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Will it have an Emma Watson beat?
Kunimasa Suzuki, who is Mr. Hirai’s deputy in overseeing the videogame and consumer-electronics divisions, said before the UX group was formed, they discovered that four different product category groups were working on separate projects for a tablet computer to challenge the iPad.
It’s not just the Android OS running on Sony’s tablets that is fragmented.
Google exec says perks don’t matter, but offers free food, ping-pong tables and volleyball anyway.
"If you’re thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the company, let them all in on the truth. Say, “Listen, if this gets out, we’ll probably lose the deal, so we’re all in this together.” People are getting more sophisticated. The only way to deal is by being honest and open and truthful."
— Biz Stone in Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone to Advise M.B.A. Students at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business - WSJ.com
As of press time, 9,016 people answered “yes” to this question. 26,668 said “no.”
On one side, those content producers who choose to stay on the free-and-open web will be forced into making more and more ethically dubious decisions to stay profitable. Out will go professional writers and church-and-state separation of content and commerce; in will come more Groupon-style “reader offers”, affiliate links behind every keyword and an Idiocracy of dumber and dumber linkbait.
