Clint Boulton

The revelation that applications running on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhones and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android handsets lift users’ photos and contacts and post them online unbeknownst to users has a U.S. senator urging the Federal Trade Commission to look into the matter. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote in a letter to the FCC that he didn’t like […]

If HTML5 is the hot, fresh technology grab bag for Web applications, it pays for operating system makers to optimize their platforms to not only run HTML5-based apps, but run them with speed and efficiency. Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS has grabbed that crown from Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android platform, performing three times faster than Android devices in […]

In a megamerger of cloud software service providers, Cloud Sherpas and GlobalOne have joined forces to combine their expertise in installing and supporting Google Apps and Salesforce.com applications. Cloud Sherpas counts itself as among the first Google Enterprise support partners, helping more than 1,5000 businesses shuttle more than 1.5 million workers to Google Apps collaboration […]

Google’s Chrome browser adoption can be counted in the 200-plus million download range, but it helps to have big organizations embrace the browser. This is super challenging at a time Microsoft Internet Explorer remains the de facto browser for the Windows PCs that orgs and businesses buy. To wit, Google scored a coup with Chrome […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Wallet is going to be available on as many as 10 new Sprint (NYSE:S) phones in 2012, according to the creator of the mobile payment service. Wallet is an application users may download from Google’s Android Market. The program works in concert with near-field communication (NFC) sensors, allowing users to tap and pay […]

Mobile device management software makers continue to find interesting ways to slice and dice information related to the burgeoning bring-your-own-device, or BYOD, trend in the corporate workplace. Enter Zenprise, which found out that Facebook, Angry Birds and Web browsers were blocked or closely monitored for malicious activity on smartphones and tablets used by some of […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) mobile ad revenue will top $4.5 billion in 2012, up 80 percent from $2.5 billion in 2011, according to a prominent Internet analyst. The prognostication bodes well for the company’s Android mobile operating system business, which includes smartphones and tablets. Google serves mobile search and display ads on these devices. Andy Rubin, Google […]

The European Union’s Justice Commissioner is certain Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) new product policy privacy changes violate European laws and was irked the search giant executed the changes against the protestations of data protection authorities. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding told BBC Radio Four that she believed Google’s changes violate European data laws by failing to consult […]

“Do Not Track” presents some interesting obstacles for Internet giants that rely on Web advertising, with Google poised to be significantly impacted in the display ad market. A quick refresher: Do Not Track will allow Internet users to add a Do Not Track header from browsers such as Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome market share may not be growing as fast as originally thought as a researcher discovered the browser’s prerendering technology may have been artificially inflating usage share. Chrome’s market share through February was about 18.9 percent, down from 18.94 percent in January and 19 1 percent in December, according to Net Applications. However, […]

Facebook Pages have gotten the Timeline user-interface treatment with the new Offers tool, a way for businesses with supporting Pages to discount and promote their products right from Pages. Facebook, which unveiled the new branding and advertising technology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City Feb. 29, also said it was […]

Toshiba Feb. 29 introduced the Excite 10 LE, a 10.1-inch tablet running Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system that will be the thinnest slate to date. The WiFi-enabled Excite 10 LE, available March 6 from U.S. retailers for $529.99 (16GB) and $599.99 (32GB), is only 7.7mm thin€”roughly the depth of the Motorola Droid Razr […]