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There’s Room for More Than Apple, Google in Mobile

One of the regular memes has Apple iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems as the only platforms that matter in mobile.With some 70...

Netflix App Hums on Motorola Droid Bionic

Great news, Netflix/Android phone owners!Netflix, which has fought to navigate the rough waters of security and digital rights management to put its service on...

Google Zagat Buy Provides More Antitrust Fodder

Amazing. Google acquired Zagat, a niche content company nearly as old as myself whose little red pocket-sized booklets of restaurant reviews I can remember...

Google’s Objectivity With Motorola Comes Under Fire

For several months, pundits and folks with grudges versus Google's Android operating system have speculated that the provider of the world's leading smartphone platform...

Is the Android Update Alliance Working Yet?

At Google I/O back in May, executives for Google's Android platform proudly announced they were working on a way to provide regular platform updates...

Does it Matter for Google if Motorola’s Patents Suck?

While there's no question Google's bid for Motorola was predicated on the company's huge intellectual property war chest of 17,000 patents (7,500 pending), some...

Apple TV Looking More Likely to Challenge Google TV?

Even pundits who formerly thought Apple Television -- as in a fully integrated box with a Web browser that flings content across iPhone's, iPod...

Google Offers Debuts on Home Page

You can add Google Offers, the fledgling daily deals service available in San Francisco, the Bay Area, Portland and New York City, to the...

Google +1 Button Rolls Out as Chrome Extension

Google has taken its +1 button to the consumer masses, allowing users to install the +1 Chrome extension to begin +1ing favorite Web pages...

Eric Schmidt Waxes Bullish on Google TV Ahead of Europe Launch

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt held forth on many things at the MacTaggart lecture to the Edinburgh International TV Festival August 26, including a...