Clint Boulton

Google+ could help the search engine boost its already leading customer satisfaction score versus the likes of Facebook, Microsoft Bing and other Internet companies, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) report. With an 83 percent score, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) remains the most popular search engine in customer satisfaction, growing 4 points from a year […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) July 18 said it has acquired the g.co domain as its official destination for official products and services, following several other such moves in the space. The g.co domain will ostensibly be a URL shortcut, making URLs kinder for distribution via social-media Websites, blogs and other Web services. Additionally, g.co won’t replace goo.gl, […]

Droid 3 The Droid 3 looks like its Droid 2 predecessor-a black device with candy bar styling-until it’s opened. Keyboard While the original Droid keyboard was poor and the second one improved with raised keys, the Droid 3 keyboard is the best yet, offering a new, fifth row dedicated to numbers. Droid Camera The Droid […]

I’ve spent the last week using the Motorola Droid 3 ($199.99 on contract from Verizon Wireless). I can easily avow that the handset is the best of the Droids yet-that is better than its two predecessors, the original Motorola Droid and Droid 2. The Droid 3 has a crisp 4-inch, qHD (quarter-high-definition) display running at […]

Some folks who have been waiting for an alternative to Facebook and enjoy the newly minted Google+ social network enough to want to move their data their have a few options. You may have already heard that Facebook blocked Facebook Friend Exporter, a Chrome extension that automates the extraction of user data, and Open-Xchange’s Social […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android mobile operating system may be the U.S. market leader, but customers are increasingly giving Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone a vote of confidence-at least in theory. Some 46 percent of 4,163 customers surveyed in June said they plan to purchase an iPhone from AT&T (NYSE:T) or Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZW) over the next 90 days, […]

MySpace founder Tom Anderson addressed whether social is in Google’s DNA in light of the early success of Google+ in a guest post on TechCrunch. Google+’s primary differentiator from Facebook is the Circles construct, where users manually follow other people they choose. Some Web luminaries have been questioning whether this is a good thing; others […]

Think About Your Circles Google+ starts with the premise that you can add anyone you want, bucketing people in friends, family, following, acquaintances or custom Circles. Do what eWEEK didn’t do: create custom Circles early. We made the mistake of putting everyone we didn’t know into the following section, similar to the way we did […]

Google’s Data Liberation Front added the ability for users to export lists of the Websites they recommended to other users via the Google +1 button. The +1 button allows users to recommend search results or ads they like while using Google.com. The service was given more relevance with the June 28 launch of Google+, a […]

The Amazon Android tablet meme was revived in full force last week after stories by the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times unearthed more details about a media consumption device that could challenge Apple’s iPad or other e-reader devices. The Journal said consumers can expect a tablet equipped with a 9-inch screen that […]

Sprint halved the price of its Samsung Nexus S 4G Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” smartphone, offering the device for $99 on contract. Smartphone discounts, even to the tune of 50 percent, are increasingly common among the more than 400 Android handsets crowding the market. Verizon Wireless sometimes sells Android phones via Amazon Wireless for a penny […]

Though it’s early days for Google+, the social network has shown signs of keen user engagement, according to statistics rattled off by none other than Google CEO Larry Page July 14 during the company’s second-quarter earnings call. Google+ has over 10 million users and rising, as the search giant has reopened invites since July 10. […]