Clint Boulton

Google has acquired BumpTop, which enables 3D multitouch desktop on Windows and Mac computers, the company confirmed. BumpTop uses “pile creation techniques” to shuffle and stack documents as if they were cards in a deck. The app was originally created for use with a pen-style stylus; the startup added multitouch last September, looking to capitalize […]

Google has purchased BumpTop, which enables 3D multitouch desktop on Windows and Mac computers. BumpTop uses “pile creation techniques” to shuffle and stack documents as if they were cards in a deck. The app was originally created for use with a pen-style stylus, but the startup added multitouch last September, no doubt seeing where the […]

Google tried to effect a position of neutrality in a 65-page filing concerning the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers, but hinted that the agency should consider classifying broadband as a common carrier service. Google, who argues that carriers should not have the right to block or stymie access to its Websites and […]

Facebook continues to take heat for its “instant personalization” feature, which the company launched earlier this month to enable the social network to share users’ profile data with third-party partner Websites. To protest instant personalization, MoveOn.org has, in no small amount of irony, added a Facebook group petition page with the header, “Facebook, respect my […]

When Verizon Wireless launched its vaunted HTC Droid Incredible April 29, it put out a statement touting the device as “well-equipped for the business user with enterprise-grade security, always-on connectivity and much more.” Unfortunately, the “much more” for the device, based on Version 2.2 of Google’s Android operating system, doesn’t natively include the ability to […]

Verizon Wireless launched the HTC Droid Incredible smartphone April 29, offering it for $199 with a $100 rebate and a two-year contract. Unlike its Android predecessors, there was no fancy launch event, but it didn’t need one. The early reviews helped in a big way and the devices have sold out and won’t be available […]

Twitter released the Twitter for Android application to the Android Market April 30, fortifying the company’s officially unofficial portfolio of mobile applications. The theme for this release is sharing. Users of the app will be able to tweet and share links and photos from the Share button. Users may also access their timeline with the […]

Google’s Cloud Print solution for computers powered by Google Chrome Operating System is still in its infancy, but at least one company is marshaling its efforts around the solution for when it launches on netbooks later this year. Cortado, which currently lets users print from RIM BlackBerry smartphones, Apple’s iPhones and iPads, is writing a […]

Tangoe, which makes software used by more than 400 companies around the world to manage expenses related to their mobile communication assets, on April 27 said its mobile device management software will now support smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system. Tangoe’s MDM Version 5.0 client software, which IT administrators install on mobile devices, is […]

Google could unveil its much-discussed, little verified Google TV, or at least the Android-based software the company is building at Google I/O in May, sources told Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal (paywall warning). As I wrote in March, Google TV — we don’t have an official name for the software/service — is a platform […]

Apple, no stranger to creating premium payment models for its goods and services, could charge advertisers five to 10 times the normal amount for campaigns created for applications running on Apple’s iPhone smartphones and iPad tablet computers. Apple April 8 introduced iAd, an advertising platform that runs ads directly within applications for the company’s popular […]

Skyfire Labs, with the goal of making it easier for users to consume content from smartphones the way they currently do from desktop PCs, on April 29 launched the Skyfire 2.0 for Android mobile browser with Flash video playback. Skyfire 2.0 for Android sports the SkyBar tool bar, which in a nutshell enables users to […]