Clint Boulton

When Google launched Google Buzz in Gmail in February, industry watchers who didn’t focus solely on the blatant privacy issues set to comparing the social conversation service with Twitter and Facebook. Many noted that Buzz lacked a way for users to easily share buzz they’ve read with others. Users who saw buzz they liked from […]

Google started a new chapter in its cloud collaboration software fisticuffs with Microsoft May 26, releasing software that helps knowledge workers move their Microsoft Outlook information to Google Apps. Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Outlook lets Outlook workers shuttle their e-mail, calendar and contact data from Outlook profiles, PST files and Exchange accounts to Google […]

Google May 27 closed its purchase of mobile advertising network AdMob, setting up a battle with Apple for digital ads served in applications on smartphones. The search engine will commence integrating its AdSense for mobile programs with AdMob’s mobile ad software. Google also gains the AdMob team, whose expertise made Apple come calling with an […]

Facebook has confirmed that it acquired startup Sharegrove, which makes private Web workspaces where groups can chat and share Web pages, photos and video clips within Facebook. Sharegrove’s collaboration capabilities are integrated in one application where all participants see the same content at the same time. The content-sharing dynamic of Sharegrove recalls the Google Wave […]

Just one day after a top Google product manager promised users would see more location-based services from the company, Google released a dashboard view for its Location History feature in Google Latitude. Google Latitude is the company’s friend-finding application, a tool that lets users see where others are on Google Maps. Google in fall 2009 […]

Google scored a coup by hiring away Matias Duarte from Palm to improve the user experience for smartphones, tablets and other devices based on Google’s Android operating system. AllThingsDigital May 27 broke the news, noting that Duarte led the development of Palm’s WebOS user interface as the company’s senior director of human interface and user […]

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz pledged the company’s allegiance to improving user engagement and expressed confidence in reaching as much as 10 percent revenue growth over the next few years. Yahoo CFO Tim Morse said at the company’s analyst day May 26 that Yahoo expects annual sales to increase by an average of 7 percent to […]

Google’s Nexus One smartphone, the Android 2.1-based device the company initially offered solely through its Webstore in January, is now at retail stores in the United States. But it’s not at Best Buy, Radio Shack or the usual consumer electronics shops. T-Mobile affiliate i wireless said it has begun offering the Nexus One for $299.95 […]

The choppy waters around Google’s “WiSpy” accident aren’t getting any smoother, as regulators in Germany and Hong Kong are objecting to Google’s refusal to let them look at personal information the search engine accidentally collected from unsecured WiFi networks. Google earlier in May admitted its Street View cars, which take pictures for Google Maps, had […]

Android, Chrome Power Open-Source Google TV Platform by Clint Boulton Google TV Google TV is an attempt to succeed where Microsoft, Intel and others failed and where Apple and other players offer platforms for hobbyists. Google TV Leader Vincent Dureau is the technical director for Google TV. He explains what comprises Google TV here. Google […]

People, especially young ones, are quite conscientious about tending to their reputation on the Web, according to a Pew Research Center report. Some 71 percent of social networking users aged 18 to 29 have changed the privacy settings on their profile to limit what they share with others online. That compares to just 55 percent […]

Google’s Chrome team May 24 released stable builds loaded with HTML5 utilities for Chrome 5.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The new version comes just three weeks after the company unveiled what it called its fastest beta to date for the Web browser. Google Chrome 5.0 sports improved JavaScript performance by 213 percent for the […]