Clint Boulton

Amazon.com is aiming to release at least one tablet computer based on Google’s Android operating system in time for the holiday 2011 season, said an industry analyst May 23. Creative Strategies analyst Tim Bajarin, who spoke to sources in Tapiei where many computers are manufactured, said in a PC Magazine piece that the bookseller-turned-mobile-device maker […]

Google has updated its Google Maps application for the mobile browser, adding new location-oriented features to provide a better experience for users of Android smartphones and tablets and Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Now when users navigate to maps.google.com from their Android or iOS devices, and choose to share their location with that device, […]

If you keep pounding the table with a contrarian view, will your view become the norm instead of the exception? Or will your voice drown in the howling void of misplaced hopes? Those are the questions I find myself asking after reading Microsoft Bing Director Stefan Weitz’s comments about search and what is wrong with […]

Sprint customers who have linked their Google Voice account with their smartphones are experiencing some unexpected overage fees, according to the help forums for both companies. Google Voice, the search engine’s free call management service, lets users associate calls and text messages made to any phone with a special number. Google and partner Sprint cut […]

Google May 19 said it is bringing its Google Social Search software globally in 19 languages, ratcheting up the competition with social network giant Facebook. Launched in 2010, Google Social Search is the company’s bid to personalize search by surfacing results of blog posts and other information generated by friends in a user’s social circle. […]

LinkedIn’s (NYSE:LNKD) opening IPO price of $83 May 19 shocked the high-tech world and spawned another wave of dot-com bubble paranoia that had investment experts such as Henry Blodget cringe. LinkedIn had raised over $100 million from Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Venture Capital Ventures, while Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and […]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is an excellent alternative to Apple’s iPad 2, the ultra-thin tablet it is designed to challenge in the burgeoning market for lightweight slate computers. I received the limited edition Tab 10.1 at Google I/O May 10. This 32GB flash memory, WiFi-only tablet has a 10.1-inch display rendering a 1280 by […]

Google May 19 made it easier for users to geolocate information users have generated with their smartphones, including check-ins from Foursquare. Google Places is a Google Maps-based portal that connects consumers to local businesses. One of its core components is to make it easier for users to leave reviews and ratings of businesses they visit. […]

Google boosted it eBooks offering May 19, adding the ability for users to get definitions for words, translate them to another language and search within a digital book. Google eBooks is the company’s commercial digital book service. The search engine opened the Google eBookstore last December, offering users access to more than 3 million titles, […]

Google isn’t looking to become your mortgage broker or loan officer, but it is looking to hook you up with one–officially. The search-engine giant May 19 opened Google Advisor, a one-stop shop for financial services such as credit cards, CDs, and checking and savings accounts. It also includes mortgage-comparison tools. Available only in the U.S. […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system continued its rise up the smartphone charts, with 36.2 million smartphones based on the open-source operating system sold worldwide in the first quarter. New Gartner numbers show Android grabbed 36 percent market share, compared with 27.4 percent from Nokia (NYSE:NOK) Symbian, the OS it replaced in late 2010 as the […]

LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD), which opened pricing for its initial public offering at $45 per share May 19, watched its shares more than double on the New York Stock Exchange May 19. As of 10:30 EST, LinkedIn’ s stock traded at $85.90 a share under the ticker symbol “LNKD.” For the IPO, A total of 7.84 million […]