91 billion to the Chinese Pc Maker giving it levage to expand and thus pose a threat to Apple, which would now face a more focused Google which no hardware operations to worry about. Getting rid of Motorola helps Google create a more cohesive user experience across the different vendors who are in direct competition with Apple. Companies like Samsung who have a Patent partnership with Google are going to be the driving platforms for the tech company technologies. Meanwhile, a combined Lenovo and Motorola has the potential to take a large…
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Does the new iPhone lack innovation?
Recently Apple launched its new range of iPhone 5c and iPhone 5S and the questions being asked are where is the innovation? Everyone had a lot of expectations from the new iPhone gadgets, from the price range to appearance and technology improvement. This is because this the company that first had an MPs player, a smartphone, a touch screen tablet that everyone wanted and a notebook that we are happy to still be using. Plus all the many great innovation this company has had through the years. The video below byDylan Tweney Executive Editor at VentureBeat tackles the question, does the new iPhone lack innovation? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUwY3YkwzQ?feature=player_embedded]











