Clint Boulton

Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones may be the undisputed king of the enterprise, but for how long is another question. A new mobile device activation report from Good Technology shows that Apple’s iPhone and iPad and smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system are being adopted by consumers to help with their enterprise work. The […]

Google Oct. 9 said it has built technology to make cars drive themselves, an exercise to help reduce traffic accidents, free up motorists’ time and ultimately curb carbon emissions. In what the company is calling a first in robotics research, Google for the past year has sent out Toyota Priuses with trained operators all over […]

Google Oct. 8 said it would be winding down its voice-powered directory assistance service that helped connect users to businesses in the United States and Canada on Nov. 12. Google launched 1-800-GOOG-411 in 2007. While the company advertised the service on billboards as a directory service people used to find businesses across the country, it […]

Samsung’s Galaxy S line is getting an infusion of new blood with the launch of the Samsung Mesmerize Android 2.1-based smartphone on U.S. Cellular Oct. 27. U.S. Cellular will sell the device for $199 after an $80 mail-in rebate at its retail stores and from U.S. Cellular.com here. The Samsung Mesmerize, powered by a 1 […]

When Google unveiled Google TV at its I/O event in May, it sparked several questions that went unanswered for a long time. The Google-watching crowd knew the service would marry channel surfing and Web surfing, powered by Google’s Android operating system and Google’s Chrome Web browser. The public also learned that Google TV would run […]

The Street this week reported that Google and PayPal are set to announce that long-rumored deal to make eBay’s e-commerce platform a payment option on Google’s Android Market. The Street said, “sources familiar with the situation say the deal is all but sealed, with an announcement coming as early as Oct. 26 during the PayPal […]

Google is currently testing full page previews of Websites entered as queries into the search box, a search engine optimization expert discovered. When some users type in a search query and hit Enter, they may see search results highlighted in blue. Hovering over those search results pops out a preview of the Website associated with […]

Want to set up shop and sell mobile applications? There’s a platform for that: Android, operating system Google unleashed to the open source community. And companies taking advantage of the search engine’s largesse. The Wall Street Journal advanced the story TechCrunch started last month that Amazon.com is launching a shop for Android apps that would […]

Sprint will sell Samsung’s Galaxy Tab computer for $399 with a two-year contract, or $599 without one beginning Nov. 14, according to gadget blog Boy Genius Report. Asked for confirmation of these details, a Sprint spokesman did not illuminate the mystery, telling eWEEK Oct. 8: “Sprint has not announced pricing or availability for Samsung Galaxy […]

File this under backward compatibility. Google Latitude, the search engine’s friend-finding location service, is used by millions of Google users from their mobile phones. For some reason, Google now thinks that people want to follow friends and share their location from their desktops. Google Mobile Software Engineer Kenneth Leftin explained: “We launched Latitude with a […]

Google’s Android operating system ran on 19.6 percent of the 55.7 million smartphones through August, putting the platform’s market share within 5 percentage points of rival Apple iOS, comScore said. From July to August, Android ascended 2.6. percent from its 17 percent share of the 53.4 million smartphones the researcher counted. No. 2 smartphone provider […]

Google TV Event Shows Off Android-Loaded Logitech Revue Components by Clint Boulton A Gathering for Google TV The crowd awaits the start of the event. An Introduction from Logitech Junien Labrousse, executive vice president of products for Logitech, introduces the crowd to Google TV with the slogan: “If you can think it, you can watch […]