Clint Boulton

There is no Google phone, but what Google revealed Nov. 5 could be even bigger. Google unveiled a complete mobile phone stack under an open-source license as an alternative to proprietary platforms from Microsoft and Symbian. Aimed at the roughly 3 billion mobile phone users around the world, Android, as it is called, is a […]

Google’s Android mobile platform is raising more eyebrows for what it isn’t than what it is. For one, Android is not the elusive Google Phone that has been rumored for several weeks, but a Linux-based software stack, which includes an operating system, browser interface, middleware and applications. Developers will be able to crack into a […]

Google’s OpenSocial bonanza has consumed the high-tech media and blogosphere for the last few days. Since it was formally unveiled Nov. 1, the focus has been on what kinds of applications programmers will build from the 15 or so social networks that have signed up. How do OpenSocial, Facebook and other sites that throw open […]

Sure didn’t take long for MySpace to join the OpenSocial frat party. A day after Google introduced OpenSocial, an effort to provide a set of common APIs that will allow multiple social networking sites to write applications, MySpace said it is joining the movement. Officially, MySpace is a founding member of OpenSocial, and will provide […]

Now that we’ve all had time to digest the fact that Google today is launching APIs to let programmers whip up applications for several networking sites, let’s consider what’s next. We can talk about how many food-fighting applications users are going to write for Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5.com and the others in the OpenSocial network. We […]

The drops in Google PageRank ratings that plagued the blogosphere last week are a result of a data management abstraction layer Google has implemented to improve its search algorithm, according to an IT expert and author. Sites such as WashingtonPost.com, Forbes.com and EnGadget.com, which have seen their PageRank scores fall, are seeing the first fruits […]

Google will officially join the club of social software development platform providers Nov. 1, when it unveils a set of application programming interfaces that will allow programmers to write social applications that will work on LinkedIn, Friendster and other social networking sites. OpenSocial is designed to help programmers build applications that reach more of the […]

Google is expected to announce software and services that will enable handset makers to bring new phones to market by the middle of next year, the Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 30. The news, in which the Journal cited people familiar with the matter, is a variance from original reports claiming that Google wouldnt shed […]

I wrote not long ago about Google’s move to layer YouTube on top of Google Earth, focusing on the broader potential for Google to marry as many of its technologies as possible where it makes sense. So it was fun to have this notion validated during a Q&A session with Matt Glotzbach, product management director […]

FatWire Software, which makes Web content management software, is going to buy Web collaboration startup Infostoria for an undisclosed sum. Setauket, N.Y.-based Infostoria makes software that enables users to build wikis in one click and create blogs, and offers a content integration platform to help organizations manage, find and share content stored in various repositories, […]

A lot of people are clamoring about drops in Google’s PR (PageRank) system this week, and I have heard and read many different takes on the subject. Let me share a couple. Clearly, people who pay to boost their links are trying to beat the PageRank system, which is Google’s way of calculating the site’s […]

Social networking sites continue to wield their influence over the online advertising space, as WPP acquired interactive firm Blast Radius Oct. 24 for an undisclosed sum. A WPP spokesperson told eWEEK Blast Radius creates customer online ads and marketing strategies for many sites, but it has a particular knack for creating “customer relationship maps” for […]