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Google sees the future, and its all about free cell phones

GoogleGoogle's CEO Eric Schmidt is dreaming about free cell phones. Schmidt said that he definitely sees a future where consumers who accept to watch targeted advertising on their mobile phones, will in turn get them for free. As advertising is starting to hit the mobile market with consumers spending large amount of time talking, texting, and using the mobile Internet, this new form of mobile advertising makes it highly viable. This is a great option for people. Why not offer free phones and usage for targeted ads? What do you think? Would you grab a free phone for listening to, watching, or receiving text ads?

Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services, Google

Google to Offer Free Novels

google old bookGoogle is planning to offer Google Book Search users the ability to download and print selected classic out of copyright novels as PDF files for free. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt says he believes that this project will introduce many people to books that they would never have normally discovered.

The free novel program started life as Google's giant initiative to put books online in a searchable format. Through an outside project known as Gutenberg, volunteers have been scanning public domain books for many years to text files that can in turn be used for printing or reading. Google is acquiring this information, and will allow users to access these books in a print ready format.

UPDATE: To find out-of-copyright books that you can download, select the "Full view" radio button when you search on books.google.com

Current available titles include:
[via BBC]

Filed under: Business, Internet, Apple, Google

Google CEO joins Apple Board of Directors

eric schmidt joins apples board of directorsApple announced yesterday that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has joined the ranks on Apple's Board of Directors. "Apple is one of the companies in the world that I most admire," said Eric Schmidt. "I'm really looking forward to working with Steve and Apple's board to help with all of the amazing things Apple is doing." Likewise, Steve Jobs praised Schmidt, saying, "Eric is obviously doing a terrific job as CEO of Google, and we look forward to his contributions as a member of Apple's board of directors."

Just imagine the outcomes in the marketplace now that these extra ties have been made between Google and Apple. These two companies full of innovation and market domination can together create some very cutting edge products and services--I wonder what Microsoft thinks about this news.

Filed under: Business, Fun, Games, Google

Eric Schmidts April Fools office furniture

eric schmidt april fools vw beetleBack in the day when a young Eric Schmidt (with rather large glasses) was a manager at Sun Microsystems, his employees thought it would be rather hilarious if they were to exchange a VW beetle with his office furnishings.

Giraffes showed up at his house, and gave him papers to a car. Thinking it was a weird joke, Schmidt left for work. Upon arriving at work, there was the car. It had been disassembled, and brought into his office. Check out the video after the flip.

[Thanks Mike]

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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