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Google CEO Eric Schmidt To Stump For Obama

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“Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will hit the campaign trail this week on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, signaling Mr. Schmidt’s push for a greater voice in politics while giving the Obama campaign a boost from a highly desirable constituency.” [Link]

Google “Chrome” Browser Losing Market Share

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“During the first day of its release Sept. 2, Google Chrome rocketed to 1% of the market, Net Applications said. Since then, the upstart browser has fallen to 0.77% as of last week, with the losses shared evenly between IE and Firefox. ‘A bunch of people gave it a quick try, and its share has been sliding ever since,’ Vince Vizzaccaro, executive VP of marketing for Net Applications, told InformationWeek. ” [Link]

T-Mobile To Debut Google Android Phone - Google G1

Google G1
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“US telecom carrier T-Mobile is slated to unveil on September 23 a ‘Google phone’ built by Taiwanese firm HTC and to have the device for sale in stores as early as October. Google is hoping Android will become the dominant operating system for mobile phones. It is designed to improve the speed and quality of using the Internet on handsets.” [Link]