Google's Privacy Policy: Strike One

Not nine days after Google releases their new-and-improved privacy policy, we have some first hand results of its intrusiveness.   Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student from Stanford University,…


Use Google? YouTube? Have a Gmail account? Worried? Maybe You Should Be: Part 3

It's here.  Google's new simplified privacy policy popped up today when I opened my Reader account, (if you don't follow, here's Part 1 and Part 2) and after 30 minutes or so I came to a single…


Use Google? YouTube? Have a Gmail account? Worried? Maybe You Should Be: Part 1

I admit, I constantly use all three in almost every aspect of my life.  But it looks like my Hotmail account, Yahoo Finance, and Vimeo are about to see a lot more of my traffic, and here's why.  I…


Google vs. Apple

As I sit here typing out this post on my MacBook, occasionally running a question by Siri on my iPhone just for the heck of it, I can't help but notice I've been blindsided by the Apple lifestyle...…


The Week Ahead: Apple-HTC Smartphone Suit Moves Toward Ruling in U.S. - WSJ.com

Judgment Day Looms for Apple, HTC   By IAN SHERR Apple Inc.'s claims that some smartphones running Google Inc.'s Android software copy its inventions are approaching their first big judgment day…


DJ UPDATE: US Judge Rejects Apple Request To Ban Samsung Galaxy Sales

I don't think this will impact our pairs trade much but it certainly blows apart the thesis.  The bottom line is that Apple's chart looks more bullish than Google's this week.  There may be a short…