Tagged: Google

Microsoft Vs. Google
11:51 am
Wed April 10, 2013

What Is The Deal With Scroogled?

The latest campaign from Microsoft, attacking Google for how it handles user data.

Microsoft has launched a new round of ads blasting Google for sharing user’s personal information if they are using Android software to run a smartphone or a tablet. Previously Microsoft ads attacked Google for accessing Gmail users' emails to create targeted advertising. To find out more on Microsoft’s strategy with the advertising campaign Ross Reynolds talks with Michael Cusumano, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management and the author of several books about Microsoft.

Driverless Cars
12:00 pm
Tue January 29, 2013

In The Future, Cars Will Drive You!

Credit Eddie Codel / Flickr
One of Google's self-driving cars in Mountain View, Calif., May 2012.

Drunk drivers, speeding tickets and parking could be a thing of the past. Google is developing driverless cars that use sensors to transport people safely and efficiently to any location. They claim driverless cars will reduce traffic accidents by 90 percent. Does it sound like something from science fiction? Ross finds out by talking to Forbes Magazine contributor Chunka Mui.