Clint Boulton

Catalyst Web Services, a startup that provides software-as-a-service productivity and collaboration tools for small and midsize businesses, has tailored a version of its CatalystOffice suite to work with Apple’s MacBook through Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser. Catalyst, which launched the Windows-based version of CatalystOffice at Demo in January, is targeting the lower end of the market […]

Facebook has declined to join the OpenSocial Foundation, a blow to an effort forged by Google, Yahoo and MySpace to create applications that work across disparate social networking Web sites. “As the largest contributor to the memecached system, Facebook has long been a leader and supporter of open source initiatives, but will not join the […]

Having been kicked to the curb by Verizon in the recently concluded 700MHz spectrum auction block, Google is reaching out with hungry hands to propose mobile broadband services using the TV “white space.” White space spectrum is the unused spectrum between channels 2 and 51 on TV sets that aren’t hooked up to satellite or […]

Every now and then we are treated to a little (OK, a lot) whining from folks who piggyback on top of Google to make money, the long tail of publishers who cling to the hope of high PageRank scores because it affects their earnings. Now retailers have joined publishers in venting. According to The New […]

Google gets a lot of kudos for its free collaboration Google Apps, but some larger businesses have been reluctant to endorse the suite of e-mail, word processing and spreadsheet software due to concerns that it isn’t secure enough for the enterprise. The company isn’t the only vendor that has run into those security obstacles. SAAS […]

Social database maker Blist March 24 opened up for public beta and added a few social networking-type features to make the application more compelling. The Seattle startup, which attracted officials from Google and Microsoft at Demo 2008, lets users create databases called Blists that employ spreadsheet front-ends. Users create the Blists to store information for […]

Verizon Wireless was the darling of the Federal Communications Commission’s recently concluded 700 MHz wireless spectrum auction, winning six licenses to provide wireless broadband nationally in the most valuable C block of the spectrum. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Google didn’t win a single license and so won’t be shelling out any of the $19.6 […]

The explosion in popularity around social networks has laid the foundation for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on the Web destinations that are luring millions of users. bSocial Networks is one of those opportunists. The Conifer, Colo.-based startup is using Facebook, which attracts about 68 million users, to help consumers and small businesses and sell […]

Yahoo’s release of its financial outlook was designed to pump up investor confidence in the company as it seeks to stave off an offer from Microsoft. But will it backfire? Yahoo March 18 said it expects to double cash flow over the next three years to $3.7 billion and post sales of $8.8 billion in […]

Facebook, stung last year by criticism after its Beacon ad program broadcasted online activities about users, has created new privacy controls to grant its 68 million users more authority over the information they share on the social site. Rolled out March 19, the features will let users share and filter information, such as photos or […]

Google is looking to make its Spreadsheets application a little smarter. The Mountain View, Calif., company March 18 said it is using BI (business intelligence) software from Toronto-based Panorama Software to let users leverage analytical and reporting tools. In beta as a free gadget that loads within Google Spreadsheets, Panorama Pivot Tables for Google Spreadsheets […]

Google has a long way to go before its Android platform even catches a whiff of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system share. However, there are other ways to make Google search and applications more ubiquitous at Microsoft’s expense. Just weeks after rolling out a software plug-in to speed Google search on Nokia’s Symbian-based N series […]