Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last six days:
Chinese entrepreneurs, investors on Google: ‘Just quit. We don’t care.‘ — What does the Chinese tech community think of Google’s controversial plan to uncensor search and possibly leave the country? We talked to several Chinese entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who were part of a delegation that coincidentally visited the Googleplex this week.
Google’s Nexus One sells a mere 20,000 in its first week — Although Google’s Nexus One received a lot of buzz as Google’s own entry into the Android phone business, its initial sales number isn’t that impressive. The Nexus One sold an estimated 20,000 units in its first week, according to market analytics firm Flurry.
Our picks for the best of the Consumer Electronics Show — VentureBeat writer Dean Takahashi picked out the 10 coolest products he saw on the show floor, press conferences, and parties.
Google Earth, GeoEye bring satellite photos of Haiti’s devastation — The partnership between the search giant and image specialist GeoEye allows users to download a markup that shows satellite photos of Haiti taken after this week’s earthquake.
The top trends at the consumer electronics show — Dean and I describe the big ideas we saw at CES this year. That includes the prominent ones, like 3-D and tablet computers, and a few that were slightly less obvious.
And here are five more stories we thought were important, thought-provoking or fun:
Facebook and privacy: Trying to be everything to everyone is a minefield — Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on the future of privacy created a firestorm, but VentureBeat writer Kim-Mai Cutler argues that Zuckerberg’s position is reasonable.
Venture capitalists are bullish on the future of game funding — Game investing is still going through, even though it did take a hit due to the recession. We talked to four game-savvy venture capitalists about where the industry is going.
Upload features turns Google Docs into my new hard drive — Googlers predicted that 2010 will be the year of Google Docs, as new features in the online word processor make it a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. Here’s the first new feature of the new year: The ability to upload any file into Google Docs, transforming the application into a file storage system.
A123 back on the map with Fisker battery supply deal — A123Systems, the advanced battery maker best known for its surprisingly lucrative IPO in September of last year, just inked a deal to supply Fisker Automotive with batteries for its highly-anticipated plug-in hybrid. Before this, the company had been fairly quiet since its public sale, reporting deep quarterly losses and paring down its major supply deal with Chrysler.
Will Apple become the next home energy management giant? — Apple seems interested, since it just patented its own home power management panel.
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