Futurist Ray Kurzweil to Join Google - Mike Isaac - General - AllThingsD
Ray Kurzweil, author and controversial thinker, announced on Friday that he will join Google as a director of engineering".

Next up: Google announces Google HAL, a sentient Android app that undermines you in your workplace, resulting in eventual firing, or summary termination.

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Google's Eric Schmidt says Android 'clearly' winning against Apple in phones: "With a wide range of devices at numerous price points running the Android operating system, Google's mobile platform is 'clearly' winning over Apple's iOS, Eric Schmidt believes."

I'm not sure that more users and a fragmented device base is necessarily winning. Gross margin is a form of winning.

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Apple & Google Team Up for Kodak Patent Bid - The Mac Observer
If successful, it would likely mean Apple and Androids OEMs alike would be free from patent infringement charges related to these patents."

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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Instagram Changes Photo Display on Twitter - Mike Isaac - Social - AllThingsD: "The cards are on the table, and it’s getting ugly. From now on, you may happen to notice Instagram photos appearing oddly on Twitter."

I think it's interesting that only Google and YouTube and maybe a handful of other tech companies have the discipline to keep giving away bandwidth no matter what.

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Google Launches Ingress, a Worldwide Mobile Alternate Reality Game - Liz Gannes - Mobile - AllThingsD: "Meet Ingress, a new free mobile app and alternate reality game made by Google launching today (on Android first, available as soon as it makes it through the Google Play release process)."

This looks really cool.

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Google's Eric Schmidt Interviewed by Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher - Peter Kafka - News - AllThingsD
Facebook is attempting to become the world’s communication hub. Off to a good start. Amazon wants to be the world’s store. All of these guys compete, but they also link up in different ways."

Google vs Amazon vs facebook vs Apple. Did I get the capitalization right?

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Google Android store reaches 25 billion downloads, 675,000 apps: "Google announced on Wednesday that its Google Play store for Android has seen 25 billion downloads to date, and a total of 675,000 applications are now available."

Who has got the most damn apps? My app or your app.

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Steve Wozniak says Apple Maps disappointing but issues not severe: "Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak said on Monday that he was 'disappointed' with Apple's new Maps app in iOS 6, however noted the severity of issues reported by critics and users is questionable."

We call it flaps about maps.

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