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Motorola Atrix 4G Hands-On from Citrix VP

I was perturbed recently to learn that I'd been left off the first batch of Motorola Atrix 4G review units. To my peers: please...

Google Punishes J.C. Penney for Gaming Search

Check out the great New York Times expose on how J.C. Penney gamed Google's search engine to push up its Website in search rankings,...

Nokia Eschews Android For Fears of Commoditization

So I was reading AllThingsDigital reporter Ina Fried's live blog notes of Nokia's blockbuster, bet-the-company play to put all of its chips on Microsoft...

Nokia Poised to Go with Windows Phone 7 over Android

Rumors have been swirling about what measures Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will undertake to douse his so-called "burning platform," which is how he alleged...

Why Tim Wu’s Advising the FTC is Bad for Google

For Google, something just went rotten in the state of the Federal Trade Commission.The Wall Street Journal said Tim Wu, a well-regarded Columbia University...

Google Cheers Jules Verne’s 183rd Birthday with Graphic Tricks

Google has come up with another one its super-cool Doodles for its Web search home page. The latest one honors classic science fiction author...

Google Local Search Strategy Needs Marketing Muscle

So as I was writing this piece about the new developments in Google's local search strategy last week, it occurred to me that while...

Android Army is Mighty, But iPhone is Going Nowhere

There is a delicious piece of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) being circulated that I can't ignore from Eric Raymond in his blog last...

Microsoft’s Mehdi Plays Pot Meet Kettle with Google

So if you've been following the stated: "We do not copy results from any of our competitors. Period. Full stop. We have some of the...

Motorola Xoom Ad Dings iPad

Motorola is throwing Apple's own iconic marketing muscle back into its mighty face as it prepares to launch the iPad-challenging Xoom tablet computer.Notably, the...