Google CEO Larry Page on Charlie Rose — Talks Facebook, Future of Google

Google CEO Larry Page on Charlie Rose — Talks Facebook, Future of Google
21/05/2012 by Kate Freeman on Mashable

Google CEO Larry Page talks Facebook, Oracle and the future of Google in an interview airing Monday night on Charlie Rose.

Page commented on the recent Facebook IPO saying, “I don’t want to speak about their thing. But I think it’s great to see that competition really — our competition and just the Valley is thriving.”

He also answers Rose’s questions regarding the possibility of Facebook overtaking search, to which Page says it’s “unfortunate” the company is so closed with its data. “In general, I think we’d like to see content on the Internet being made more open and so on,” he says.

Charlie Rose has interviewed dozens of notable figures in the tech field, including Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, Mark Zuckerberg and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, to name a few.

The PBS program will run at 11 p.m. on Monday and on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Bloomberg. Check this local station guide to find times in your area.




Source: Mashable.com

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Caught Wearing Google Glasses

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Caught Wearing Google Glasses
by Peter Pachal on Mashable

Looks like the Google Glasses are real after all. Google co-founder Sergey Brin was spotted wearing them in San Francisco by a prominent tech writer, and he even managed to snap a photo of the prototype specs.

Blogger Robert Scoble met up with Brin at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and, seeing that Brin was wearing a pair of the freshly unveiled Google Glasses, took a photo of the two of them with his camera, which he promptly posted on Instagram and Twitter.

Scoble says Brin wouldn’t let him try on the sci-fi specs, which communicate with the wearer’s smartphone to relay information and turn the glasses into a futuristic heads-up display. However, he did say the glasses appeared to be very lightweight, and that they seemed to be flashing info to Brin as they talked. He also said they looked “self-contained,” not requiring other hardware (although a wireless connection to a phone wouldn’t be visible).

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The Google Glasses are real! Here is a set on @sergeybrinncofounder of Googl @ Palace Hotel, San Franciscoinstagr.am/p/JD7vCMAR4Y/

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The Google Glasses, which the company officially unveiled Wednesday, have sharply divided the Internet. While many tech enthusiasts have praised Google for daring to make a useful and lightweight version of a mainstream heads-up display, detractors have pointed out the many potential pitfalls (such as user distraction) and how silly they could end up looking.

Still, with Brin wearing them in public, a final product may be coming sooner than later. Initial reports said the glasses would go on sale by the end of the year, but a Google spokesperson later told Mashable that was “extremely unlikely.” Scoble tweeted that the glasses were many months, if not years away from being“productized,” though it’s not clear if Brin said so or if it’s his own speculation.

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Image by Robert Scoble