We’re now in week two of Google’s high-profile battle with China, and the stakes have risen high enough to catch the attention of no less than the U.S. Secretary of State herself, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She cheered on Google’s stance in a speech Thursday, saying, “Censorship should not be in any way accepted by any company from anywhere, and in America, American companies need to make a principled stand. This needs to be part of our national brand.” Easy enough to say, but doing that can be painful to the bottom line, right?
A few months ago, Verizon changed the search provider in their non-smart phones to BING. So, it looks like Apple will do the same so Google may want to "play nice" and find a way to work with everyone or the "Old Farts" in the business may take their ball and play "keepaway" from Google. I just started getting into Google and its tools. I would prefer to see Google grow. Let's see what happens...
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Google and the Freedom Business
Posted by: Paul Hartsock January 22, 2010 10:20 AMWe’re now in week two of Google’s high-profile battle with China, and the stakes have risen high enough to catch the attention of no less than the U.S. Secretary of State herself, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She cheered on Google’s stance in a speech Thursday, saying, “Censorship should not be in any way accepted by any company from anywhere, and in America, American companies need to make a principled stand. This needs to be part of our national brand.” Easy enough to say, but doing that can be painful to the bottom line, right?