Google’s Page: Apple’s Android Pique ‘For Show’ – Businessweek: I think that served their interests. For a lot of companies, it’s useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe that it’s better to shoot higher. You don’t want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what’s possible and how to make the world better. (Via www.businessweek.com) You lost me there, Larry. See, it was one thing to…

Google explains how and why Safari privacy settings were circumvented: In response, Google says the WSJ report is off-base when it comes to what Google is doing with its advertising cookies on these devices. Google says it was using a known bit of Safari functionality to provide features that were only enabled when users signed into Google using their browser. Google used this functionality to provide personalized ads and the ability to +1 items for signed-in Google users. Google then pins the problem on Safari; the statement says the browser…

Coffee Time: Market Share vs Profit – journal – minimally minimal. Have to love his last set of images, comparing Apple’s product line to Samsung’s. Thanks to John Gruber for linking to this.…

Vendors are trying to figure out what works when it comes to screen sizes, according to Geoff Blaber, analyst at CCS Insight.One of the big product trends at IFA was screen sizes between 4.5 inches and 5.5 inches, which include the LTE version of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S II, HTC’s Windows Phone-based Titan, Samsung’s Galaxy Note and the Tablet P from Sony, which has two 5-inch screens. via Macworld It’s fun to watch all these other companies just now get around to performing the…

> **Don’t copy other people’s stuff** > It seems obvious – but don’t copy Google’s (or anyone else’s) trademarks or logos. Even for a short-term experiment. It might seem tempting to piggy-back off the success of a popular name, but it’s not worth the risk. Big corporations don’t understand, even if you’re “trying to do the right thing”. via [makingmoneywithandroid.com](http://makingmoneywithandroid.com/2011/09/how-to-make-250-a-day-and-get-banned-from-the-android-market/)I think this story demonstrates, more than anything about Google, just how justified trademark infringement cases are. People…