Google's fibre play – the key to NZ internet woes?
Google’s corporate blog has already been the source of one jaw-dropping announcement this year – the internet giant’s promise to stop filtering results on the Google China web domain, risking its entire business in China. Now we have Google revealing plans to invest in a trial fibre-to-the-home network in the US that will reach 50,000 […]
MoreGoogle vs China – who will blink first?
In a fascinating post on its corporate blog, Google has threatened to pull out of the Chinese market following attempts to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and an attack on Google’s corporate network “originating from China”. Publicly anyway, Google claims to be putting its Chinese business on the line, stating that […]
MoreWill the Google phone finally give Android mass-appeal?
Google has set the agenda on the eve of the CES tech show in Vegas with the launch this morning in San Francisco of its Nexus One Google-made smartphone. Here are the main specs, courtesy of Information Week: The Nexus One runs Android 2.1 — available as open source in the next few days — […]
MoreIN THE VALLEY I ROAM
One of the highlights of my year was a visit in September to Silicon Valley, which was basically a drunked tour of Napa Valley with side trips to Apple, Google, Craigslist thrown in. It all culminated in the Pole Blacks Segwway Polo match against the S…
MoreAPPLE & GOOGLE PHONE IN THE NEWS
Griffin’s Gadgets has been quiet for an unacceptably long period of time by blogging standards – over a month! I’ve nevertheless been busy on some creative projects, at least one of which will hopefully bear fruit in the coming months. In the meantime …
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PETER GRIFFIN 