Clint Boulton

Bloggers peeling away the onion layers that comprise Samsung’s Galaxy Tab have learned that the widely anticipated, Android-based iPad challenger is launching on Verizon Wireless. Boy Genius Report snared this screenshot of a listing for “Sam Galaxy Tab Demos” from Verizon’s internal systems. A spokesperson for Verizon Wireless declined to confirm the news for eWEEK […]

Microsoft on Aug. 30 released an official Bing for Mobile Android App for customers of Verizon Wireless, an exclusive arrangement that underscores how Android has become a significant mobile platform to rival Apple’s iPhone. Owners of Android-based smartphones such as the Motorola Droid, Droid 2, Droid X and the Droid Incredible can download the free […]

Google added ocean views to its Google Earth for Android application, a move that should have greater import when tablet computers based on Android arrive en masse to tantalize folks looking to surf the Web with a larger palette. Google Earth for Android 1.1 will let users check out the aquatic landscape and terrain in […]

Two Google news items from last week painted a clear picture of where Google is in real-time search and where it is going in the future. The company revamped its real-time search capabilities and is testing instant search capabilities that update on the fly. Announced Aug. 26, the real-time search upgrades move Twitter tweets and […]

Google joined the raft of startups offering tools to better organize and prioritize e-mail messages Aug. 30 with Gmail Priority Inbox. Priority Inbox, a new beta Gmail feature users must opt in to use, lets users designate some messages as more important than others at a time when users are buckling under the weight of […]

Google has struck a new content distribution deal with the Associated Press to host the publisher’s content on Google News and other properties, the search engine confirmed. Google and the AP declined to reveal financial terms of the new deal, but the Wall Street Journal reported (paywall) Google is paying the news organization in the […]

Developers on the fence about whether to write mobile applications for Apple’s iPhone or smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system could find themselves jumping to Apple’s side if their chief quest is making money. Royal Pingdom crunched some numbers Aug. 27 and found that about 70 percent of the 250,000 apps in Apple’s App […]

Spurred by the promise of reconnecting with people from the past and medical issue support, use of social network Websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter by Web users ages 50 and older almost doubled from a year ago. Pew Research said some 42 percent of 2,252 Internet users 50 and older networking fessed up […]

The Department of Justice is taking a harder look at Google’s $700 million bid to buy ITA Software, lodging a second request with the search engine for more information about the deal. Google last month agreed to buy the flight information software specialist to build new flight search tools that will make it easier for […]

When Google launched its Gmail calling service Aug. 25, the top question was how the VOIP service would impact Skype. Gmail calling threatens Skype because it copies its service for initiating and receiving free or cheap calls over IP. However, Gmail and Skype offer trade-offs, and analysts and industry experts have different takes on how […]

Google’s social networking shopping spree continued with the purchase of two-man startup Angstro Aug. 26, the company confirmed. Angstro makes technology that helps “unlock the power of your social graph,” which is industry parlance for adding social content such as Facebook photos, LinkedIn profiles, Twitter tweets and other social services to other Web services. Angstro […]

Verizon Wireless said it has started rolling out Google’s Android 2.2 operating system for the HTC Droid Incredible, one of the more popular Android devices the No. 1 wireless carrier sells. Verizon made the official announcement about the Froyo upgrade on its Twitter @VZWSupport account Aug. 27. See this Verizon support Web page here. Upgrades […]