Clint Boulton

A Google product manager triggered a bit of controversy when he stated the simple fact that Android 2.2, the current “Froyo” build, is not optimized for the tablet form factor. Hugo Barra, director of mobile products for Google, told TechRadar that Android Market is not going to be available on devices that don’t allow applications […]

The Android phone-following world was abuzz last week with the rumor that Verizon Wireless would be punting Google’s search engine from all future Android phones in favor of Microsoft Bing. However, a Verizon spokesperson told eWEEK this is not true. Google search will continue to be the default search engine on many Verizon phones in […]

For most watchers of the Internet sector, the increasing belief that Web surfers are spending more time on Facebook than they are on Google is a piece of well-worn trivia. comScore said U.S. Web users in August spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook compared to 39.8 million minutes on all of Google’s Websites combined, including […]

Google Sept. 9 said it has blended navigation and walking directions in its Google Maps application, making it easier for pedestrians with Android smartphones hoofing it around an unfamiliar place. Google Maps Navigation, the turn-by-turn direction app Google began offering last year on the Motorola Droid, has been a huge hit for drivers enjoying the […]

Google Sept. 9 upgraded its Google Voice for Android application, adding two new home screen widgets to make accessing messages and settings easier. Google Voice is the company’s phone management application, allowing users to route calls through a special Google phone number to their work landlines and mobile devices. Users can also use voicemail transcription […]

Apple will never admit to this, but the company backed off its developer terms Sept. 9 because it feared alienating the programmers whose applications propelled the iPhone to its prestigious position in the United States. At least, that’s the reason Apple alluded to in its brief press statement on the matter, when it noted: “We […]

Google Android will become the No. 2 mobile operating system in the world behind Symbian, edging past Research In Motion and Apple’s iOS in 2010, according to new numbers from Gartner. The research firm said marketing and vendor support from carriers will drive Android to 17.7 percent market share through 2010. That is still well […]

Google lost little time expressing its approval over Apple’s decision to make its iPhone developer licensing agreement more amenable to the inclusion of ad technologies from third parties. Apple Sept. 9 revised its iPhone Developer Program License Agreement by relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, so long as the […]

General Motors, which is battling Ford in the market for Web-enabled communications via motor vehicles, confirmed it is testing Facebook audio updates for its OnStar roadside assistance and navigation platform. The experimental social media application would allow OnStar subscribers to verbally update their Facebook status and listen to their most recent news feed messages by […]

T-Mobile Sept. 9 formally unveiled the T-Mobile G2, a smartphone capable of 4G data downloads and the first device running on T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network. The G2 is the widely anticipated progeny of the G1, the first smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system. Based on the latest Google Android 2.2 operating system, the G2 […]

Google Instant Search Demo: A First Look at Speedier Search by Clint Boulton Google Instant Google Vice President Marissa Mayer, who said Google now serves 1 billion users per week with its search engine, unveils the Google Instant logo at MOMA. Time Spent Searching Users tend to spend 9 seconds on average entering a search […]

There is a lot flying around about Google Instant, the search engine’s new streaming search technology, so I’m trying to put it all together with some links and catch some stat crumbs from the table. Google Instant extends the Google Suggest capability by guessing users’ queries as they begin to type them. Users needn’t hit […]