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Amazon rules in shopping; Apple for “beautiful products.” Google rules in information; Facebook in friends and identity. Microsoft? Not on the list, as Schmidt doesn’t see it driving evolution of consumer products and services. He did later say it was very strong in the enterprise space, with products being a “flywheel that will power Microsoft for decades.”

“You could use a Mac instead of a PC,” said Schmidt. He said viruses are far less likely to affect Mac users. Schmidt backed the Mac after giving advice about security with Google services. That includes using Google Chrome over other browsers and activating two-factor authentication in Gmail.

[Apple's] letter was very surprising as Apple and Lodsys were in confidential discussions and there was clearly disagreement on the interpretation of the license terms of Apple's agreement. Before, during and after these interactions, Lodsys has carefully considered this issue and consulted several legal experts to consider Apple's claims. We stand firm and restate our previous position that it is the 3rd party Developers that are responsible for the infringement of Lodsys' patents and they are responsible for securing the rights for their applications. Developers relying on Apple's letter do so to their own detriment and are strongly urged to review Apple's own developer agreements to determine the true extent of Apple's responsibilities to them.

Roku says it will start selling casual games, beginning with all three versions of Rovio’s addictive titles, this summer.

We, the people of the Net, need a set of principles for our new world. We need something to point to when governments censor the Web or try to control it, and when companies create new products or behave badly.

When we talk about mobile as a disruptive technology, we need to talk about social. Google is winning the Web, but Facebook is winning social. I see Google really flailing around social. They are trying to figure it out, but they are coming late to the game.

Ripples of fear spread across Hollywood last week after “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” which cost Walt Disney Studios an estimated $400 million to make and market, did poor 3-D business in North America. While event movies have typically done 60 percent of their business in 3-D, “Stranger Tides” sold just 47 percent in 3-D. “The American consumer is rejecting 3-D,” Richard Greenfield, an analyst at the financial services company BTIG, wrote of the “Stranger Tides” results.

In spite of these threats, I refused to pay off LulzSec or to supply them with access to this sensitive botnet information. Had we agreed to provide this data to them, LulzSec would have been able to grow the size and scope of their DDoS attack and fraud capabilities.

Radio and television news anchors may no longer say the words “Facebook” and “Twitter” on air, unless the terms are part of a news story. This prohibits French news organizations from urging their audience to “follow us on Twitter” or “check out or Facebook page,” or other such promotions.