Clint Boulton

Google is reminding users to go to its 2008 U.S. Voter Info site. Google unveiled the site Oct. 1, but it didn’t get a lot of coverage. I originally noted it here for eWEEK. The site is very useful. I can remember at 18 having to ask my parents, somewhat ashamedly, how to go about […]

Consultancy CSC has created a list of top trends to watch. Many of these you may have already seen in practice, while some work their magic behind the scenes, quietly biding their time for when the market is ready for them.Of course, with the current recession, no timeline for the emergence of new technology trends […]

Google launched its Android Market store today, Oct. 22, to coincide with the launch of T-Mobile’s G1 with Google smart phone, the first gadget based on the Android mobile operating system. Android Market is a place where users can download applications for their G1 and future Android phones, and even rate or comment on apps […]

Google continued to help make its Gmail users even lazier with the introduction of a “Canned Response” feature for its Web mail application. It’s not as cute as Mail Goggles, but could be every bit as useful. The feature, which you can turn on in Gmail Labs, allows users to compose a reply and save […]

IBM has finished polishing up the software-as-a-service version of Lotus Notes and will release it to the public Oct. 22, company officials told me.Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging is the hosted flavor of Lotus Notes, the company’s core business e-mail and calendaring client and the cornerstone of IBM’s collaboration software.Corporate employees access Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging […]

Today, Oct. 22, is the celebrated launch of T-Mobile’s G1 with Google, the first smart phone based on Google’s Android open-source mobile operating system stack. Retail stores for the phone carrier are opening up at 8 a.m. to sell what has been reported as 1.5 million G1 units to Web service-hungry users.What you won’t find […]

Last week, blogs were abuzz with the discovery that the terms of service for Google’s Android Market application Web site has a “kill switch” to squash malicious applications.This enables Google to turn off an app that you may have downloaded to a phone based on Android, Google’s mobile operating system software.Google’s language is: “Google may […]

Google and the Open Handset Alliance released the complete Android platform source code, which means you can actually build a phone with the software if you have the chops.Available free under an Apache license, the Android Open Source Project will allow OEMs, phone carriers or even application programmers to download the code to create mobile […]

Zimbra, the open-source messaging and collaboration suite Yahoo purchased in September 2007, plans to announce an integration deal with open-source Web conferencing startup Dimdim, according to a source with knowledge of the companies’ plans.The move, set to be announced in the next week or two, is preceded by Dimdim’s revelation Oct. 21 that Zimbra co-founder […]

An interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal Oct. 20 notes that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is campaigning for U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama, appearing with him Tuesday in Florida to moderate a panel on the economy.The WSJ paints Schmidt’s move as a “push for a greater voice in politics,” and at the conclusion, […]

Update: Less than a week after I noted that Motorola was looking for a team leader to build a social networking-fueled smart phone fueled by Google’s Android mobile operating system, BusinessWeek has scored some more details on the device.The gadget from Motorola will include a touch screen, much like the iPhone and G1, the first […]

As I’ve already noted on my Google Watch blog today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt is hitting the campaign trail with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.Schmidt told The Wall Street Journal his involvement stems from personal choice and is not intended to reflect Google’s political views as a whole. A Google spokesperson in Washington confirmed this […]