Steve Jobs leaves his CEO position at Apple

Earthquake at Apple! Steve jobs left. It's always a nightmare for big companies when they see their charismatic CEO leave. The success of Apple was really connected with the image of their CEO.
You might know that Jobs already left Apple in 1984. As a results Apple's sales went down and they had to buy Jobs's new company (NeXT) in order to retrieve their CEO and therefore their success.

But this time, things are going to be different. As he mentioned on his resignation letter, Jobs is going to stay as chairman in Apple's board. I don't see Jobs resignation as a real threat to the company. I'm positive his leaving has been fully prepared and I suspect Apple will release a huge piece of news in order to prevent a drop of its shares.

Motorola acquired by Google for $12.5 billion

Google just bought Motorla (the American phone manufacturer) for $12.5 billion. It's by far the biggest acquisition for Google (Doubleclick cost $3.1 billion and Youtube $1.6 billion).

This is a game changing announcement, since Google will produce hardware for the first time. It's often said that the main reason for this acquisition was Motorola's 20,000+ patents. Why not... I just don't see Google having any trouble paying for the licences (or court trials).

What I see in this acquisition is that Google will start to actually build its own devices. The competition with Apple and Microsoft will reach a new level! Now Google will build its own phones and tablet (Motorola Xoom is the greatest iPad competitor).

Google wants to change the way we use computers with Chrome OS

Two years after telling the world about their projet, Google released its operating system (something like Windows). It's called Chrome OS. They chose the name according to their web browser because basically the only thing available on Chromebooks is the browser.

Today, you can do everything on your browser. You can edit texts and spreadsheets on Google Docs, you can store your pictures and videos on Picasa and Youtube, you can watch movies and series on Hulu and so on... If you need anything beside the web you can still install an application directly on your browser thanks to Chrome Web Store.