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Google's Android vs. Apple: History Repeats Itself

In about 2-3 years Google can become huge mobile phone player. They are slowly building huge telephone/mobile customer base using Google Voice, building a nice slick mobile software (android) and add things like Free maps and you have a real threat to Apple.

I realize Apple can still capture huge percentage of smart phone market but it is nice to have an alternative option to keep their prices in check.

Gone Nowhere in 8 Years

SEC and the government should be accountable for failing average hard working men and women. The market is slowly becoming a legalized gambling. Everyday it is becoming hard to trust the company executive making the best decision for the share holders. It is unfortunate that the CEO are driven by greed and short term gain. This is huge structural flaw that will continue to hurt the companies as well as the small investors.

What we saw in the last ten years with Ernorn, Mci,the financial system collapose (or near collapse), Maddof and etc are just the tip of the iceburg and a symptom of what's wrong with the system.

I for one, I don't have stock market passion as once I did. I am slowly avoiding stock market and getting into commodities and other tanagable investments. I have been investors since 1998 (right after college) and quite honestly I've learned that the system is not designed to make money for small investors.

Top 10 U.S. Online Video Properties, July 2009

Let me correct my statment.."More than 1/3 of American citizens have watched video on Google sites at least once in th month of July".

Top 10 U.S. Online Video Properties, July 2009

These numbers don't mean anything. According to this number, more than 1/3 of american citizens have watched video on Google site at least once. We all know this is far from the truth.

Google Drops a Nuclear Bomb on Microsoft. And It's Made of Chrome.

Yes, it is easy for the geeks and nerds to install linux/OS and may run the new chrome OS but the average person doesn't want to do it or have the time to do it. My wife is a prime example. She is an office manager and I suggested to her to consider using start office instead of ms-office software. Her response was big No. Why? Because she and her staff have been using office and they have no desire to change and learn anything new.
It is great news for geeks but the average user doesn't care . It is not like the geeks pay for their OS anyway.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Introduces Bing!

msft is much better position than a year ago. Last year they were about to pay 34-36 dollars/share for yahoo. Today they can easily buy it for almost half of that price and instantly become threat to google.

In my opinion what lacks msft and yahoo is vision. They need to start think outside the box just like Google and compete aggressively with google.

For example, publishers don't have much alternative to adsense and lots of people are not happy with google ad (including me). Here yahoo and msn can fill in the void. Why is it taking them long to open up their publisher network open up for the public.

I don't think plastering your home page with annoying ads will increase traffic. Bring something people can use.

Why Jerry Yang Needs To Drive a Beer Truck

I honestly think Yang overplayed his weak cards. I am sure they could have closed this deal at 35/36 if they were willing to sit down and talk with MSFT. Remember, MSFT needs Yahoo more than Yahoo needs MSFT.

Right now I am sure MSFT is waiting for Yahoo stock to drop to low 20s or teens and Yang to get fired before attempting another push to buy yahoo again. I am sure they think they can eventually close this deal at 33.

Yes, Yang blew this deal but the fact is that he may look genius if Yahoo's stock jumps to low to mid 30s in the next year or so. If this happens, watch for Ballmer to get fired for not closing the deal.