Clint Boulton

Less than a month after Google’s Android creator Andy Rubin confirmed the company would put out Nexus devices every spring and fall, a tech blog claims a new Nexus smartphone is indeed on tap for a Thanskgiving launch. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) declined to comment on tech blog Boy Genius Report’s report that the search engine is […]

Over objections from rival Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and other rivals, the Justice Department OK’d Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) $900 million bid for more than 6,000 patents and patent applications owned by bankrupt networking giant Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT). The DOJ concluded that Google owning the patents wouldn’t raise any major competitive concerns, sources familiar with the matter told the […]

Many of the features Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) rolled out at its Inside Search event June 14 were built around delivering end users speed and/or efficiency. Google Voice Search for the desktop and Google Search by Image on the desktop were certainly intended to provide the latter, both borrowing from innovation the search engine cultivated first on […]

Peel off the layers of Platonian pomp — “the thirst for knowledge doesn’t stop when you step away from your computer” and “we’re breaking down the barriers between you and the knowledge you see” and Google is becoming the Lamborghini of search. Those quotes are how Google Fellow Amit Singhal described his search journey June […]

Chromebook Unboxed Behold the Series 5 Chromebook in a glossy arctic white. Consumers may buy it in titan silver, too. The Chrome logo atop the notebook is a raised emblem. Side View The left side of the Chromebook includes, from left to right, DC port, the cooling fan vent, a port for the VGA adapter, […]

I’ve been playing with a loaner version of the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook for a week and the 3.3-pound notebook based on Google’s Chrome operating system is everything I expected it to be. That is, a more polished version of the Chrome OS version running on the Cr-48 experimental computer I tested last December packed […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) continued its clean energy investments June 14 by setting aside $280 million to power more homes with solar energy. The company is creating a fund to help SolarCity, which outfits homes and offices with solar panels that harness heat from the sun to power buildings, install more solar panels in the U.S. The […]

Samsung has found and interesting way to gain traction for its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computers: get them on airplanes as media entertainment devices. Samsung said June 13 it partnered with American Airlines to offer 6,000 Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets for premium class, in-flight entertainment on select flights later this year. The tablets will replace […]

Amit Singhal Singhal said that mobile search traffic growth over the past three years is comparable to Google desktop search traffic growth over the same duration earlier in the company’s history. Inside Search Scott Huffman, engineering director for Google search, prepares to start the news torrent. Huffman noted that mobile searches have gotten more complex, […]

One of the hot topics for analysis in the wake of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last week was how iCloud compares to Google’s cloud computing approach. As folks noted, Apple’s cloud is a big backup and sync hub for the software that enables music and applications that live on Apple’s dedicated devices, from Macs to […]

Yet another report has brought evidence that being an Apple iOS developer and a Google Android developer are not mutually exclusive preoccupations. The new evidence came from Apple’s home turf at its Worldwide Developers Conference last week, where Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iCloud, iOS 5 and other tools to help programmers write applications. Piper […]

Google June 13 said it has purchased display ad provider Admeld, confirming reports from last week. TechCrunch said June 9 Google had shelled out $400 million for the company, which sells display advertising for large Websites. Google declined to confirm the buy until June 13 and did not name the purchase price. The search engine […]