Google CEO resigns

Eric Schmidt, who joined Google in 2001, officially resigned as CEO (chiefexecutive officer) in the giant internet company from Mountain, California.

Larry Page, co-founder of Google, Schmidt will replace the position as CEO.He was preparing himself to lead Google into a new era of mobile and cloudcomputing.

"When I joined Google in 2001, I never imagined, even in my wildestdreams, we will so far, even up to this point. All our business units-screen,Android, YouTube, and Chrome-the upper hand, "wrote Schmidt in the official Google blog, Friday, January 21, 2011.

Schmidt optimistic outlook is still very bright.
"Apparently, Google will continue to grow. And, to manage this company will be much more difficult. So Larry, Sergey, and I have long talked about howbest to simplify the company's management structure and during theholidays (last year) we decided that now is the right time to make somechanges, "he said.

Looking ahead, Larry is responsible in terms of product development andtechnology strategy. Meanwhile, Sergey will focus on strategic projects. Sowhere the departure of Schmidt?

Former CEO is expected to remain in Google's environment as ExecutiveChairman and spending time with the agreements, partnerships, customer relationships and broader business partners, and reach of government.

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WikiLeaks: Blogger from Indonesia worked for the U.S. Interest

After a long awaited, finally released the WikiLeaks documents from the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. Revealed that the bloggers in Indonesia used for U.S. interests.

This was revealed in a wire on February 12, 2010 ago from the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, the U.S. foreign ministry officials named Jared Cohen.As reported by the Guardian on Wednesday (19/01/2011), wire it to revealU.S. strategy to take advantage of social media in Indonesia to U.S. interests..

It is called the Public Diplomacy Strategy 2.0. That is, the Internet is used as much as possible to spread U.S. influence and securing U.S. interests in the country of destination. They chose this strategy because of the growth of social media in Indonesia is very fast.

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Sony Ericsson Remain Open Heart To WP7

Since 2009, Sony Ericsson (SE) experienced hard times, until Android 'come in handy'. Their sales had risen dramatically since then.

SE gains in 2010 largely due to the contribution of the Android products. One of the products are quite successful in the market is Sony Ericsson XperiaX10.

Well, in the event the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in 2011 and then SEalso announced new Android phone called Xperia Arc.

It seems that SE is still focused on selling products using Android. Excerptedfrom the "know your mobile", (Wednesday, 19/01/2011), Head of MarketingSE Steven Walker also said his company would continue to focus on Androidthis year.

Even so, he also said that the SE remain open heart for Microsoft's platform,WP7. "We will continue to monitor and certainly open-minded to WP7," he explained.

Walker also describes the SE does not believe that the market will survive forone type of OS in a long time. Therefore, the company will choose the rightbrand to survive in the market.

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Nokia: Ovi Music Closed, It's Part of Strategy

Nokia certainly going to close the service Ovi Music can download millions of songs for free in 27 countries. Vendor Finnish mobile phone giant reasoned, this part of the company's strategy.

The strategy in question is ongoing strategy of Ovi services to produce the best experiences that are relevant in each country, which in turn needs to be changes in the availability of the service coupled with a program known as 'Comes With Music' or 'Music Ovi as you please' it.

"We will continue to offer 12-month subscription to Music Ovi you like in Indonesia, China and India, and six-month subscription is available in Brazil, Turkey, and South Africa. For other countries, we have ceased production of the device that accompanied Ovi Music service as you please , "said Nokia in a statement on Tuesday (01/18/2011).

Nokia ensures that there will be no interruption in service for those who have been using Ovi Music you like or who would buy a device that accompanied these services in places that still have inventory. Users can still enjoy unlimited music downloads for the duration of subscription and can save the song forever.

"Nokia will continue to offer this service for users (existing and new) until the end of their subscription. Our customers can still save the entire song that they have, and can download songs that once again they download, the time until two years after their subscription period, while continuing to enjoy the benefits of customer service enhancements for the same period of time, "he continued.

In addition, all devices Ovi Music as you please, either already purchased but not yet activated, and existing at Nokia and at retail outlets and ready for sale, can be activated at any time until December 31, 2011.

"This decision is part of Nokia's mission to continuously improve the experience of enjoying the Ovi services to millions of consumers who use it. The main objective is to integrate all of the Nokia Ovi service into an experience that is easy and this strategy began to bear fruit," Nokia insisted.

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Substitute Steve Jobs Candidates

Overwritten repeatedly health problems severe enough, the era of Steve Jobsat Apple predicted would not last too long. Some have even started talking about who is worthy of replacing the legend.

Jobs role in Apple's long history of success clearly irrefutable. However, whenhe breaks for a while due to health reasons, it turns out Apple is still able to operate properly.In 2009 when he was on leave due to a liver transplant, successfullyreleased Apple iPhone 3G debut. People who are considered to play a great role when Jobs absent is Tim Cook, Chief Operating Officer of Apple.

At any time off this time, Jobs still appoint the same person to take overoperating control of Apple. Clearly, Cook was the belief Jobs and assessedas the candidate most powerful chief executive of Apple.

"Tim Cook did a pretty good job when superimposed Jobs are absent in the year 2009. There are a lot of respect for the Cook in internal circles beyondeven Apple and he proved able to control the company," said CarolinaMinalesi, an analyst at Gartner.

But on the other hand, Cook is still considered not yet able to emulate thevision of Jobs in a matter of making the best products and read the marketsigns. This is what makes the investors still doubted Cook.

In addition to Cook, there are some best talent that is seen as Apple's SteveJobs replacement candidates. For example, Phil Schiller, Apple's Head ofMarketing, CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vicepresident. Such as reported by Cnet

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Froyo Update for AT&T Dell Streak Delayed Again

Probably the last Dell Streak owners to get the Android 2.2 Froyo upgrade, AT&T customers will be disappointed upon hearing that Dell has decided to delay the promised update again. The said upgrade was expected to be deployed OTA starting last week.

Unfortunately, it seems that the carrier is postponing the Froyo upgrade for its Dell Streak customers “a couple more weeks at least,” which probably means that they will push it to whenever they want.

The information came from an internal Dell email leaked byStreaksmart.com:

“Sorry for getting back to you so late, but as you probably guessed we / AT&T are not releasing the update this week. I'd say a couple of more weeks at least. AT&T is pretty thorough in their QA sessions and that's where we are.”

Recently, AT&T has been voted as the least desirable choice for Android, as between June and December, the carrier failed to upgrade a single one of its nine Android phones that are still available for purchase.

The carrier's last hope to redeem itself in front of its customers was the “upcoming” Dell Streak Froyo upgrade, which was planned to take place between 12th and 15th January.

Even though Dell faults AT&T for the delay in getting the software rolled out, it seems that the manufacturer isn't completely blameless.

In this regard, many customers who purchased the Streak in the United States before November 23rd from other retailers have units that are SIM-locked to AT&T, which are still running on the Android 1.6 (Donut) platform.

U.S. customers who purchased the $299 version of the Streak with a two-year AT&T contract after November 23rd also have units that are SIM-locked to AT&T, thus they will have to wait “a couple more weeks at least,” hopefully, until the Froyo upgrade will be deployed.

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