Clint Boulton

Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Commerce team Oct. 3 said it is testing Trusted Stores, a program to help shoppers pick the best e-commerce vendors from whom to buy things online. Acting on complaints from consumers who say they’re wary of buying goods from online stores they’ve never patronized, […]

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled the iPhone 4S, a major upgrade over its previous iPhone 4 model that includes the ability to run on both GSM and CDMA networks, a faster, dual-core processor, an 8 megapixel camera and a software program that acts as a virtual assistant. The iPhone 4S also marks the first time Sprint (NYSE:S) […]

When Amazon unveiled the Kindle Fire tablet last week, many media members and analysts noted that the device featured zero Google branding. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regaled the New York City audience with details about the tablet without once mentioning that it was based on Android. That posed no surprise. Amazon had been long expected […]

The situation between frenemies Samsung and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is looking increasingly dire, which could lead to Samsung seeking to block the launch of the iPhone 5 in the U.S. and Europe, according to an analyst. In what is easily the most anticipated smartphone launch of the year, Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5 […]

iPhone 4S After much chatter about iPod Touches, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, teased the crowd with the iPhone 4S. First Look The handset features the same design as the existing iPhone 4, but this device is obviously different under the hood, with the new processor and other perks. It […]

Call Tuesday, Oct. 4 iPhone 5 day if you want, and pundits in the tech world will forgive you. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is scheduled to launch its long-awaited, much-ballyhooed and heavily debated new iPhone Oct. 4, providing a cozier-than-usual forum by launching the device on its Cupertino, Calif., campus headquarters. The event begins at 10 a.m. […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)-taking a popular, time-honored advertising medium to the Web-is offering circular ads to lure consumers into retail stores this holiday season. Bloomberg said the search-engine provider is working with retailers such as Macy’s and Best Buy to offer circular ads, which have become staples as inserts in newspapers all over the country. However, instead […]

When you’re a major tech company and you roll out a product that deigns to track information about users – personal or behavioral – it tends to have quite the blowback. Such is the position Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) found itself in Sept. 28 after the e-commerce giant introduced its Kindle Fire tablet, a 7-inch, custom Android […]

Planning a trip with Google Maps just got a lot more fun, as the company is now letting users plan their travel routes in 3D using Google Earth. That’s right. Maps users looking to drive, bike or take a bus or train can check out so-called helicopter views using the 3D preview feature. First, users […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome Web browser could crack 20 percent market share by the new year if it keeps up its current growth pace. Chrome, which through the benefit of accelerated release cycles every six weeks is somewhere between versions 14 and 15, had 16.2 percent market share through September, according to Net Applications. That’s up […]

Facebook raised eyebrows when it unveiled Timeline at its F8 show Sept. 22, sparking concern about whether users will appreciate having their life stream of events packaged on one page, a digital dossier for friends and others. But it’s the social network’s “frictionless sharing” practice that has ignited fears among privacy advocates. The Electronic Information […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome security team has found that the free Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Security Essentials antivirus software falsely identifies the Chrome browser as a piece of malware (PWS:Win32/Zbot) and boots it from users’ Windows PCs. Affected users won’t be able to launch Chrome or load new Web pages with the browser. Microsoft said on its malware […]