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🪦💀 - Today's tip is slightly morbid. See what I did there? Hope you clicked to learn more. Mastering LinkedIn one post at a time. Have you ever wondered about the fate of Google's past projects? Look no further than the Google Graveyard (Link in Bio)! 💻🔍 This website catalogues all the products and services Google has shut down over the years. It's an interesting and humbling journey through innovation and the ever-evolving tech landscape. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, entrepreneur, or simply curious about the history of digital innovation, this site offers valuable insights. Check it out and let me know what you think! #TechHistory #Innovation #Google #KilledByGoogle

Today, let's talk about #redefiningproblems. Two months ago, I read a book called "Zero to One," which is about #buildingstartups. In that book, there's a mention of #Google. People called Google a #monopoly in the market because no one was able to #compete with Google in the search engine domain. This led Google to court, as America doesn’t want #companies to monopolize the market. When the case was presented in court, Google said, "We are not just a search engine company; we are a #techcompany. We also make cars and other technologies. When you look at the #globalmarket, we don’t even have a 2% share." And they got out of the legal battle. Smart move, right? I know, I know. Thiel emphasizes the importance of creating monopolies by #developing proprietary technology or offering #unique products or #services. Google’s dominance in the search engine market and its innovative approach to #products like Google Maps, Gmail, and Android exemplify these principles.

Discussion around the DOJ’s proposed separation of Chrome from Google is intensifying. Shared my thoughts with ADGULLY on the potential impact of #Chrome's possible breakup for BF FIROS recent article. This case reminds me of the tale of the goose that laid the golden eggs. The DOJ might believe separating Chrome will liberate competition, but if the process kills the ecosystem, everyone loses. However, if implemented thoughtfully, this move could become a landmark case in antitrust regulation, setting a powerful precedent for how governments address digital monopolies. #googlechrome #integratedecosystems #marketdynamics #digitaleconomy #bridgetoocean29 https://lnkd.in/gXPhPHSj

Happy Birthday, Google! 🎉 From a humble garage startup to the ultimate 24/7 companion, you’ve been there through every weird question, late-night curiosity, and daily search. Here’s to the site that never judges and always delivers! #Google #GoogleBirthday #HeyGoogle #FromGarageToGlory #SearchEngineOfOurLives #3AMQuestions #TechThrowback #DigitalBestie #TechNostalgia #SearchHistory #TechMilestones #CheersToGoogle #OneNDF 🚀🎂📱 

Google's game-changer: Surf, enjoy, and seamlessly support content creators with micropayments! Dive into how Chromium's latest innovation could redefine web monetization, making ads and subscriptions a thing of the past. Are we witnessing the dawn of hassle-free online payments? https://lnkd.in/gAk6DT-U #WebMonetization #FutureOfContent #GoogleInnovation

New Post: The Browser Company raises $50 million at $550 million valuation - https://lnkd.in/gjUWueQi - The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, has raised $50 million in a round led by Pace Capital at a $550 million valuation, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The company’s head of storytelling Nashilu Mouen confirmed the investment to TechCrunch. “Now, more than ever, we continue to believe that the successor to the personal computer © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. - #news #business #world -------------------------------------------------- Download: Stupid Simple CMS - https://lnkd.in/g4y9XFgR -------------------------------------------------- or download at SourceForge - https://lnkd.in/gNqB7dnp

Who wins when innovation meets regulation? My guess is it's not consumers like you and I. Google's share price dropped 6% ($120bn); On the news the DOJ proposes a sale of the Chrome browser, to break its 'monopoly' on online search. As a stand-alone business, it's valued at about $20bn. Breaking it up would supposedly lead to: > Increased competition > Prevention of using search data for Ads > Stopping Android to funnel Users to Chrome But what is undeniably true: > Users themselves have established Chrome as the superior product > If Users really wanted to disassociate from Chrome; they could > Surely SearchGPT is already capturing market share aka competition(!) And so, breaking it up would more likely lead to: > A long, drawn-out, politically motivated legal case > A precedent that would affect every Big Tech company > Poorer, less sophisticated options for consumers - - - Who wins, if it's not the consumers that government seeks to protect? Lawyers? https://lnkd.in/gZ_eqC_B ************************************************ 📌 Follow me, Asif Ahmed for more insights. 📌 I advise venture backed founders of early stage start-ups.

https://lnkd.in/eNDFUGMa Google may be required to spin off Chrome into a separate company. From the perspective of weakening Google's market power, this is a great idea: an independent Chrome would be able to charge its parent company for default search status (at least as long as that's allowed; Chrome loses almost all of its value if not) but for users it's hard to say what kind of improvement this would bring. Maybe Chrome would offer more search options, but Google is already the search engine the vast majority of users prefer. Maybe Chrome would be less integrated with other Google products, but those integrations save users seconds that add up to lifetimes in the aggregate; they'd have more choice at the cost of being forced to make more choices in domains where they just don't care that much. Longer-term, one of the prosocial things about a search engine owning a browser is that a search engine is a royalty on all online economic activity, so Google has an incentive to create positive externalities—not just a fast, free browser, but a fast, free, secure browser that forces other browsers to adopt safety features, too. The easy antitrust calls are the ones that are primarily about redistributing a surplus from monopolists to consumers, but in this particular case the monopolist has an incentive to create a consumer surplus with one product that they can capture with another, and if that connection is severed, there's simply less of an economic incentive to do generally helpful things.

Google Break Up News⬇️ 1️⃣If the Justice Department succeeds in breaking up Google the company could lose control over its search data, #Android operating system, and #Chrome browser, which would significantly impact its revenue. 2️⃣The #DOJ's proposals could also affect other parts of Alphabet Inc. including YouTube which generated $31.3 billion in #revenue in 2023, and Google's digital ads business, which generated $31.5 billion in revenue in 2023. 3️⃣A breakup could also impact Google's artificial-intelligence #investments, including its $2 billion investment in generative AI startup Anthropic 4️⃣The outcome of the case could also have a significant impact on other tech companies, including Apple which could lose $20 billion in revenue if Google is no longer required to pay for default placement of Google Search on Apple's #Safari browser. Source: Yahoo Finance

Scott Ensign asks the questions, hitting the nail on the head. What do you think about the forced sale of Chrome? Top of mind for me is the consumer and how it would impact their "every day," the loss of persistent login being the tip of a very large iceberg. #Google #Chrome #antitrust #butlertill #digital #digitalmedia #openweb #browserwars #whowouldbuyit #programmatic #cleartrustmedia #pdooh #dooh