Google’s Sundar Pichai grilled over “destroying anonymity on the Internet”

Google’s Sundar Pichai faced an awkward line of enquiry during today’s House Antitrust Subcommittee hearing related to its 2007 acquisition of adtech platform DoubleClick, and how it went on to renege on an original promise to lawmakers and regulators that it would not (nor could not) merge DoubleClick data with Google account data — automagically […]

It’s Now Officially Sundar Pichai’s Show At Google

Sundar Pichai Welp, journalists got some inbox candy on a Friday from Google. An invite to an event on September 29th. What will the event be about? Is it hardware? Has to be hardware! Is it software? Has to be software! Is it…yes. It has to be that, too. My point is that it doesn’t even matter what they launch: Google has had hundreds of product launches, and it will have hundreds more.… Read More

OK Alphabet

5956333494_cf5324961c_b “Finally.” “Moonshots.” “Sundar.” “Speed.” “Brilliant.” “YES!” These are all things that I’ve heard from insiders today in response to Google’s move to put itself, and its other units, under a new umbrella company called Alphabet. The news came in like a tomahawk, causing most of us to check the calendar and… Read More

The One Thing Every Great Company Has In Common

wax seal Obscured in the valuation dust of the current unicorn stampede is a key question: What actually makes a great company great? What do the future Facebooks, Googles and Apples have in common — not to mention the current ones? Let’s take Google and Apple. Both have reached the pinnacle of business success. And some of their flagship products — like iPhone and Android —… Read More