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Battelle's Big 5: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-08
John Battelle is doing some nice culling for his next book, "What We Hath Wrought."
Normally, I'd shun any book with a title like that because it invokes the dreaded Triple P threat: portentous, pompous and pretentious. But this is Battelle, baby. Even if the title sounds like something
Google+ Check-In Offers Coming Soon
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-07
Earlier this year, I wondered when Google+ would be integrated with Google Places. That's as logical of a local business booster as you can get. Take Google's social network and pair it with the company's local business search service. Google is indeed hard at work in this
Kindle Fire: The On-Ramp to the iPad
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-06
J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz had a sit-down with Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer, from whom he gathered that they were not at all concerned by Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. If they had said that before the Kindle Fire was launched Nov. 15,
Chrome Bloating Like Firefox, Users Claim
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-05
An interesting meme has popped up over whether Mozilla's Firefox browser is sustainable given the fact that Google's Chrome browser is rapidly gaining on its rival and that Google accounted for 84 percent of revenue last year.
That licensing deal, in which Firefox shuttles users to Google's
Google Flight Search Results Now Indexed on Google.com
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-02
Google released the first fruits of its ITA Software Flight Search data back in September, providing users with flight schedules and prices to compare several travel options.
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Should Chrome OS Stay or Go Now?
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-12-01
ReadWriteWeb's Joe Brockmeier published a provacative post about Chrome Operating System Wednesday.
The premise? Google, which behind new-old CEO Larry Page has been trimming a lot of dark-matter projects, may want to clip Chrome OS now rather than invest any more money in it or the Chromebooks
Google Maps for Android Covers Malls, Airports Indoors
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-30
Google Maps for Android 6.0 is a significant refresh, adding indoor layouts for some malls, department stores such as Ikea, Bloomingdale's and Macy's, as well as several airports in the U.S. and Japan. The search engine provider already commands much of the online mapping market for outdoor geographic
Google Search Future Channels 'Star Trek' Computer
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-29
Google's top search engineers, including Google Fellows Amit Singhal and Ben Gomes, run through a video snapshot of the company's search engine evolution over the last 13 years. None of it is secret, though some of it may seem to have been resurrected from obscurity. Check it out
Facebook Needs Phone to Battle Google for Mobile Ads
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-28
Jean-Louis Gassée has penned a cogent analysis answering many industry watchers' question of: Why should Facebook produce a smartphone? Facebook is a social network company
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Samsung Rips iPhone Fans in Clever Galaxy S II Ad
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-24
Samsung has made its mobile attack on Apple personal, poking fun at iPhone fanboys and fangirls in a clever ad for its Samsung Galaxy S II. Samsung's self-described "aggressive" campaign, called "The Next Big Thing is Already Here," is a TV and online campaign that began running on
Slain Facebook Phone Reborn as Buffy (Gotta Love It)
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-23
In a plot worthy of one of campiest, long-running teen TV series ever, Facebook reportedly assembled a top-secret team of top talent to build a Facebook Phone.
What happened? The effort, initially code-named "Slayer," a hybrid of "Social Layer, and renamed to the more cute and safe
Ice Cream Sandwich Also Getting Bad Marks
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-22
Yesterday, I wrote about how Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" has been well-received by most folks who have tested it. Today, I write about someone who doesn't like ICS. Farhad Manhoo is a man whose writing is always well thought out, and I find myself agreeing
Ice Cream Sandwich Getting Good Marks on Galaxy Nexus
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-21
Google's Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" has hit the streets, at least in the U.K., where Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone launched last week.
Google seeded some gadget Websites with the GSM version of the handset. I'm waiting on Verizon Wireless' version. In the meantime, here is what people are
Google Music Content and Sharing Tunes on Google+
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-18
Google launched the full-flavored version of its Google Music product Nov. 16, adding streaming music to the existing storage locker from last May. I've been poking around on it and found it pretty easy to use. Here's the new music store in the Android Market:
Google Personalizes My Places Tab on Google Maps
By Clint Boulton | Posted: 2011-11-17
Google has begun personalizing Google Maps by incorporating ratings that users have made in the My Places tabs directly into Maps results. Launched in June, My Places replaced the My Maps tab Google Maps. The feature aggregates users' Google Places ratings for restaurants and other businesses in one
