Clint Boulton

An interesting meme has popped up over whether Mozilla’s Firefox browser is sustainable given the fact that Google’s Chrome browser is rapidly gaining on its rival and that Google accounted for 84 percent of revenue last year. That licensing deal, in which Firefox shuttles users to Google’s search engine, supposedly ran out in November, Ed […]

Should SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) consummate its $3.4 billion offer to acquire Web-based human resources software maker SuccessFactors (NASDAQ:SFSF), it will give the enterprise application giant some much needed credibility in cloud computing versus rivals Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) and Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL). SAP certainly showed that it needs the clout, paying $40 per share, or roughly a 52 […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system rose to 46.3 percent market share through October, up from 44.8 percent through September, according to comScore. Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS platform rose to 28.1 percent share for the month from 27.4 percent in September. Apple’s share may have been the beneficiary of offering the new iPhone 4S in several countries […]

1) Nexus Front The device has a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD display crafted for multimedia consumption, from video to books and games. 2) Nice Rear Panel iFixit appreciates the clean presentation of the 5 megapixel camera in the Galaxy Nexus’ rear enclosure. “‘Clean’ is the word that comes to mind as we look at the […]

Don’t look now, but Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Maps for Android application just took a step toward e-commerce potential with the company’s introduction of a feature that lets Android smartphone and tablet users see where they are and what’s nearby in select malls, airports and retail stores. Think of it as Google bringing its vast online mapping […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) YouTube unit overhauled its homepage and overall redesign to provide consumers more comfortable channel surfing, part of the video Website’s ongoing effort to be a key broadcasting platform for video content. The new homepage and channels design is colored with a gray background to match colors from the Google+ social network and dovetail […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is reportedly working on an alternative to Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime two-day, shipping service that would let people shop for goods online and get their orders shipped to their doors within a day for a fee, according to The Wall Street Journal. Amazon Prime is a popular program that lets consumers pay $79 a […]

The candid CEO for the world’s largest customer software-as-a-service company doesn’t use a single Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows-based PC or product when he travels. Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) CEO Marc Benioff said he travels with a new Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire tablet, an Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad and a BlackBerry 9930 smartphone from Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM). Benioff ticked […]

1) Boston Scientific Boston Scientific, a maker of medical devices, has equipped 3,000 of its sales workers with iPads. The company also makes a Neuromodulation Learning Institute application for health care providers managing patients with chronic pain. 2) Continental, United Continental and United, which recently merged, are handing out 11,000 iPads to their pilots, who […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has added the ability for Google+ users to make free phone calls from within the social networks Hangouts video chat application. Hangouts, which enables users to trigger video conferencing sessions for up to 10 users in a single session, has been one of the most popular features for Google+ since the search engine […]