Clint Boulton

LAS VEGAS—Digital natives—people who grew up using interactive Internet tools—will push the enterprise social software market to grow at a compound annual revenue growth of 41.7 percent through 2011, said Gartner analysts at Web Innovations here Sept. 19. As these digital natives grow up, theyre moving into the work force, taking with them blogs, wikis, […]

A day after offering ads for mobile phones, Google continued the momentum with the introduction of Google Gadget Ads, an interactive ad format that includes rich media capabilities to allow users to engage with ad content in a way static ads can’t. Currently in an expanded beta with select AdWords advertisers, including Paramount Vantage (check […]

LAS VEGAS—Web 2.0, SAAS (software as a service), global class, consumerization and open source are facilitating disruptions in the high-tech market even as they are becoming vital forces that help businesses compete for new revenue opportunities. Such was the position taken by three analysts in the opening keynote of the Gartner Web Innovations conference here […]

With all of the speculation over the alleged Google Phone still roiling the high-tech waters, Google took its next big step into the mobile search advertising world late yesterday with AdSense for Mobile, a program that will allow Google to sell ads for Web pages viewed via cell phones. Google said in a blog post […]

Google added presentation features to its Google Docs application Sept. 17, the latest upgrade to enrich the Google Apps platform and better compete with Microsoft in the office productivity software space. The presentation tools, fashioned with assets from Googles purchase of startup Tonic Systems in April, will allow users to make Web-based presentations that co-workers […]

By denying Microsoft’s antitrust appeal and upholding the European Union’s $613 million fine against the software company, Europe’s Court of First Instance is sending a resounding message to companies it thinks are getting too big for their britches and don’t have the consumers’ best interests at heart. The decision provides all the more reason for […]

Yahoo said it has agreed to purchase open-source e-mail and collaboration software maker Zimbra for $350 million. The deal, announced Sept. 17 after market close, is part of the media and search portals bid to build out its Internet and collaboration services to better compete with chief threats Google, Microsoft and IBM. Yahoo said in […]

Endeca Technologies Sept. 17 rolled out two new software modules that can be tacked on to its Endeca Information Access Platform to fortify search for customers as part of the new Endeca Discovery Suite. The Discovery Suite is designed to juice up online revenue by boosting conversion rates and increasing content consumption for Endecas retail […]

StrikeIron, which offers a cache of Web services for businesses to consume, said on Sept. 12 that it has partnered with IBM to deliver Web services through QEDWiki, IBMs enterprise mashup software. QEDWiki is a Web-based assembly tool used to create mashups, or applications that cull data from more than one source. Some analysts have […]

AOL completed the final stage of its evolution to becoming a full-blown Web media company on Sept. 17, moving its corporate headquarters to New York City and unveiling an integrated ad platform that incorporates online advertising assets from five acquisitions. AOLs headquarters will be based at 770 Broadway, where Platform A will offer advertisers access […]

Market-leading phone maker Nokia on Sept. 17 moved to bolster its mobile advertising front by agreeing to acquire Enpocket for an undisclosed sum. Boston-based Enpocket makes a mobile advertising campaign management and delivery system that uses analytics technologies to draw a bead on consumer interests and deliver mobile advertising via SMS (Short Message Service), MMS […]

What’s that they say about how to serve revenge? Days after Microsoft shredded Google Apps in a top 10 FUD list, Google dug another hole for the grave that will likely be reserved for the Microsoft’s Open Office XML (OOXML) specification. Zaheda Bhorat, a member of the search vendor’s open source team, wrote Sept. 14 […]