Clint Boulton

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) rolled out several upgrades to Google+, including the long-awaited integration of Google Apps with the fledgling social network. IT administrators can now manually turn on Google+ for their corporate employees, after which workers can sign up at google.com/+. The social network will become automatically available in the next several days to those who […]

One of the memes from Walter Isaccson’s authorized biography “Steve Jobs” is that the late Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder claimed to have “finally cracked” the Internet television challenge. This is no small feat, as the high-tech heavyweights before it have learned. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and others failed to give it wings, Apple has treated it […]

Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) reported weaker than expected sales of its Android smartphone and tablet units for its third quarter, including 4.8 million Android smartphones and only 100,000 Xoom Honeycomb tablets. Motorola, which is in the process of being acquired by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) for $12.5 billion, reported earnings of $3.26 billion on 12 cents per share. […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) said its belated Google TV refresh will begin rolling out Oct. 30, bringing with it an upgrade from the current Android 2.1 platform to Android 3.1 Honeycomb, as well as better search and access to applications from the Android Market. Launched more than a year ago on Logitech Revue set-top boxes and Sony […]

Google’s gross Android fragmentation is the stuff of legend among developers by now. Here’s a quick rundown: The company has pumped out Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo and Gingerbread for smartphones, forked the platform with Honeycomb 3.0-3.2 earlier this year to make a tablet-friendly OS, only to merge the two branches with the new “Ice Cream […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Oct. 27 moved to expand its Google Offers purview to include more than restaurants, museum and massages, adding offers for outdoor sports, classes and luxury goods from new daily deals providers. To do this, Google partnered with 14 deal providers. They include Dealfind, DoodleDeals, Gilt City, GolfNow, HomeRun, Juice in the City, kgbdeals, […]

In the Beginning Here is the original Google TV interface. This is the same interface we at eWEEK have been seeing for most of the year. The New Look This is the redesigned Google TV home screen. Old Google TV Apps The original Google TV apps screen. We got used to it, but it could […]

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has sold some 130 million iPhones worldwide, making it easily the world’s single most popular smartphone of its kind. Yet the iPhone, which has brought fortune to AT&T and Verizon Wireless in the United States, could be the device that makes or breaks their rival Sprint (NYSE:S). The No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier […]

Motorola Mobility’s (NYSE:MMI) Droid Razr went on presale from Verizon Wireless Oct. 27 for $299.99 on contract, with the carrier guaranteeing shipments no later than Nov. 10. That sets up the Razr for some potentially solid holiday sales. It’s tempting the believe every high-end phone is designed to compete with Apple’s iPhone. The timing of […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) spent more than $1.4 billion to purchase 57 companies of various sizes and persuasions, blasting apart the company’s previous record of 48 acquisitions from 2010. The search engine provider revealed in a 10-Q filing with that Securities and Exchange Commission that it paid $941 million in cash for three deals alone. That sum […]

Front View The S II’s front panel is black and unassuming as it bears only the T-Mobile brand. Camera The S II’s camera is an 8-megapixel picture-shooting beast, aping AT&T’s and Sprint’s models. The device captures and plays back video in sparkling 1080p HD. Thin Side View Like its brothers, T-Mobile’s S II is super […]

While Apple and Samsung continue to sue each other silly, there’s one big patent and copyright infringement case we tech reporters can take off of the books for 2011: Oracle versus Google, a case concerning Java patent and copyright infringement in Android. The major case was supposed to go to trial this Monday, Oct. 31, […]