Tag: SERGEYBRIN

In his new book, 'In the Plex,' tech journalist Steven Levy traces the history of Google and exposes some juicy details about the company along the way. The New York Times recently reviewed an advanced copy of the book, and highlighted some of its most interesting revelations. Eric Schmidt, for example, reportedly wanted to censor some Google search results in order to hide a political donation ...

Big things are happening over at Google. In a surprise announcement, Eric Schmidt has decided to step aside as CEO and is giving control over to co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will stay on as Executive Chairman and as an adviser to Page, while Sergey Brin will continue helping to create and launch new products for Google. Schmidt announced the leadership change via Twitter declaring, "Day-to-day ...

Vanity Fair will bow to Silicon Valley in its October issue, which will see the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Lo and behold, Mark Zuckerberg takes the number one spot: "This year Vanity Fair anoints Zuck as our new Caesar. He rules from the imperial capital of Palo Alto, California, the Rome of our nascent millennium." Although VF kind of glosses over ...

Not to be outdone by Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founders of Google are reportedly getting the Hollywood treatment as well, thanks to a freshly inked movie deal. According to Deadline, Groundswell Productions and producer John Morris have just acquired the movie rights to Ken Auletta's book, 'Googled: The End of the World As We Know it.' In the book, Auletta traces the rise of the Google brand, ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... HTC's Evo 4G won't officially hit the market until June 4th, but Engadget got an early chance to review Sprint's new superphone. The comprehensive rundown includes information on everything from the packaging to the individual specs, and the fortunate (and almost overwhelmingly glowing) reviewers found its aesthetics ...

The queen of domesticity, Martha Stewart, recently paid the folks at Google a visit during its National Sales Conference. After being interviewed by Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, Stewart brought out Google marketing chief Tim Armstrong and the search giant's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, to help her make a batch of Cherry Mojitos. Martha had Sergey help her pit the cherries, 'cause ...