| Syllabus | | | |Year |2014/2015 | |Semester |VIII Spring | |
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Google v. China: the Chinese government reacts By Nate Anderson | Last updated January 19, 2010 12:58 PM [pic] The Google/China story has enough legs to qualify as a "centipede" at this point. After saying that it would no longer censor Chinese search results and that it was ready to pull out of China, Google also admitted to being the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that went after more than 30 companies. The immediate aftermath of the announcement was a media feeding frenzy—and that
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An Intro to Android and Android Applications D. Reynolds In today’s world of technology, even the average user can identify that mobile technology development grows exponentially each year. As more resources become available in the palm of our hands, the software and devices which we use to access these resources become more powerful and competitive in their market. According to the Open Handset Alliance, there are 3 billion mobile phone users worldwide, in comparison to the estimated 1.5
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#168 THE GOOGLE STORY Inside the Hottest Business, Media and Technology Success of Our Time DAVID VISE and MARK MALSEED DAVID VISE is a reporter for the Washington Post. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, he is the author of three books including The Bureau and the Mole. Mr. Vise is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School. He was formerly an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Co. MARK MALSEED is a writer, researcher and contributor to the Washington Post and
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CEO of Google Inc., was born on the 26th of March, 1973 in East Lansing, Michigan. He received his Bachelor of science in computer engineering from Michigan University and a Master of science in computer science from Stanford University. Proficient in computer science and extremely intelligent, he invented Pagerank, a powerful search algorithm that returned highly successful results to users' queries (Page et al, 1999). Together with his friend Sergey Brin, they founded Google in 1998. Google soon
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Acquisition of Motorola Eric Brown Dr. Ross Contemporary Business February 13, 2014 Acquisition of Motorola Google’s acquisition of Motorola Google announced on August 15, 2011 that it will acquire Motorola Mobility Inc. (MMI), for a sum of $12.5 billion. This was a vertical form of merger as the supplier (software provider) acquired its hardware client (Motorola). Reasons for acquiring MMI * Google’s android operating system has been sued by companies like Microsoft and Apple for
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Case Study 2B: Google Takes on the World (2) You should have a good feel for the Google organization after case 2A. We will extend the analysis in this case by adding some more in depth and up to date questions. You will need to do some research on the web to find answers for these questions. Each student is required to answer just one of the following questions. You will receive individual feedback on that question as a (very rough) guide as to how you are doing. Don’t forget to reference
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Design * Features 2. Applications 3. Google play 4. The 100 best apps of 2012 5. The 12 best android tablet app 6. Android software development 7. References Introduction Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as Smartphone and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other companies. Google purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005. The unveiling of the Android distribution
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Ethical issue The issue is whether it is ethical for Google to collect payload data using its Street View vehicles through unencrypted Wi-Fi network. Google's street view project was intended to capture images and also Wi-Fi data which are then used to map businesses and landmarks. However Google was found to be collecting 'payload' data which was unnecessary for its location database project. Numerous investigations ensued, questioning the ethicality of the Street View debacle. Theoretical
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Pandora Media, Inc., formerly Savage Beast Technologies Incorporated, is an internet radio service in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Pandora Media, Inc. is a free personalized radio that plays music and comedy. It has music and comedy alike that all can enjoy. You just have to start with the name of a favorite artist, song, comedian or composer and Pandora will create a custom station that plays those similar tracks for your hearing. There are hundreds of music and comedy genre
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