Google founder Eric Schmidt has given a donation to Virginia Tech’s School of Engineering in the sum of $2 million dollars. Schmidt grew up in Blacksburg and was the son of a Virginia Tech economics professor. He was also a neighbor to Paul Torgersen a former Dean of Tech’s College of Engineering and president from 1993 to 2000.
Eric Schmidt Talks User Portability of Data
WEB 2.0: Google CEO: Take your data and run – Network World One of the things that all internet companies need to do a better job on is in ensuring that our users have portability of data. So it was refreshing to read this morning that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, was talking up user portability today.
It’s Like Eric Schmidt Is Speaking Through An API
The “Conversation with Eric Schmidt” was interesting for a couple of reasons yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit.
A Chat With Google’s Eric Schmidt
Dan Farber has a good summary of John Battelle’s chat with Eric Schmidt at this week’s Web 2.0 Summit.
Conversation With Google CEO Eric Schmidt
4:20: The grand ballroom for the welcome message and a talk by Google CEO Eric Schmidt was packed; I skipped upstairs to a swank overflow room catered by Google. Remember those Google snack rooms? They turned this room into one of them.
Schmidt: The Internet Empowers Us
Google CEO Eric Schmidt penned a column for British publication The Sun Online, where he cited several examples of how people have become empowered by the availability of an online connection and new technology.
Search String Data Sensitivity Hits Spotlight
An in-depth recap of Danny Sullivan’s interview with Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, discussing search data sensitivity, partnerships, and Google’s future directions.
Eric Schmidt Goes To AOL
Looks like Google CEO Eric Schmidt is lecturing AOLers, now that Google owns a piece.
Schmidt Defends Google Print
Google is currently embroiled in a bitter battle with publishers over their Google Print entity. A lawsuit filed last week by the Author’s Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) challenged Google over their Print plans. During a speech in Tokyo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt called the lawsuit a “routine part of doing business.”
Schmidt, Brin Discuss Google Print
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt told an audience in Tokyo that litigation is just part of American life.