Clint Boulton

Nicholas Carr, the man who slapped the IT world upside the head by saying IT doesn’t matter, is talking to folks about his new book “The Big Switch.” Carr told Forbes in a Q&A that Google is heading down the path of artificial intelligence with its search technology.Carr said that for Google’s search engine to […]

Google Jazzes Up Apps for the iPhone Google Jazzes Up Apps for the iPhone – Custom Tabs New custom tabs put Google Apps prominently on the Google menu bar, allowing users to more easily switch among Search, Reader, Calendar, Docs and Picasa. Google Jazzes Up Apps for the iPhone – Calendar Month Utility The Calendar […]

With questions swirling about the viability of Google’s Android mobile operating system, startup A la Mobile on Jan. 14 released a stack of applications designed to run on the open-source OS. The prototype suite of applications includes a browser, phone dialer for voice calls, audio player, maps, camera, calendar, contacts manager, calculator, tasks manager and […]

Gigya Jan. 14 launched a widget distribution network to help advertisers deliver ads to social network users, joining a fray first joined by Google and Clearspring. With the Gigya Widget Advertising & Distribution Network, the startup is making the same bet Google wagered with its Gadget Ads, and the same leap of faith Clearspring made […]

Google watchers and high-tech recruiters say no, but agree that it is a challenge the Mountain View, Calif., company is going to have to overcome as it steamrolls its way across search and other Internet markets. Former Google Health Architect Adam Bosworth, Head of Special Initiatives Chris Sacca, Designer Kevin Fox, News Product Manager Nathan […]

Yahoo plans to regain some of the luster it lost to Google, Facebook and other Internet specialists with a two-headed attack aimed at making the Web more social and mobile. By focusing on these two areas, Yahoo is attempting to solidify its position as the starting point for everything users want to find online, company […]

The popularity of Facebook, MySpace and myriad other social network sites has triggered a gold rush of opportunity for specialists that build social computing tools and sell them to businesses that want to put them in front of their customers in media and marketing campaigns. For many businesses in e-commerce, marketing and media markets, it […]

So Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone has skipped town to the comfortable arms of a venture capital company. I might too if my share of the top-line search market hovered between 4.6 and 5 percent. I have no envy for any man or woman trying to gain share versus Google, Yahoo or Microsoft on search. It […]

I see a lot of demonstrations in my line of work and it’s sometimes tough to stifle a yawn, or keep my eyes from glazing over. Yesterday morning, when I watched the Webcast of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show Monday, I thought it would be a vague bluster. Yang surprised […]

The DataPortability WorkGroup is primed to gain some real traction thanks to the enlistment of Google, Facebook and Plaxo this week. Representatives from these vendors, along with folks from Flickr, Twitter, SixApart, Yahoo and others in the group, will work on the DataPortability Reference Design, which will let users access their friends and media across […]

Offering $1.2 billion, a 42 percent premium over Fast’s trading price is a princely sum even for the coffers of a company such as Microsoft. Clearly, Microsoft wanted a leadership in the market, and beyond the engineers with years of search pedigree and the 2,000 customers, Fast has technology that Microsoft simply couldn’t resist. Fast […]

Microsoft made a big bet in enterprise search, agreeing to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA for $1.2 billion, a 42 percent premium over the Oslo, Norway, company’s closing share price on Jan. 4. The Redmond, Wash., software company said on Jan. 8 that Fast’s board of directors has unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept […]