Sunday, August 21, 2011

Boot up: US antitrust probe on Google Android, Apple goes after Motorola Xoom, and more

A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team

Surely it's the (hardcore) few that are the influencers? Of course the group en masse doesn't agree - where would they go inbetween bouts of crippling state websites? - but that doesn't matter.

"Google's online Hotel Finder app reveals a stunning lack of vision at the search giant -- and a glaring weakness in its ideas about innovation."

"News Corp lost $254 million on MySpace, the company said as it reported revenue that beat analysts' expectations."

It goes on.

"U.S. antitrust regulators are focusing their investigation of Google Inc. on key areas of its business, including its Android mobile-phone software and Web-search related services, people familiar with the probe say."

The background. What ever happened to the careless Apple engineer?

"We are pleased that the District Attorney of San Mateo County, Steven Wagstaffe, has decided, upon review of all of the evidence, that no crime was committed by the Gizmodo team in relation to its reporting on the iPhone 4 prototype last year. While we have always believed that we were acting fully within the law, it has inevitably been stressful for the editor concerned, Jason Chen, and we are glad that we can finally put this matter behind us."

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