Google CEO and Chairman of the Board Eric Schmidt took the stage today in Berlin at IFA 2010 to deliver the closing keynote speech for the world's largest consumer and electronics trade show. Schmidt spoke about the new technology that Android offers, such as voice translation, voice search…
Egads! Our pals at CrackBerry have uncovered this picture of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt apparently wielding a BlackBerry at a conference in Indonesia. And this isn't the first time the Google exec's been spotted with something other than one of his company's own Android devices.W…
A nice beginner&39;s guide mixed with some subtle jabs at the competition Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt doesn&39;t always post on Google+, but when he does it&39;s usually something entertaining. Today he took up a big chunk of everyone&39;s stream with a little step-by-step tut…
We've got a little bit of Monday fun for you guys. Here's a video of Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, way back in 1986. He's being interviewed because of a prank his workers pulled on him and it's just amazing to see young Schmitty in action. Aside from the general awesomeness of bulletproof glas…
One of the highlights yesterday in Barcelona was Eric Schmidt&39;s keynote address. Schmidt always entertains, and as former CEO and current chairman at Google we&39;re usually listening when he speaks. At Mobile World Congress this year, Schmidt was focused on one thing -- the digital divide.…
It seems there are basically two kinds of gmailer's. The ones who keep every e-mail in their inbox with the goal to someday fill it, then the others that can not seem to delete it fast enough. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is one of those who doesn't prefer clutter in his inbox, or maybe he prefers t…
When I need cash, I go to the bank. When the chairman of Google wants cash, he sells stock. According to an overnight SEC filing, Eric Schmidt -- as part of a prearranged trading plan -- is selling some 2.4 million shares of Class A Google stock. That&39;s somewhere around $1.44 billio…
With the recent news that Chrome boss Sundar Pichai will be taking over from Andy Rubin as head of Android, together with Android features like Google Now starting to show up in Chrome OS, there&39;d been speculation that the two platforms would eventually merge into one. Not so, says Google E…
Feedback from Explorer Edition to help fix issues before consumer release Speaking to BBC Radio 4&39;s "World at One" today, executive chairman of Google Eric Schmidt fielded among other things a few questions about Google Glass. While the shipping of "Explorer Edition" Gla…
Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt recently sat down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss all manner of things relating to to Google, its competition, its products and its future. Topics of discussion included Apple, Android, the ongoing patent wars and other legal tro…
In Edinburgh, Scotland today Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt told listeners at a television festival that Google is fully committed to continuing and expanding the Google TV project, both with new content providers as well as new hardware OEMs. We're absolutely committed to staying,…
Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO, will not be seeking re-election for Alphabet's Board of Directors.
We don't know about you guys but we like to let loose a little bit on our Fridays. So here's a bit of Friday fun. Take a look at the picture above, it's a shot of Google CEO Eric Schmidt taking a picture with a Blackberry. Not a lovely G1 or a sexy myTouch or even a beautiful Hero but a Bla…
During a speech in Berlin, Google chairman stated that the search giant's biggest rival in the online search market was not Bing or Yahoo, but . According to Schmidt: Many people think our main competition is Bing or Yahoo. But, really, our biggest search competitor is Amazon.…
Ever wonder what really happens behind the scenes at Google and how the Internet search giant operates? Google Executive Chairman and former CEO along with former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg will give you the inside scoop on the internal workings of Google in How Google Works, a book…
Narrowly-focused book to draw on experience at Google and other tech companies Former CEO and current Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt is planning to release a new book next Fall that will draw on his experience at the company. The book, titled No Adult Supervision Required: How…
Google chairman Eric Schmidt today at Mobile World Congress took the stage for what traditionally has been one of the premiere keynote addresses of the event. Schmidt started the keynote praising the Google Chrome browser and its recent leap to the mobile space as an Android application…
Google chairman Eric Schmidt took part in the annual Allen & Co. business conference yesterday, and was showing off the Moto X . Posted via Android Central App ,Here are the pics ,It's a good looking phone. ,I like it. It's not gargantuan. Does anyone have an idea of the PPI on this? I guess…
