Clint Boulton

Review: For the last week I’ve been testing Verizon Wireless’ Samsung Fascinate smartphone. The device, which went on sale Sept. 8 for $199, follows the first three Android handsets from Samsung’s well-regarded Galaxy S line: the AT&T’s Samsung Captivate, Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G and T-Mobile’s Samsung Vibrant. All are powered by Samsung’s speedy 1GHz Cortex […]

HTC introduced two new Google Android smartphones, the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z, both geared for the European and Asian markets. The company also revamped its Sense user interface and launched HTCSense.com, a portal that lets users control the Sense UI on their Android smartphones. HTC is best known among mobile phone watchers […]

Perhaps no company more than Google is looked at for the rumored gauntlet that is its hiring process. You may already know the process is lengthy, detailed and strenuous, but did you know that Google receives more than 1 million job applications per year but hires only 1,000 to 4,000 people per year? That’s less […]

Google has acquired Israel-based Quiksee, whose software allows users to create 3D video tours that leverage location. Financial terms of the deal were not made public, though publication Haaretz, which originally reported the deal Sept. 13, said it was for $10 million. Google and Quiksee confirmed the company is joining Google’s Geo team, which includes […]

The combination of Microsoft’s MSN, Windows Live and Bing search properties helped Microsoft overtake Yahoo in search for the first time ever in August, according to researcher Nielsen. Microsoft’s properties tallied 13.9 percent of search volume last month, compared with 13.1 percent for Yahoo, which fell from 14.3 percent share in July. Nielsen provided this […]

In a move that could further stoke the rivalry between Google and Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier is asking for application submissions from developers writing for the Android operating system. Verizon earlier this month began accepting binary Android app submissions for V CAST Apps, the application store the company is expected to […]

With the Federal Communications Commission set to deliver the final rules for opening television white spaces spectrum to the public, Google is eyeing the potential for speedy WiFi networks as new real estate for its Web applications. The FCC Sept. 23 is expected to expand the availability of unlicensed TV airwaves to the public, paving […]

Google’s two most recent iterations of Android are being used on more than 70 percent of smartphones running the mobile operating system. Android 2.1 is running on some 41.7 percent of Android-bearing devices, with the latest Android 2.2 powering apps on 28.7 percent of Android handsets. That’s according to the stats on Google’s Android developer […]

Motorola Sept. 13 introduced the “Defy” smartphone, a so-called ruggedized device based on Google’s Android operating system. It will be offered for T-Mobile in time for the holidays. While previous Motorola devices such as the Droid X and Droid 2 emphasized a larger screen and slide-out keyboard, respectively, the Defy sports a 3.7-inch touchscreen that […]

Anil Dash is to me is something of a Shakespeare of a blogger. He entertains, informs and inspires thought. Plus he’s been blogging since the ’90s, which for this newfangled Internet age makes him timeless in that 16th century fashion. Okay, maybe not, but I dig his work. But it’s been awhile since I’ve read […]

Within days of Google’s launch of its Google Instant predictive search technology, which leverages AJAX to let users see results as they type a search query, software programmers built similar applications for other Google Web services. The most famous was YouTube Instant, built in 3 hours by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a computer science student enrolled at […]

It’s too early to tell how or if the 1 billion Google users will cotton to Google Instant, the predictive search technology geared to accelerate information retrieval. Yet analysts seem confident the technology is a game-changer for the search engine versus Microsoft Bing and Yahoo, helping Google make more money from more searches made. Thanks […]