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[iam802]

Philips GoGear Connect is a legitimate Android-based iPod touch competitor

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/phil ... ompetitor/

[kennynah]

Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn

BERLIN (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room. | Video http://www.reuters.com/news/video?video ... nologyNews

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6862HP20100907

[winston]

THE BIG STORY IN TECH


The big story in technology the past few weeks: The beaten-up, cash-rich companies Steve wrote about earlier this month are putting in bottoms.

To recap, "World Dominator" tech companies like Intel, Microsoft, and Google are past their hypergrowth stage. This has caused many investors to dump the shares out of "growth disappointment."

But we're attracted to these dominators now... They've become huge, entrenched firms with mega cash flows. And they are cheap by any measure. This makes the bottom in Google shares worth noting.

Like most stocks, Google enjoyed a big rally in 2009... which took it to more than $625 per share. In the months that followed, however, investors got spooked on Google's growth prospects and the broader market. This spooking sent Google down to $436 per share.

Now note how Google rallied off this bottom and refused to sink lower than its previous low. Considering that this is an absolutely dominant company, and it's cheap, it looks like an important bottom to us.


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[iam802]

3M businesses on Google Apps; 30M users.


http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/ ... -gone.html

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As of today, more than 3 million businesses have gone Google, and over 30 million users within businesses, schools and organizations now depend on our messaging and collaboration tools.

...

Note:
- couple the above with VMWare going after MS Exchange business
- MSFT is still stuck

[iam802]

+1 for Google; not sure what will be the potential though..

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Why Facebook Is (Probably) Turning To Android To Make Mobile Even More Social

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Mark Zuckerberg: I mean, who knows, 10 years down the road, maybe we’ll build our own operating system or something, but who knows. That is more history than we’ve had so far with the company, so it is really hard to predict that far out. But for now, I think, everything is going to be shades of integration, rather than starting from the ground up and building a whole system.

Jason Kincaid: So, it sounds like a customized version of Android seems like the best thing, the deepest integration you could do without building your own operating system.

Mark Zuckerberg: Yeah, and I mean…

Michael Arrington: Is that putting words in your mouth?

Mark Zuckerberg: No, I mean, we’ve looked a bunch of different technical things.

....

http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/22/facebo ... TechCrunch)

[iam802]

even Alessi is into Andriod.




http://www.slashgear.com/alessitab-andr ... (SlashGear)

[winston]

Google (GOOG)

If you are searching for something on the Internet, then chances are you googled it. Google has over 65% of the search market. Its closest competitors own just 17% of the market.

If you combined Microsoft and Yahoo, they would still control just 34% of the search market. Google’s global market share is often overlooked.

According to Fortune magazine, Google owns over 90% of the market in non-mobile search worldwide. Yahoo and Bing combined barely make up over 1%.

Google also has a lock on the growing smartphone market. The company owns nearly 96% of the mobile search market.

Google doesn’t dominate the search market, the company owns it.

http://buylikebuffett.com/index.php/201 ... ed-states/?

[iam802]

His info. is a bit outdated.

Google's CEO just mentioned that their biggest competitor is Bing (Microsoft Search Engine). And the CEO is saying that MSFT is doing a great job with Bing. (<< in other words, they are not going to assume they own the market).

So, if Google lose the Search Engine market, they lose their crown jewel.

[kennynah]

RTTNews) - Google Inc. (GOOG: News ) reported GAAP net income of $2.17 billion or $6.72 per share for the third quarter, compared to $1.64 billion or $5.13 per share in the prior year quarter.

Non-GAAP net income in the third quarter of 2010 was $2.46 billion or $7.64 per share, compared to $1.88 billion or $5.89 per share in the third quarter of 2009.

Google reported revenues of $7.29 billion for the third quarter, an increase of 23% over $5.94 billion in the third quarter of 2009. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting TAC.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $6.67 per share for the quarter on revenue of $5.25 billion. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

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by RTT Staff Writer

[winston]

A HUGE MOVE FOR OUR "BIG TECH BOTTOM" IDEA

The market loves our "big tech bottom" idea…

About two months ago, we began highlighting how dominant tech companies like Intel, Microsoft, and Google are cheap and out of favor with growth-focused fund managers.

But these companies are almost monopolies on computer and Internet usage… They sport thick profit margins, excellent credit ratings, and huge cash hoards.

We noted how these factors allowed big tech stocks to put in tradable bottoms in August and September. And last week, the market voted for our idea with gusto.

On Thursday, Google reported better than expected earnings. The market liked the out-of-favor company's results so much, it sent the stock soaring from $540 per share to $600. This surge left our "bottoming range" in the dust… and shows the power of our "big tech bottom" idea.

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