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Transcript by Newsy.com BY SAMUEL JOSEPH ANCHOR CHANCE SEALES You’re watching multisource business news analysis from Newsy Announcer: “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman and CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt.” Eric Schmidt made a lot of promises at the 2011 Mobile World Congress Tuesday, but the whopper? That Android, and by extension Google, will quote- “save the world.” (Video: Youtube) Yes, “save the world,” he says. But not everyone’s as optimistic as Schmidt. Privacy is an issue, and while Schmidt said Google would only take information quote – “with your permission,” CNN reports “permission” can be misleading. “…a company doesn’t need to purposefully violate people’s privacy for some to lose some faith in it. Google Buzz, for instance, made it unclear to many users just how much they would be sharing. As a result, many were surprised to find that their most frequent contacts were outed online.” Schmidt said a lot about how the Android platform will help end wars and bring down oppressive governments. Ya know… normal stuff. But an OnSoftware blog post says… “…what we saw was Schmidt’s attempt to deflect attention away from the fact that Google had very little to present…. from my count its just one app… its announcement was overshadowed by Schmidt’s clowning around as a Big Brother figure…” The Inquirer went further, mocking the speech and saying it… “…was absolute rubbish from beginning to end and not worth the electrons your screen is …
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