Tag Archives: Google

Google TV should turn into Chrome TV

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Chrome has revolutionized web browsing. It has evolved the web in 3 years more than in the previous 10. ChromeOS, though, has failed to challenge the PC and laptop status quo, in part because it was conceived before the iPad … Continue reading →

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[Chart] Search Vs. Discovery

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

  The chart via Business Insider seems conclusive on the Google versus Facebook war of who is more relevant for online advertisers. When people want to buy something they go first to Google. Full stop. If I want to buy a … Continue reading →

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Why Google Acquires Widevine?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

W3C’s HTML5 FAQ page might give some clues (see screenshot) about why Google buys Widevine, a DRM vendor that powers Netflix among others. What if Google adds DRM to HTML5 video? Google did something similar when they bought On2 and open-sourced … Continue reading →

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Social Vs. Search

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google should worry about this: More people are discovering content through social networks than through search. Anyone that had a website a few years ago knows well that most traffic use to come via Google. This has changed. As the chart … Continue reading →

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Google TV in Short

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google TV, as described by Google is about: Less time Finding More time Watching Control and Personalize what you Watch Make your TV content more Interesting More than just TV Google TV is built on Android 2.1 and Google Chrome … Continue reading →

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How much is an Internet Visitor Worth?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google makes $18 a year for each unique visitor. Facebook makes roughly $3. Three observations from the chart: 1)  Google is far ahead of the others in monetizing their visitors. A sign that search advertising is much better paid than … Continue reading →

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Flash Vs. HTML5: Google Will Decide

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The future of Adobe Flash is in the hands of Google. Apple’s reluctance to support Flash on the iPhone and the iPad is putting tremendous pressure on the future of Adobe’s ubiquitous platform, present in 98% of browsers worldwide. The … Continue reading →

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Finally, the iPad

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Finally it’s here. The much rumored Apple Tablet came to life as the iPad. The iPad is an iPhone “on steroids”. Same look, same great multitouch user interface, but a bigger screen make web browsing, reading ebooks, gaming or watching … Continue reading →

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Why Is Google Acquiring On2?

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google has announced the acquisition of On2, the company that owns some of the video compression codecs widely used in online video, but that were recently losing ground in favor of h.264. Why is Google spending $106 million in purchasing … Continue reading →

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Back from holiday… and to the Moon

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

It has been almost a month of holidays in Spain with my family. It has been the month where Google has announced its Chrome OS, attacking Microsoft where it really hurts, on its Windows licenses. Microsoft success with its new … Continue reading →

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