Google Co-Founders Wanted Steve Jobs To Be CEO Of Google

When Sergey Brin and Larry Page were first looking for a CEO to run Google, they went to Apple’s headquarters to meet with Steve Jobs. The Google co-founders left that meeting wanting the CEO of Apple to become CEO of Google.


September 5, 2010

This Video Attack Of Google’s (and Eric Schmidt) Stance On Privacy Aired On A Jumbotron In Times Square

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May 21, 2010

Sony Sets The New Metric For Success

Following today’s Google I/O keynote, Sony CEO Howard Stringer mentioned that Sony’s Android device was beating the iPhone in Japan. When Eric Schmidt reminded him that “Google doesn’t dominate,” Stringer responded with this, some weird opposite of a backhanded compliment.