Tag Archives: Steven Levy

Google’s “proprietary information” (or, what makes Google money stays in Google)

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

From Steven Levy’s marvellous new book on Google: “[Google] was becoming less a research project than an Internet start-up run from a private university. Page and Brin’s reluctance fo write a paper about their work had become notorious in the … Continue reading →

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The benefit of hindsight

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I’ve been reading Steven Levy’s excellent The Perfect Thing recently. If you haven’t looked at it, and you’re interested in Apple, it’s well-worth a read – it’s the story of the iPod, and the thoughts that went into it. It … Continue reading →

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