Clint Boulton

For those interested in Google’s Android platform, you must read Fred Vogelstein’s latest piece in Wired when he calls attention to a number of points. My light bulb moment in reading the article, which rehashes a lot of what has been reported by myself and others who follow Google vs. Apple in the mobile space, […]

Microsoft followed Google in showing the world it cares about the type of local businesses that Groupon is enjoying so much success targeting by launching the Bing Business Portal. Free for businesses and in beta now, the portal lets business owners build an online business listing complete with deals and promotions on the desktop and […]

New life was breathed into the old rumor that Apple could release an Web-fueled TV set by an analyst who believes such as launch could produce a halo effect for the iPad and iPhone and add billions of dollars to Apple’s 2012 revenues. Jefferies and Co. analyst Peter Misek said channel checks with content providers […]

Verizon Wireless’s iPhone 4 helped boost ad impressions for Apple’s iOS to 31 percent through March from 27 percent in February. iOS’ gain helped trim Google’s Android ad share lead from 51 percent to 48 percent for the same period, according to the latest mobile ad impression figures from Millennial Media. This should be no […]

Google executives reported solid earnings and a 17 percent year-over-year profit for the first quarter and painted a rosy picture for the future of search, mobile and display advertising April 14. That wasn’t enough to satisfy financial analysts who blanched at the company’s operating expenses of $2.84 billion, firmly $1 billion more than the search […]

One week after being challenged by the government for not doing enough to combat content piracy on the Web, Google’s YouTube video-sharing unit has formed a “copyright school” for users who upload copyrighted content. That’s right. YouTube Copyright School is a sort of an online finishing school for would-be pirates. YouTube users who receive a […]

Sentiment analysis software specialist SocialNuggets April 13 published a brief blog post noting how HTC handsets dominated the iPhone in social media buzz through March. SocialNuggets analyzed over “1,000,000 conversations quarterly on social media and forums related to smartphones.” The company found that the iPhone 4 ranked tenth, while the HTC Thunderbolt was first, followed […]

The confusion about whether or not Google Apps for Government is really certified with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification boiled over when a General Services Administration staff member said the product was not FISMA-certified. Google Apps for Government is not FISMA certified as of this writing, but Google Apps Premier edition, now known […]

Google April 14 reported earnings, excluding traffic acquisition costs, of $6.54 billion on non-GAAP earnings per share of $8.08 for the first quarter, which saw Google CEO Eric Schmidt turn the CEO role over to co-founder Larry Page. Analyst consensus called for Google to announce earnings of $6.31 billion and earnings per share of $8.14, […]

Google April 13 said it has added Sprint to its lineup of direct carrier billing supporters for the Android Market, leaving Verizon Wireless as the lone U.S. carrier holdout. Direct carrier billing allows Android phone and tablet owners to charge application purchases they make through the Android Market to their wireless subscriber bill with just […]

Jive, which loaded its board with talent from Google and Facebook as it prepares for an IPO, has purchased big software maker Proximal Labs for an undisclosed sum April 13. Proximal is a provider of “big data” technology to enterprise social networks. Big data is the popular phrase for datasets that grow so large and […]

Google’s Goo.gl URL shortening service won’t be mistaken for Bit.ly or any of the other well-heeled URL shrinking services yet, but the search engine isn’t letting it go by the wayside. Google, which feted Goo.gl with its own Webpage, history and analytics last September, has added a number of features users have commonly requested. One […]