Ben Charny

An Internet phone service called JaJah will become standard on a significant cell phone operating system, and the Opera Web browser for computers and cell phones, the company announced April 5. The announcement was expected from the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company, and the enhancements will be available in June. With the moves, JaJah is advancing […]

A new version of Google Talk has found its way to various Internet locales not associated with Google. It appears the search giant’s mostly redesigned the user interface by adding avatars, and a choice of IM environments. Google would only confess to testing a new Google Talk version, but declined to say anything further about […]

The U.S. political machinery’s full embrace of the Internet has made it much more expensive to buy Internet search ads, say a couple of frustrated veteran ad execs. The problem is a lot of political action committees have only experience dealing with magazines, newspapers, television and radio, where is costs an arm and a leg […]

Nothing gives away an at-home worker more than dialing them up on the phone, and hearing their music cranking on the stereo in the background. But now comes an answer from Skype Limited, the Internet telephony division of San Jose, Calif.-based eBay and gadgets maker Motorola. On April 4, the partners introduced the Talk&Tune Wireless […]

America Online Instant Messenger users experienced outages, dropped conversations or other missed messages for a number of hours April 4. The AIM outage may be a symptom of a bigger problem, according to The SANS Institute. Problems were also reported April 4 by customers of broadband provider Qwest Communications, and Network Solutions, which plays a […]

Try Google TV, and Google Audio on for size. These nascent features were the subject of several recent Google want ads, each containing hints of Google on-demand video, radio and games to come. Google’s got at least three Google TV-related job openings: a product manager, and two television technology engineers, one based in Mountain View, […]

Scott Karp has discovered he’s going to need help collecting any of the revenue he earns participating in Google’s AdSense advertising program. So now his site has joined the growing number that encourage tipping. Karp and other AdSensers get a few pennies deposited into their accounts whenever someone clicks on any Google-placed ads on their […]

Internet search provider Google appears more serious than ever about preparing features for home electronics. In the past few weeks, the Mountain View, Calif.-based firm has begun looking for employees to make Google TV and radio products compatible with televisions, stereos, radios and cell phones. As for TV, Google appears to be preparing an on-demand […]

Scott Karp realizes he needs help if hes ever going to collect any of the revenue he earns participating in Googles AdSense advertising program. So now his Web site encourages tipping. What Karp and a growing number of other Web site operators do, in actuality, is leave a note on their sites encouraging visitors to […]

Ask.com thought Friday it was pulling an April Fool’s prank a little early with a fake press release about a hip hop search engine. It seems the joke was actually on them. On March 31, Ask.com issued a statement, embargoed until April 1, about a rhyming dictionary soon to appear on the Ask.com site. It’s […]

As seen here, Google’s set for its annual shareholder meeting, to take place on May 11 at Google HQ in Mountain View, Calif. Google stock owners will be asked to re-elect the board of directors, plus approve of Ernst & Young LLP as Google’s independent auditor for 2006. Also, there’s a voted scheduled to ratify […]

Web developers combining their creations with Google maps aren’t a very happy lot any more. This was once an adoring throng of Web hobbyists and professionals, happy that Google had released a set of instructions (known as an application program interface) so they could add a Google map to their own Web-based concoction. Google ‘mash-ups” […]