Blogs | Page 4
Facebook Launching Google AdSense Rival in 2012
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-05
On the heels of my post about Google and Facebook locked in a user engagement death match (or more appropriately, Google chasing Facebook here), John Battelle sallied forth with the prediction that Facebook would launch a third-party ad platform. As in, the one Facebook CEO Mark
Why Google Apps Need to Get Better
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-04
Using his Business Insider blog operations as an example, Henry Blodget made a compelling argument as to why Google should pump more money into improving Google Apps. Blodget's predicament goes like this: Of course, because we are occasionally e-mailed Microsoft Office files and need to be able
Google, Facebook Death Match Over User Engagement
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-03
Facebook is killing Google, enjoying more than 800 million users, half of whom log on to connect with family, friends and colleagues daily.
This is the meme that's been boiling over from the tech press in the wake of Nielsen's latest top Web brands list.
Certainly, when it comes
Samsung Galaxy S III Phones Going Quad-Core in 2012
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2012-01-02
I've been off for the past week, but this report from The Next Web caught my eye.
It's nothing special -- just the annual post about what Samsung is doing at Mobile World Congress in February. For this year, that includes the Galaxy S III smartphones.
Recall last year
Google, Norad Track Santa and Some 2012 Predictions
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-23
Google continued its annual ritual of teaming up with Norad to track Santa.
Google supplies its Google Maps and Street View software for Norad's Santa Site. Starting Saturday, Dec. 24, at 2:00 a.m. EST, Santa lovers can navigate to www.noradsanta.org in their Web browser to track Santa's global trip,
Firefox For Android Tailored for Tablets
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-22
Anyone out there like to use Firefox on devices other than their work or home PCs? Firefox for Android, which has 5 million to 10 million users, has been tuned to work better for Android Honeycomb and future tablet builds. For example, the Awesome Screen integrates Firefox
Kindle Fire Update Offers Reprieve from Balky Browsing
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-21
Amazon has begun rolling out the promised update for its Kindle Fire tablet. The *over-the-air software package will help remove a lot of the latency we've come to see in the Fire since it launched Nov. 15 for $199.
The New York Times columnist David Pogue outlined the
Google Nexus Tablet May Be on Tap for 2012
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-20
Take any translation with a grain of salt, but if you believe Corriere della Sera's citation of Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, the company will likely launch a Google Nexus-branded tablet based on the new Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system six months from now. Possibly
Google Goggles Connected With Metropolitan Musuem of Art
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-19
Google has indexed and cataloged 76,000 images of the Metropolitan Musuem of Art's art collection for its Goggles visual search application. What's especially cool about this is that the Met let Google index thousands of photos or works it doesn't even currently feature on display. What this
Google Places Check-In Offers Available for Businesses
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-16
As I wrote last week, Google was preparing to let businesses offer check-in deals via the Google Places local search service.
That's now come to fruition as a new feature in the Offer coupon creation option in the Google Places dashboard, as first pointed out by the eagle-eyed Mike
Gmail for iOS Upgraded With Custom Signature, Sketching
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-15
Google's mobile software team has been busy building a better iOS application for Gmail. Six weeks after Google prematurely launched a native Gmail app for iOS devices, and four weeks after relaunching it with the necessary fixes, Google has added even more features to the program. Gmail
Kindle Fire Sales to Excel Despite Navigational Lag
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-14
Seems everyone is finding it in their hearts to beat up on the Amazon Kindle Fire for its balky navigation and other gross fits and starts.
On the other hand, most research firms still see the Fire, which Amazon dubbed its most successful product ever, as the
Google Movie Search Gets Better on Android, iOS Devices
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-13
Google recently upgraded its movie search capabilities for Android smartphones and Apple iOS devices, making movie discovery along with their showtimes and theaters faster and easier to find. If only there were any decent movies out there to see as we speed toward Christmas ... but that's another
Verizon Galaxy Nexus Delayed in Google Wallet Dispute
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-12
With less than three weeks left in 2011, Android OEMs are racing to pump out the last of their smartphones and tablets for people like myself to review (and, they hope, for consumers to purchase for Christmas!).
The good news is I expect to get a Motorola
Google+ Gets Find My Face Facial Recognition Feature
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-09
The Google+ team has been hard at work, adding well over 100 features since launching the platform June 28 and releasing it to public beta in September. One area that hasn't been addressed much has been Google+ Photos, which were actually pretty solid at launch. What's better than
