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The CEO of Google, Apple board member, however you like to think of him...Eric Schmidt usually has interesting things to say. Whether he's talking to users of Google through interviews with TV reporters like Judy Woodruff, or to the wonkiest of SEO specialists and Google optimizers through writers like Danny Sullivan, Schmidt is known for contributing to thoughtful, candid conversations. In this interview he announces Google's presentation tool (that enables sharing), and denies that it is a competitor to Microsoft Powerpoint. He also explains why Google is looking to mobile as the next great media/tech landscape to dominate.

In recent years, John Batelle, host of the Web 2.0 conference where this interview took place, has emerged as an especially influential thought leader at the intersection of media and technology.

Who is John Batelle, you may ask? He's one of the founders of WIRED magazine, author of the successful book, The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture, and more recently founder of Federated Media. (Full disclosure: Zoom In Online is part of Federated Media's author-driven ad network).

In order to know whether or not you should watch this video, the only thing you really need to know about John is that he's a real journalist. And by that I mean asks tough questions of important people, the questions we all want answered but rarely get asked. He's also a longtime media guy who has a deep understanding of technology. Enough hard sell; simply put: I recommend checking it out.