Google Executive Chairman is offering to give 30 minutes of his time in New York City to the highest bidder via an online auction where the proceeds will go to charity. The effort is being handled by the CharityBuzz website, which also facilitated a similar auction earlier this year f…
Eric Schmidt finally made a response on Android patent issues. His response.... I just feel like he should be worried at least a . He later said he would make sure HTC would not lost which made made it better. ,Full interview is will be posted when the site stops getting bad gateways =/ ,It…
Google co-founder gets a day's life out of his Android battery, and he thinks you should, too. Speaking at Google's Zeitgeist forum , Page said poorly written third-party apps likely are to blame."I have noticed there are a few people who have phones where there is software running in the b…
According to CEO Eric Schmidt, Google has positioned itself to make $10 billion dollars or more per year in the mobile business, from things like subscription news. "If we have a billion people using Android, you think we can't make money from that?" He went on to say that it woul…
When last we heard from Eric Schmidt back in late June, the Google CEO was dropping the bombshell that some 160,000 Android devices were being activated every day. Fast forward to, well, now, and that number has hit an even 200,000, Schmidt told reporters Wednesday at the Techonomy conferen…
So Google TV might not have ever been the most popular product ever launched, but so far only the Americans have had the chance to play with it. The long wait could be at an end for us Brits though, as Eric Schmidt is expected to announce its arrival on UK shores in a speech this evening.&n…
Want to keep your employees around? How about some cold hard cash. Google CEO Eric Schmidt apparently sent out a company-wide e-mail informing all employees that they're getting a $1,000 holiday bonus, plus a 10 percent raise come the first of the year. Schmidt said how surveys of employee…
During Google's Q1 Investor's Conference, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on record of saying:"Overall, it looks like Android is going to have a very strong year," New announcements of Android-related products and partnerships with mobile phone service providers and device makers will b…
Though we all knew it, now we have it in writing: Steve Jobs really hated Android, according to his biography, which will hit store shelves on October 24. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is said to detail what Jobs really thought about the competition, according to the AP, who purchased a copy be…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, or Schmitty around these parts, just tweeted that we should watch the ads during the 3rd Quarter of the Super Bowl. And to add even more intrigue, he says that someone said "hell has indeed frozen over". For those at home, that would be the same Super Bowl that…
Apple held an event yesterday that introduced new iPods and the new Apple TV. Turned off the comments because you guys just can't help yourselves, can you ...…
Well, Here is something interesting I found after googling for gadget rental. I checked their website which says that they have concluded the beta test. I wanted to know if any of you guys knew about this and how was your experience. ,I think that's a great idea, but I'm not sure a month…
,According to Lil Kim's speech, he wants to open up N Korea trade. I think someone going over to talk to them would be great. Expanding the US market would be a good way to help stimulate our economy.…
The Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android was officially announced May 10 at the Google IO developer conference. It&39;s not expected to be released until the fourth quarter of 2011, and Google didn&39;t offer up too many details, though it did say it&39;ll bring features of Android 3.0/3.1…
It&39;s good to be home. Don&39;t get me wrong. Mobile World Congress is a blast. That we get to work for a week in Barcelona, Spain, is but one perk of this job, and certainly not one that should be taken for granted. As always, it&39;s great to see old friends and make a few new ones, too. A…
Mobile Nations Podcast Feed Mobile Nations on iTunes Mobile Nations YouTube Debug 10: Tammy Coron of Nickelfish and the iMore app Iterate 42: Marcus Adolfsson, David Lunblad…
Google has named Dianne Greene to its Board of Directors and Audit committee as of January 12. Greene co-founded VMware in 1998 and served as CEO and president until 2008. She also serves on the board of Intuit since 2006. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, had the following…
All over the interwebs this morning there's scuttlebutt about some mysterious rootkit in the T-Mobile G2. Is the sky falling? Will this be the most locked down phone since the Motorola Droid X ? Let's discuss a little bit after the break. Like most new desktop PCs, it appears that…
