Clint Boulton

The Motorola Xoom launch Feb. 24 was exciting enough, but Apple helped work us media types up into a lather by announcing it was holding an iPad 2 event one day before the Xoom hit Verizon Wireless and Best Buy stores. It was a strategic stroke of genius. The public was already somewhat put off […]

Samsung’s Captivate smartphone is now available for an upgrade to Google’s Android 2.2 “Froyo” operating system, but it won’t come from its carrier AT&T through the traditional over-the-air channel. Rather, Samsung and AT&T have created an “optional upgrade” Captivate users must download from the Samsung Website to a desktop or laptop computer running Microsoft Windows […]

Socialtext Feb. 24 launched its annual refresh of its software platform, this time adding instant messaging support for IBM and Microsoft programs, as well as business analytics from Google. Socialtext software allows business users to build corporate intranets that allow workers to collaborate via modern communication tools, including private and shared workspaces, chat and status […]

Google Feb. 24 introduced a new program aimed at luring more business users to its Google Apps suite, which has more than 3 million businesses using programs for e-mail, documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The 90-Day Appsperience program is a global initiative in which Google will offer unlimited use of Google Apps collaboration software, such as […]

Putting aside the somewhat steep $599 price tag (with a two-year Verizon Wireless contract), Motorola’s Xoom has garnered solid reviews from noted industry analysts at its Feb. 24 launch. A 10.1-inch slate computer, Xoom is the first such device to run Google’s ballyhooed Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” operating system optimized for the tablet form factor. This […]

Google has added Recipe View, a neat new refinement for its search engine that helps users find food recipes on the Web. Previously, users who wanted to do recipe searches had to type text searches for dishes, such as beef bourguignon, in the search box on Google.com. The new Recipe View feature, accessible via the […]

As promised, Verizon Wireless launched the Motorola Xoom tablet based on Google’s Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” operating system Feb. 24 for $599 with a two-year contract. The 10.1-inch, 32GB Xoom is the first tablet based on Honeycomb, which has been equipped with 3D rendering to improve performance of applications such as Google Maps and games. The […]

Apple’s rules regarding its subscription service for its iPad tablet and iPhone smartphone have boomeranged across the tech publishing industry, with publishers alleging the company is being greedy, among other not-so-pleasant things. Apple Feb. 15 launched its content subscription service to provide a way for publishers of digital magazines, newspapers, music and other applications to […]

Google Feb. 22 made its full Android 3.0 software development kit (SDK) available to developers, more than three weeks after shipping a rough preview version to give developers a taste of the “Honeycomb” build. The APIs are final, which means developers can write apps for the platform and publish them to Google’s Android Market store […]

Listen up, all you die-hard Google fans: Google tweeted last night that Android 2.3.3 would be zipping over-the-air to the Nexus One and as an incremental upgrade to the Samsung Nexus S, which launched with the Gingerbread build in December. I could go on and on and make up some reason why this is a […]

The majority of IT managers aren’t properly preparing for the growth of Apple’s iPhone, handsets based on Google’s Android and all manner of smartphone platforms in the enterprise, according to a new Forrester Research report. Forrester Research analyst Michele Pelino polled 5,519 technology users in Canada, France, Germany, the U.K. and the United States from […]

Google isn’t jettisoning the Omnibox, the URL address bar/search box combination the company introduced at the product’s inception in 2008. At least, the Omnibox isn’t going anywhere soon, sources in the know told Google Watch. Google is experimenting with a few variants where the Omnibox has been removed to add more space in the browser […]