Google buying Motorola (NYSE: MMI) is a strong defensive move against both Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) on two fronts: patents and user experience.  Apple is vertically integrated and Microsoft controls Nokia (NYSE: NOK) (without having had to buy it).  Between that and having filed or acquired a…

The brief analyst call held by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility around the acquisition news (our story here) gave little away in how the two companies would integrate operations, but Google CEO Larry Page and Motorola’s CEO Sanjay Jha were quick to point a few key details…

*Google* Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before lawmakers probing the company’s market power on Sept. 21, the search giant confirmed on Thursday. After initially declining to appear, the former CEO received a not-so-subtle subpoena threat from the committee and rethought his position. The hearing, which will focus on charges…

Wall Street analysts expect Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to deliver solid earnings results Thursday afternoon, but investors who have seen the company’s stock fall 10 percent this year will want more, particularly status reports on the company’s mobile, social, and local efforts. They’ll be keen to hear from co-founder Larry Page,…

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee in September, a company spokesperson confirmed on Friday. It’s a reversal for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which had previously declined to make Schmidt or CEO Larry Page available to the panel of lawmakers probing the search…

Every major tech company in Silicon Valley takes at least one turn at San Francisco’s Moscone Center each year to show off their latest ideas and reinforce their standing among the community. This week, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) gets a shot, likely to highlight versions of its Android software for phones,…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Larry Page made some quick—and very general—remarks on Google’s quarterly earnings call Thursday, saying the company’s results demonstrated the strength of its business and adding there were still “tremendous improvements to be had” for the company’s core products. It was Page’s first appearance on a Google…

New Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Larry Page is shaking up the company’s executive structure during his first week on the job. In the wake of product heard Jonathan Rosenberg’s announcement earlier this week that he would be stepping down, Page is now promoting six top executives who will each now…

Jonathan Rosenberg, a nine-year Google (NSDQ: GOOG) veteran and the head of all of the company’s product development efforts, has announced plans to leave the company on the first day of co-founder Larry Page’s return to the CEO chair at Google.

Eric Schmidt, who is stepping down as Google’s CEO, told analysts during the company’s earnings call today that the executive changes the company announced will make Google’s management more efficient. He said Google’s three-person leadership structure, which has existed for a decade, sometimes added “delay” in its decision-making. “By elevating…

Long-time Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down. Effective April 4, co-founder Larry Page will take over as Google’s CEO, while Schmidt will take on the role of executive chairman, the company just announced. Google says it’s making the changes to “streamline decision making and create clearer lines…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) just put out an SEC filing indicating that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will soon begin to sell off some of their holdings in the company, as part of a predetermined trading plan. The men intend to sell about 10 million shares in the company over…

That’s what a Fortune story revealed, and WSJ confirmed through Google (NSDQ: GOOG) spokesperson. Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as CEO Eric Schmidt, made their informal pact one month prior to the company’s August 2004 IPO, the company said. The story says this indicates the long term…