Clint Boulton

Yahoo contributed to the latest crush of local-related news Dec. 8 by making its refreshed Yahoo Local service available in limited beta for computers and Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphones. Compare the current and new Yahoo Local services. The top menu has changed from vertically listed tabs for most popular events and maps. Gone […]

Google this week upgraded its Gmail and YouTube applications for Android smartphones, part of the company’s mission to release upgrades early, incrementally and often. Apparently many Gmail users told Google they like to access Priority Inbox, the message management feature, from their Android handsets. This capability was added to Android phones in September. Google has […]

Google leveraged HTML5 technology to render its 2010 Zeitgeist findings, a compilation of its most popular and fast rising queries logged into the search engine. The Zeitgeist capture the key trends, employing Google’s Insights for Search and Google Trends data analytics tools. Google, which commanded 65 percent share of search queries in the United States […]

Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab Lead Tablet Choices for Consumers by Clint Boulton iPad With its sleek, elegant design and roomy 9.7-inch screen, the iPad set the bar high for the tablet market. Multitouch-enabled, the machine offers iPhone capability on a bigger screen with a 10-hour battery. Apps Apple’s App Store, with 300,000 titles, provides […]

So Google missed out on getting local deal provider Groupon one week ago today. I submitted that this was a good thing because of the price tag, but things can change. This week word came from Tnooz that TripAdvisor was blocking its reviews from appearing on Google Places, where content from Priceline.com, UrbanSpoon, CitySearch and […]

Google’s Postini group Dec. 9 rolled out Message Continuity, the latest in a string of software solutions to help Microsoft’s on-premise e-mail users to get more comfortable with the Google Apps cloud. Google Message Continuity preserves the state of corporate e-mail created in Microsoft Exchange, the e-mail server software used by most businesses today. The […]

Google Android creator Andy Rubin said Dec. 8 that there are now 300,000 Android phones being activated each day. The stat, which Rubin delivered via this rare tweet late Wednesday, came two days after he reiterated at D: Dive into Mobile that Google was seeing more than 200,000 activations of Android smartphones each day. Rubin’s […]

Twitter is used by 8 percent of American adults who use the Internet, with the greatest use among young urban adults and minorities, according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Twitter, which claims to have about 180 million users, is the leading microblog service among casual Web users. The communication tool […]

Google Chrome OS for Netbooks: 15 Essential Features by Clint Boulton Chrome OS Setup Setting up a Chrome OS netbook is as easy as logging into a Web application from your desktop or smartphone. Start with network and language choice, as users typically do for a PC setup. Users will accept terms and conditions, and […]

Autonomous search. Serendipity engine. Call it what you will, but that’s not what Google is calling it anymore. Google’s future plans to make its search engine more actionable by delivering results to users unbidden is one of the company’s core missions in 2011. And it’s now called contextual discovery. And it’s far more interesting to […]

Google’s Chrome Operating System isn’t yet ready for prime time on notebook computers, but the company has landed corporate remote-access powerhouse Citrix Systems as a partner. Google Dec. 7 said at an update event that consumers would be able to purchase netbooks based on its Web operating system, which lets users run Web apps in […]

Google Android smartphone users consume more data than users of Apple’s iPhone 3G and iPhone 4, according to network management specialist Arieso. Using the iPhone 3G as a benchmark, the company found that Android handset owners notched higher data call volumes, time connected to the network, and data volume uploaded and downloaded than users of […]