Let's just throw this one out there and see if it sticks to the wall tomorrow: Reader Steve Points out that Google CEO Eric Schmidt opens up the Web 2.0 Summit on Monday in San Francisco, speaking alongside Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media Inc. and John Battelle of Federated Media…
It's been just over a year since Motorola took the wraps off of the Droid RAZR, the device the company was counting on to keep it competitive. And with an intense push by Verizon, the RAZR managed to hold its ground in 2012 against blockbuster competitors such as Samsung's Galaxy line and HTC's…
I&39;ve long since raved about services like Tripit, which aggregate and organize your travel itineraries into a single application. Slice has been doing that for shopping for some time now, and today it announced it&39;s coming to Android. We&39;ve been using Slice for a few days now, an…
Well, we all know that this is official . EDIT: new rumors, the device will supposedly have a concaved or "curved" screen: thoughts? Has it changed your verdict? http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/16/rumors-samsung-nexus-s-using-fancy-curved-display-sprint-had-to/ With all of this speculatio…
The Q4 numbers are in, folks, and Google's revenue for the final three months of the year was $6.7 billion, up 17 percent from the fourth quarter of 2008. Google-owned sites , but really nothing you haven't heard before.Schmidt: "The Droid and Nexus One show the power of the Android a…
Thinking about making the switch from from iPhone to Android? "Many" of Eric Schmidt's friends are, he says � and so he wrote them a 900-word guide to walk them through the process. Google's executive chairman took to Google+ today to share tips and best practices for abandoning Apple's ecosystem…
Eric Schmidt has made his presence known at the Motorola-Verizon event in New York City by appearing on stage first and as such, he decided to go ahead and share some of the latest numbers for Android activations and installs. The number has grown significantly over the years and has now moved…
Day two of Mobile World Congress is in the bag, and it was another day filled with news from Barcelona about great Android-powered gadgets. I can&39;t be the only one the sees phones and tablets and bugdroids in my sleep, and for an Android fan it&39;s a good problem to have -- I&39;m certainly…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt this afternoon gave a sneak peak at Gingerbread -- Android 2.3 -- on "an unannounced" Android device that sure looked a lot like the Samsung Nexus S. It's all going down as we type at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Will we "get" Gingerb…
While it's still unofficial -- former Google CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to not name it during his keynote address at Mobile World Congress -- it's hardly a secret that the next named version of Android will have something to do with Ice Cream. And it looks like "Ice Cream Sand…
Might Google be working on an Android-based tablet? The New York Times says yes , reporting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt was blabbing about it recently. Thanks to everybody who sent this in.…
Yesterday during the Web 2.0 summit we got a brief look at Google CEO Eric Schmidt showing off Gingerbread -- Android 2.3 as well as, the now infamous "unannounced" device also known as the Nexus S. While it's time on stage was brief, it was more than enough to have us wanting to…
I hope more light is shed regarding the Nexus S story. Some things don't add up to me. Google's Eric Schmidt said during the Summer that there would be no Nexus Two, saying that the Nexus One accomplished what they set out to do. Some have construed this to mean other things, and even Eric himse…
We&39;re starting to fill our schedules for Mobile World Congress next month in Barcelona. And one must-see keynote address will come from none other than Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was just announced as a speaker this morning. We&39;re not expecting any new device announc…
Renders confirm earlier partial looks at the upcoming device Now that we know Motorola is ready to spill all of the beans on the Moto X come August 1st, we were bound to see some press renders hit the Internet. Well-known leaker evleaks has just released these purported first press ren…
Android, even indirectly, is but one tool in Google&39;s money-making arsenal On Monday Google stock closed above $861, marking a new all time high for the Mountain View search giant. This news, of course, sparked a bunch of headlines talking about it. Most of the “stories&rdq…
Three days just isn&39;t enough to absorb all the info from Google I/O. In fact, it&39;s physically impossible to get to every session, be it due to overlaps, overcrowding or overexhaustion. It&39;s a good problem to have, though, and Google handles it quite well. In case you&39;ve been livi…
