Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidtis an American software engineer, a businessperson, and the Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 April 1955
CountryUnited States of America
impact people adoption
We know that Google Earth and Google Maps have had a tremendous impact on Google traffic, users, brand, adoption, and advertisers. We also know Google News, for example, which we don't monetize, has had a tremendous impact on searches and on query quality. We know those people search more. Because we've measured it.
moving technology government
Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences
government names people
In a world of asynchronous threats, it is too dangerous for there not to be some way to identify you. We need a [verified] name service for people. Governments will demand it.
iphone androids
Android is ahead of the iPhone now,
home google special
I do want to emphasize that we've seen an explosion in the use of Google Maps and Google Earth for education. The earth is a special place. It is our home and it's why we're all here. And the ability to see what's really going on the earth, the good stuff and the bad stuff, at the level that you can, is phenomenal.
giving people focus
I'm able to bring business expertise but, more importantly, operating experience. The people here at Google are young. Every day there are lots of new challenges. I keep things focused. The speech I give everyday is: "This is what we do. Is what you are doing consistent with that, and does it change the world?"
airplane clouds google
Google docs and spreadsheets don't work if you're on an airplane. But it's a technical problem that is going to get solved. Eventually you will be able to work on a plane as if you are connected and, then when you get reconnected to the Internet, your computer will just synchronize with the cloud.
brain internet
The Internet of things will augment your brain.
evil definitions different
One person's definition of evil is another person's different definition.
technology world revolution
I spend most of my time assuming the world is not ready for the technology revolution that will be happening to them soon,
google quality use
I use Google+, and I find the quality of the comments are very sophisticated because there is more trust inside of Google+ than there is inside of Twitter and Facebook, for example.
strong mean thinking
I think it's pretty clear that the Internet as a whole has not had a strong notion of identity. And identity means, 'Who am I?' Fundamentally, what Facebook has done has built a way to figure out who people are.
spring government people
You can understand Tunisia revolution as a failure to censor the internet. And Libya had that failure too. It's very difficult for governments that are autocratic and don't have broad popular support to be in power when a lot of people have these devices. That was what Arab Spring was about, that people could express this and lead to revolution.
law difficult working-it
If you're going to make a law, make a law that actually works. It's extraordinarily difficult.