In the Google Search remedies trial, the government is done arguing its case and now Google is getting started. Today’s first witness: CEO Sundar Pichai, who also led the Chrome team at the very beginning. I suspect we’re about to hear a lot about why Chrome exists, why it matters to Google — and why Pichai wants it to stay part of Google.
15 years ago today, Steve Jobs published “Thoughts on Flash,” railing on Adobe’s platform for being bad for batteries, apps, and the web. Still a good read!
If developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.
Also, don’t miss our friend Walt Mossberg grilling Jobs about Flash at the D8 Conference.
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This New York Times caper is super revealing, both about how crypto-hacker crime rings work, and how investigators traced a quarter-billion-dollar heist. (There’s a Netflix movie in here somewhere, for sure.) But also, PSA: doing a 90-minute livestream that includes every imaginable bit of incriminating evidence is probably not going to help you get away with something.
20 years in, YouTube is a dominant entertainment force. Now it’s coming for just about every way you spend your time.
The landmark search trial has entered its remedy phase, and the government has big goals for the world’s biggest search engine.
