Clint Boulton

Google Jan. 12 revised its Google Translate for Android application to make it more accessible for users looking to translate content on the fly using Google’s cloud-computing system. Google launched Translate for Android last year, and the service helps Android phone owners translate content into 53 different languages via text and 15 languages for spoken […]

Google’s Android operating system broke a two-month statistical tie with Apple’s iOS in ad impressions in a big way in December, grabbing 46 percent of hits. Millennial Media had Android and iOS tied for 38 percent of ad impression share in November, with each platform commanding a 37 percent share through October. “For the first […]

Google has purchased eBook Technologies to ensure its own eBookstore titles are accessible via any mobile device. The buy was first reported by TechCrunch. Google confirmed the deal in an e-mail to eWEEK: “We are happy to welcome eBook Technologies’ team to Google,” a Google spokesperson said. “Together, we hope to deliver richer reading experiences […]

Tablets running Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system haven’t even launched and already the blogosphere is fraught with speculation about the next version of Google’s Android operating system. As in, the one after Honeycomb. PocketLint calls it Ice Cream, numbers it Android 2.4 and says it will be unveiled at Google I/O in May and […]

YouTube Jan. 12 is making Vevo’s online video library accessible via the YouTube 2.0 application for Android. YouTube fans, who own smartphones based on Android 2.2 and later versions, can access Vevo’s videos, including content by Lady Gaga and U2, for free. Don’t think YouTube and its Google parent aren’t making money from the content. […]

One of the most intriguing rumors to surface concerning Facebook in 2010 was the supposition that the social network would launch a phone tailored for its users. Facebook was allegedly teaming with INQ Mobile to build a branded smartphone with deep integration into the handset’s contacts list. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denied this rumor after […]

Google’s Android operating system might feel a pinch when Verizon’s iPhone 4 hits the market, but that doesn’t mean the company can’t continue to capitalize on ads associated with Apple’s popular smartphone. Google Jan. 12 launched a version of its Google Places application, which includes the company’s new Hotpot recommendation engine for the iPhone. The […]

Google Jan. 11 said it would no longer support the H.264 video codec standard for its Chrome Web browser, an effort to push its open source WebM codec and the Theora codec. Google Chrome Product Manager Mike Jazayeri said these codecs, which encode and decode video and audio content in the Web browser, hew more […]

As I sat in the theater Jan. 11, which is totally appropriate considering I was listening to the dramatic flourish that was Verizon Wireless’ support for Apple’s iPhone 4, I couldn’t help but think with each passing data nail driven home about how the launch on Verizon would affect Google’s Android platform. Verizon has more […]

Following the tablet frenzy of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, it’s fair to ponder the question of how tablets from RIM, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, as well as the slew of Android tablets, will fair among corporate employees. For example, while the RIM PlayBook may boast enhanced security, the Cisco Cius superior unified communications integration and the […]

NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless and Apple Jan. 11 said they will launch a CDMA version of Apple’s iPhone 4, confirming what the mobile tech world has been speculating about since AT&T launched the iPhone in 2007. The multiyear deal is non-exclusive. Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead said at a launch event here that existing […]

Cisco Systems is building digital television components it hopes to sell to service providers who want to rival Google TV and other systems aiming for the convergence of Web and TV content. Cisco CEO John Chambers showed off Videoscape, which helps consumers search for, access and manage Internet video, cable television, video conferencing and other […]