Clint Boulton

To this point, Google Translate has been serviceable, if not bland, in its translation of 51 languages. You went to the site, you typed in some words or a Web page URL or uploaded a document, and selected what language you wanted the content translated into. Google Translate Nov. 16 got a lot more useful […]

Google was very cagey when asked what its Google Voice team would do with the Gizmo5 startup it acquired last week. Gizmo5 makes Web-based calling software for mobile phones and computers. Specifically, it provides a Web-based VOIP client that lets users make phone calls over the Internet, similar to programs such as Skype. Google’s secrecy […]

When I first learned of the Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless, I was ecstatic for two reasons. First, I wanted a phone based on the Google Android operating system. Second, I wanted it on the Verizon network. The Droid offered both, so I was keen to check it out in stores and put it on […]

Brightcove Nov. 16 refreshed its online video platform with the launch of Brightcove 4, which includes support for native iPhone video application development, Google Analytics and other tools to help Websites publish video and make money from the content. Brightcove also created Brightcove Express, a version of its platform targeted for small businesses, Brightcove CEO […]

Google, authors and publishers Nov. 13 narrowed the scope of their agreement to let Google sell access to millions of out-of-print books online, limiting it to include works registered with the U.S. Copyright Office or published in the United Kingdom, Australia or Canada. Financial terms of the Google Book Search deal, intended to settle a […]

What flies in some countries won’t in others. That’s the lesson Google is learning from its latest struggle with Switzerland, which is suing the search engine over its Street View feature in Google Maps, which provides 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic street-level views of 100-plus cities all over the world: When people sit at […]

News Analysis: Defense attorneys everywhere are high-fiving in the wake of a Brooklyn teenager’s acquittal over robbery charges when it was learned the teen had posted a status update on Facebook from his home computer during the crime. And with that, proponents of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are reveling in that revelation: Social […]

Google Nov. 12 confirmed that it had acquired Gizmo5 for an undisclosed sum, giving the search engine technology that could help Google contend with PC-to-PC calling giant Skype. Gizmo5 makes Web-based calling software for mobile phones and computers. Specifically, it provides a Web-based VoIP client that lets users make phone calls over the Internet, similar […]

What do you want from Google for the holidays? If you’re a fan of Google’s Chrome projects to dethrone Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows, you may see a couple of big wishes fulfilled: Chrome for Mac and an early build of Chrome Operating System. First, it seems that the infuriatingly long-awaited Chrome for Mac build […]

Taking a cue from Twitter, Google Nov. 12 added a following feature in Google Wave that let users shun waves they don’t want to see in their in-box, the first of many tools to help users manage waves. Google Wave is the search engine giant’s real-time collaboration platform, which lets users send e-mails and instant […]

Ladies and gentlemen: it’s flu season. Wait a minute… Didn’t we already have that? No, that was the darn swine flu. Following its roll out of Google Flu Trends to 20 countries, Google this week added a U.S.-centric “flu-shot finder” in conjunction with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS). It’s one thing […]

News Analysis: Microsoft continues to wheel and deal with its Bing search engine, as it seeks to overtake Google, but the leader with 65 percent market share is not sitting still. The latest duel is in data computation. Microsoft has it, courtesy of Wolfram Alpha. Google does not, but a company engineer hinted that it […]