One of the overlooked things from today&39;s Motorola presentation in New York was news that Motorola will be offering a developer edition of all three of the new RAZR models announced today. This is great news for tinkerers interested in the RAZR M, the RAZR HD, or the RAZR Ma…
There were no new Galaxy devices released today . But things just don&39;t ever stand still around here. Have a look in case you missed something. Hardware and updates Android 4.1.2 hitting some Galaxy S3 devices in Europe Sony announces th…
A lot went down today, covering everything from tablets for the kids to Google and Apple getting it together and giving us a great maps app for iOS. Great news days aren&39;t made, they just happen. Check it out. Device news Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE…
We&39;re live at the Eric Schmidt keynote at Mobile World Congress, and Hugo Barra, Director of Product Management, for Android, has announced that Chrome for Android Beta is now available in 20 new countries, bringing the total to 32. Unfortunately, you&39;ll still need Ice Cream San…
Things are winding down in Barcelona, the fellows are enjoying some of the local delicacies and getting ready for the trip home. But just because Mobile World Congress is finishing up doesn&39;t mean they didn&39;t work their collective tails off today, making the final sweep of the show t…
Let&39;s talk tablets. Specifically, let&39;s talk Nexus tablets. Forget, for the moment, that as yet there&39;s no such thing as a Nexus tablet. And I&39;m willing to bet that if Google actually does make its own tablet sometime in the coming months, it won&39;t actually be called "Nexus…
The Samsung Galaxy S III event has come and gone. Some say that&39;s true about the phone as well, that it&39;s so disappointing it&39;s done before ever getting off the ground. Of course, many of the people saying that have yet to actually touch or use the Galaxy S III. Not that you shouldn&39…
HTC this evening has confirmed in a statement to Android Central that importation of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE handsets have been delayed at the U.S. border because of a customs review. As first reported by The Verge, this likely stems from the ITC exclusion order Apple was granted las…
Sunday seems to roll around rather quickly these days, just like that the week is over and you are left wondering where it went. If you have been busy, odds are you missed something like a chance to win our Droid 3, or some other big news. Well, fear not, let's take a look below at some of what y…
Eric Schmidt not big on Ice Cream Sandwich name, HTC is suing App again and the Droid Bionic is officially official - goes without saying it has been an interesting day on the blogs. If you're looking for more news, android discussion or even some help with your Android device make sure you chec…
Way too much hay has been made over Google and Samsung&39;s decision to postpone Tuesday&39;s Nexus/Ice Cream Sandwich event at CTIA in San Diego. It&39;s disappointing, to be sure -- especially to those of us who were going to be there. Samsung and Google events, separately, are something to e…
We're winging our way out to Google I/O development conference in San Francisco , where we'll spend a couple of days deep within the Google development community, hear a couple of keynote addresses -- oh, and likely get our first real look at the next major version of Android: Froyo.We aske…
The Apple-Google zingers at today's WWDC gathering were actually pretty tame compared to the war of words we've grown used to over the past few months, and we didn't spot any out-and-out untruths like in previous keynotes. But there's one line that we don't want to let slide. And that's the qu…
Net neutrality and the idea of an open Internet have been at the center of contentious debates of late. It has been a confusing issue and one that remains perplexing to this day. I have outlined what has happened in the past week, some of the problems inherent in our current broadband system and…
In this crazy little world we called Android, we're all guilty of throwing around that four-letter word: Open. From the top -- Google CEO Eric Schmidt -- all the way to the bottom -- your friendly neighborhood blogger -- we wield the word like a sword when convenient, or as a shield wh…
Samsung is rumored to be integrating its televisions with Google TV, and an announcement is possible in January. We've already seen products from Sony and Logitech, but Samsung's entrance to the space would be huge as they are the world's largest television maker. A move like this makes sense fo…
After Eric Schmidt showing off the Nexus S yesterday, along with Gingerbread our rumored devices portion of the forums has been busy. In addition to all the Nexus S talk, we got 2 new contests and we seek out some calendar bugs on the Droid Pro. What of the Galaxy Tab getting Honeycomb? Will it…
Android Central Forums member Hearthatvoiceagain asks the question that's on everybody's mind: Where is Gingerbread? Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Android 2.3 is coming in the next few weeks, but it's been a month since the Gingerbread statue was dropped off at the Google Campus, and still we…
