Clint Boulton

Google continues to face heat in Europe over its business practices, as a French company sent a fresh complaint to the European Commission arguing that the search engine is blocking it from using its ad platform. 1PlusV, the parent company of eJustice, one of the three vertical search engines in Europe that filed an antitrust […]

Motorola’s Xoom and other tablet computers based on Google’s Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” will receive Adobe Flash Player 10.2, a key selling point for Website browsing on tablets and smartphones. Adobe spokesman Matt Rozen said Flash 10.2 would be pre-installed on some tablets and as an over-the-air download on other machines within a few weeks of […]

Xobni, one of the better in-box management tools in the market for Microsoft’s Outlook e-mail program, is replacing its Xobni Plus offering with a new bundle called Xobni Pro, eWEEK has learned. Xobni for Outlook e-mail makes it easier for users to search conversations and threads. The plug-in also let users connect with contacts through […]

Google and Apple meet on several battlefields in the mobile computing war, but there is one big front where the rivals have yet to show their weapons: mobile augmented reality. Mobile augmented reality (AR), which comprises the overlay of information on real-world views seen through a mobile phone’s camera viewfinder, is the window to the […]

It’s hard to find too many supporters of Google’s $700 million bid for travel software company ITA Software these days. The FairSearch.org coalition of online travel specialists such as Expedia and search providers such as Microsoft Bing have a new ally in their effort to get the Justice Department to strike down the deal. The […]

Google’s upgrade of its Social Search feature was quickly outdone by Microsoft Bing, which released a revamped Bing Bar with deeper integration with Facebook. Google vowed to begin mixing its Social Search results throughout results pages based on their relevance, raising content from the dark pit of the bottom of results pages. Google also is […]

INQ Mobile and HTC made pretty bold bets at Mobile World Congress last week when they introduced what has become to be known as Facebook phones, or handsets that provide super speedy access to the social network. To be clear, the INQ and HTC handsets won’t have the actual Facebook brand and logo on the […]

Google Feb. 17 released a new beta for its Chrome Web browser, including a new version of its V8 JavaScript engine, better security and other perks just two weeks after its last version went stable. Chrome 10 runs Crankshaft, a speedier version of the V8 engine that provides a 66 percent improvement on the company’s […]

HTC’s Flyer Android tablet stood out from the pack of tablet launched at Mobile World Congress last week for a few reasons, not the least of which was the fact that the device is accessible though touch gestures and a capacitive stylus pen. That’s right; the stylus, a salient feature in Microsoft tablets that failed […]

Publishers’ eyes may have lit up when Google unveiled its One Pass subscription service for tablets, smartphones and Websites, as the service provides a more price-friendly alternative and more control over consumer data than Apple’s own subscription service. However, analysts agree that it is too early to tell which billing platform publishers will prefer. Moreover, […]

Oh what I wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall at this meeting of the President Barack Obama and high-tech heavyweights at Google board member and KPCB rock start investor John Doerr’s home Feb. 17. President Obama was joined by Doerr and other Silicon Valley superstars, according to the San Francisco Chronicle: Eric […]

The future for Google’s next Android operating system became clearer this week where at least two Google officials at different levels of the company confirmed Android’s “Ice Cream” version would be one big melt of Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” and Android 3.0 “Honeycomb.” First, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in his Mobile World Congress 2011 keynote […]