Author: Tom Nolle

Google’s let the industry have its first look at Chrome OS, which it sees as being the framework for a “cloud client” device and a platform that combines a Google desktop position with one in the smartphone space (Android) and a service-side position (Google’s cloud services) to create a new and complete (yes, and completely…

There continues to be a series of contrasts in the global recovery, and in several dimensions.  The fundamentals of consumption and production seem to be moving slowly positive worldwide, though the pace is slower in Europe.  In Asia, there’s more worry about things like inflation (China) or deflation (Japan), and in the US the big…

The FCC’s upcoming neutrality order, presuming that it goes forward, isn’t the only thing that the Commission has commented on that could change industry direction.  Chairman Genachowski has also indicated that: Our work has also demonstrated the importance of business innovation to promote network investment and efficient use of networks, including measures to match price…

The EU has opened an anti-trust inquiry into Google, not the first time the search giant has been in trouble with the EU but perhaps potentially the most serious inquiry yet.  Google’s market share in search and its potential for abusing that position have always been a concern, and in the EU you have to…