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May 2, 2013 | 11:45 AM | By  | 

Geek Heretic takes on Google: It’s not the technology, stupid! | 

Kentaro Toyama
Kentaro Toyama

Our resident Geek Heretic Kentaro Toyama, a renowned computer scientist and former top executive at Microsoft Research, has decided to take on the gist of a new book on technology’s promise by Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen in an article for The Atlantic.

The article is entitled Our Future Might Be Bright: The Tentative, Rosy Predictions of Google’s Eric Schmidt though he did consider giving it the title ‘It’s Not the Technology, Stupid!’ which we here at Humanosphere like better. Read on to see why … Continue reading →

FILED UNDER: Basics, Eric Schmidt, geek heretic, Google, Kentaro Toyama, technology
January 30, 2011 | 11:22 AM | By  | 

Google fails to re-invent philanthropy | 

The New York Times’ Stephanie Strom and Miguel Helft have taken a good look at how, and why, Google’s experiment aimed at reinventing philanthropy — google.org, aka “DotOrg” — hasn’t worked out.

The article in Sunday’s paper, “Google Finds it Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy,” covers the launch of DotOrg in 2004 and quotes company co-founder Larry Page saying he hoped to break new ground by “ambitiously applying innovation and significant resources to the world’s largest problems.” Continue reading →

FILED UNDER: Basics, Google, Larry Brilliant. google.org, Larry Page