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You are hereAntitrustGoogle has an "Open Net Coalition" Problem... already!Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2007-05-01 19:10I always love to juxtapose a couple of stories to point out irony. Yesterday, I blogged that Tech Daily reported that the Google gang, AKA ItsOurNet ... will be relaunched in May as the "Open" Net coalition. Well today I laughed out loud when I read in Tech Daily, that Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales is promoting a new collaborative search process like the wiki online encyclopedia.
Seems like those who really know "open" don't think Google is worthy of its self annointed name of the "Open" Net Coalition. The "Open Net Coalition" -- "ItsOurNet" Part II -- They're back!Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-30 18:40The ItsOurNet coalition is relaunching under a new name the "Open Internet Coalition" in May according to Todays' National Journal's Tech Daily .
I must say I am sad to see the ItsOurNet name fall by the wayside, it was a glorious pinata of a concept.
It also will be interesting to see if they have retooled the substance of their message and if they will abandon Moveon.org and the Dorgan-Snowe bill to try and appear more reasonable and practical. Reading between the lines of the article it seems Moveon is "on" the defensive so to speak. lastly it will be interesting to see if: Google as "Big Brother" and the "dark side" of accessible infoSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-30 17:49The New York Times article today on Google highlights another reason all Americans should be worried about Google's anti-competitive arbitrage of U.S. privacy laws and consumer expectations.
I just heard someone joke: Google's watching you... they say its for your own good...it gives me the creeps!Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-23 19:17Google just announced a new so called "service" for you: "Web History." You know what gives me the creeps about this?
How do we know Google does not sell or give access to this extremely intimate info to the government or the highest bidder?
You know what gives me the most creeps about Google's Web History service? DoubleClick claims it won't share privacy data with Google -- huh? "Intimacy theft"Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-23 13:01The WSJ reported DoubleClick Inc. "Defends its deal with Google" by "pledging that the information it collects about, and for, its graphical-advertising customers won't be shared with Google after the acquisition later this year." Let's be real here. They really do think everyone is stupid.
Privacy issues are Google's achilles heel. Google is growing so fast and is so profitable largely because they are most aggressively arbitraging privacy law and american's privacy expectations. The FT said Google's brand is now number 1 in the world. Translating Google's spectacular earnings callSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2007-04-20 09:45Google turned in another awe-inspring financial performance in 1Q07. Pick your news report for the basics. All you need to know is revenue growth was up 63%. Wow!
Let me translate some of the earnings call: Top 10 questions for reporters/analysts to ask Google on its earnings callSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2007-04-19 10:25Given my recent 10-page white paper which analyzes the antitrust and competitive implications of the Google-DoubleClick merger, I thought it would be helpful public service to pose some questions that reporters/analysts consider asking Google's CEO Mr. Schmidt on Google's earnings call.
How Google-Double-Click is exploiting antitrust law's soft underbellySubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2007-04-16 13:59The news of Google acquiring Double-Click prompted me to spend a good part of my weekend analyzing the competitive implications of this seminal proposed acquisition for the future of the Internet. My analysis focused on answering the following key questions of interest:
Summary of my conclusions: Pages |