While it shouldn't really come as a surprise since Google CEO Eric Schmidt showed it off during the Web 2.0 Summit. But Samsung today, has finally unveiled its NFC chips with embedded flash. The embedded flash portion could be quite a key factor for Samsung as the NFC technology grows. Th…
Here's a healthy reminder that we're in Barcelona, Spain, this week for Mobile World Congress, one of the largest conventions for the cellular industry. We've got events with Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, HTC and others lined up, so look for a bevy of live stuff this week. Barcelona is is six…
We've heard plenty of rumors about Ice Cream Sandwich being the next version of Android to hit phones. Even at this years Mobile World Congress Eric Schmidt himself was dropping "I" version hints when speaking of taking the best of Honeycomb and Gingerbread for the next Android opera…
Ulf Waschbusch, ex-Google Mobile Product Manager now at MySpace Mobile, was recently reported all across the interweb as trashing the T-Mobile G1 on his blog: It's funny - but the first time I heard about Android was about 2.5 years ago, when Eric Schmidt told me about the device at Stan…
Verizon and Google just announced that they'll be holding a joint press conference this morning to discuss, well, no one really knows exactly. Obviously, when Google and Verizon get together, our minds get spinning for a Motorola Droid aka Tao aka Sholes announcement. Could this be…
Looks like Verizon is ramping up for some major Android releases. Along with the Droid , this in-the-wild photo is of the HTC Desire which clearly houses Verizon branding and runs the HTC Sense UI. We have absolutely no details to share with you but we've seen this device before in the han…
At Google's Keynote last night, there was supposed to be a ban on photos or video of their discussion about how they love openness and transparency inside Google Goggles. Emerce.nl bravely and justly bucked the photography ban and recorded the demos of all three. Catch our favorite - the…
A friend of mine shared this earlier today. A pretty long, but very interesting read about Larry Page if you don't already know it. How Google came to be, and how Larry Page grew from a young man who required the "adult supervision" of Eric Schmidt, to one who is now leading Google to greater hei…
I have a friend that is making the switch from an iPhone 4, or possibly 4s, to the Galaxy S4. What steps does she need to take to make this transition as easy as possible? Thanks in advance! , I think the biggest think is with iMessage. I can't recall exactly what, but disabling it and/or havi…
This was on the front page.. Just wanted to know what everyone thought about this video demo! Im physc'd about this device to be honest.. Software can determine alot in my eye's, the hardware only needs to run what is currently out for me to be happy. But anyway, whatcha think of the "Leake…
We still don't yet know what color options will be available nor what portions of the phone will be customizable, but do you already have plans for the customizations you want? My initial thought was to have black on the front and back and if we can customize the trim, I wanted it to be red. It…
Chairman Eric Schmidt announced that ICS will be ready Oct/Nov. this probably means a Nov/Dec launch for the Prime. woot! ,So that's put all the rumors of the October launch of the Verizon Droid-Prime to rest. The Nexus-Prime wont be out until at least mid November. Most likely Thanks…
This is great news folks. Motorola just announced their updated list of phones for ICS! ,Way too late. I'll probably get the next ICS device ATT releases or the Galaxy Nexus. There's no way im gonna wait till Q3 for ICS. ,That's the problem with Android eco-system. Even though Eric Schmidt th…
So what's up with the release date? Will andy rubin be presenting the new android version on monday ? I heard they will release it like 20 december, but that can't be it right? Eric Schmidt said in a couple of weeks, when he was interviewed at web 2.0 summit. ,if anything, the SDK could be relea…
We're live at s , will combine both the features of Gingerbread and Honeycomb. No word yet on how it will be implemented into the UI, but there you have it folks. ,Awesome...can't wait. I was actually reading about this a few days ago. ,bye bye fragmentation...hopefully.. . Maybe once eve…
Some say yes and some say no, but do you think we will see the next version of Android at Google IO or is it gonna be later in the summer? Eric Schmidt said Android updates are at a 6 month scale December to May is 6 months. . I had expected to see Google Music front and center, and hope we st…
On a very special Android Central Podcast, we tackle the Samsung Froyo update and why we've scoffed at many of the rumors. Plus, Eric Schmidt's out as Google's CEO. And stick around at the end for a special contest announcement. Namaste!…