Clint Boulton

Skype and Google Voice users who want more bells and whistles for their phone communications services have a another option from TelCentris. The startup makes VoxOx that lets users make calls from PC to PC, as well as from PCs to landlines and mobile phones, and much more. Windows and Mac user may download the […]

Google’s Maps’ real estate listings just got a lot better. Back in July, Google began fetching real estate listings directly on Google Maps. Gone were the days that users had to specify “real estate” from the search options menu. You could simply enter a query for homes for sale or apartments to rent and you […]

Facebook made good on its pledge to revise and clarify its privacy policy Oct. 29, offering detailed explanations on how users can alter their account information or erase their profiles from the social network. Facebook calls this the next step on the path to “run Facebook in an open and transparent way,” a goal the […]

One of the big knocks against the Google Sidewiki annotation service when it launched in September was that it didn’t work on Google’s Chrome Web browser. While this would seem counterintuitive at first blush, Chrome is still only used by 3.2 percent of the users worldwide. It doesn’t command the lion’s share of Web browsing […]

Microsoft and Yahoo have delayed signing their blockbuster search deal to finalize the details, Yahoo said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Oct. 28. The search engine rivals July 29 inked a 10-year deal in which Microsoft’s Bing search engine would power Yahoo’s search results. Yahoo would retain the look and feel […]

I had an interesting conversation with Collecta CEO Gerry Campbell earlier this week to research my piece about what Microsoft and Google’s agreements with Twitter to index tweets will do for those companies. Collecta is one of the two dozen or so real-time search startups that has been indexing Twitter content for months. I expected […]

Google Voice is now blocking calls to less than 100 numbers it believes are adult chat lines or free conference call services looking to exploit traffic-pumping schemes, Google told the Federal Communications Commission in a letter Oct. 28. Google Voice is the search engine company’s free phone management service, which lets users ring home, work […]

How Jive Social Business Suite 4.0 Looksin Microsoft Office, on iPhone by Clint Boulton Jive Within Office Jive Microsoft Office Connector is a software module that lets SBS 4.0 users work on any Microsoft Office document, spreadsheet or presentation in Jive or from their desktop. The plug-in allows users to share content in Jive SBS […]

Verizon Wireless’ Motorola Droid, the smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system that some experts said could slow Apple’s rising iPhone star, is coming to Best Buy with an instant $100 rebate. Best Buy’s mobile specialty retail unit said it will begin pre-selling the Droid October 29, which is set to arrive in stores Nov. […]

Google late Oct. 28 launched its oft-reported music search service, though it’s the not the iTunes or Spotify challenger many made it out to be. Google is teaming with MySpace, Lala and music labels EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group to let users find millions of songs right from the search engine. […]

Google Maps Navigation Bolsters Android 2.0 By Clint Boulton Burger Time A Google Search for “burgers” displays results along a user’s route. Users need only tap a result for more details. Basic Map View The green traffic indicator means traffic is currently flowing smoothly. Satellite View View your route overlaid on 3-D satellite views with […]

If you’re an Android smartphone user, or have designs on getting one, it may be soon time to take your Garmin GPS device out of the car. Google Oct. 28 launched to beta Google Maps Navigation, a Web-based GPS navigation system that provides voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 […]