Google is facing the wrath of privacy advocates once again over concerns that it’s not posting its privacy policy “conspicuously” enough to comply with California law. On Tuesday, a coalition of groups that have questioned Google’s practices in the past sent a four-paragraph letter to CEO Eric Schmidt, charging that “Google’s reluctance to post a link to its privacy policy on its home page is alarming.”
You’ve heard of BYOB, now get ready for Bring Your Own Laptop. There’s a small but growing trend in which companies are choosing to give employees money toward their personal laptop, rather than providing a company-issued portable. British Petroleum is among the companies that is trying the approach.
Jerry Yang was able to rope-a-dope Steve Ballmer. But he’s never had to square off against a royal pain in the ass like Carl Icahn. Wednesday afternoon, Icahn, a billionaire with a God complex — or is that repetitive? — wrote a new chapter in this deliciously goofy Microhoo saga when he launched plans for a proxy contest to challenge Yahoo’s famously feckless board of directors with his own handpicked nominees.
One more Microhoo observation before:
A) They announce the tech deal of the century.
B) They go to the mattresses.
C) They continue to screw around just to keep us sleep-deprived.
So let’s assume that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wakes up tomorrow and Yahoo’s a done deal. First order of business is to find the right person for the job. But that’s where Ballmer’s going to have to summon the wisdom of Solomon.
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