Monthly Archives: September 2010
Windows Phone 7, i4i Case, Android App Occupied Microsoft Week
Microsoft released Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing on Sept. 1. After months of updates and rumors, this is the milestone that anticipates that most...
Google Android Smartphones Race to Catch Apple iPhone
Apple's iPhone iOS continued to lead the U.S. smartphone operating system ecosystem at 56 percent market share in August, but Google's Android platform came...
Google Attaches Multiple Business Addresses to Mobile Ads
Google Sept. 3 said it has added the ability for advertisers to attach several business addresses to its AdWords location extensions for Android-based smartphones.Launched...
Google Pays $8.5M to Settle Buzz Privacy Lawsuit
Google will shell out $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with seven people who argued the Google Buzz social service violated users' privacy.Google...
Malware Writers Targeted Patched Windows Shortcut Bug in August
Attackers had their eyes fixed on the Windows .LNK shortcut vulnerability in August, accounting for three entries on Kaspersky Lab's list of the top...
Verizon Offers 3G Smartphone Prepaid Data Packages
Network operator Verizon Wireless announced it will be expanding its portfolio of prepaid offerings to include a new 3G Prepaid data package that lets...
Toshiba Folio 100 Tablet Runs Google’s Android 2.2
Computer maker Toshiba Europe introduced its media tablet, the Folio 100, a 10.1-inch touch screen device that the company said is being targeted at...
Google Privacy Policy Update Targets Simplicity
Google is reworking its privacy policy in the name of simplicity.Google Associate General Counsel Mike Yang announced Friday that the search engine giant is...
Fresh Apple TV to Clash with Google TV
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the new Apple TV Sept. 1 in one of his patented oh-there's-one-more-thing-moments, analysts rushed to compare the digital...
Google Search Probed by Texas AG for Antitrust
Google said Sept. 3 that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an antitrust probe of complaints that the company stifles Websites that compete...