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Google Buys Visual Search Engine Like.com

Google confirmed Aug. 20 it has acquired Like.com, whose visual search engine helps people match clothes and other apparel online and purchase them from...

Google, Apple Joust for Mobile Payments via Android, iPhone

Google and Apple are both making moves to ensure smooth financial transactions on their mobile platforms.Last week news bubbled up that Google and PayPal...

Google, Bing Maps Surface Location for Facebook Places

Lost in the gloss of Facebook's Places announcement and its impact on Foursquare and Gowalla is that Microsoft Bing is providing the mapping technology...

SMB IT Spend Growth at 5.2 Percent in 2010, Report Predicts

Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are expected to spend $444 billion globally on IT products and services in 2010, exhibiting a growth rate of...

Facebook Places Privacy Controls Get EFF Approval

Despite complaints from some consumer advocates about the privacy measures in Facebook Places, the Electronic Frontier Foundation called privacy controls for the location-based service...

Google Maps for Mobile Surpasses 100M Monthly Users

Google Aug. 19 announced that more than 100 million people per month are using its Google Maps application from a mobile phone to get...

Google Gmail Gets Apps Search, iPad Gets Stacked

Google's Gmail Labs team is letting Gmail users sift through documents, presentations, spreadsheets and Websites with Apps Search.When users enable this capability in the...

Facebook Places Launches for iPhone, Challenges Foursquare, Gowalla

Facebook Aug. 18 unveiled its long-awaited geotagging service, an effort that could move the market for location-based services forward considerably even as it threatens...

Oracle’s Virtualization Strategy Targets VMware

Oracle seems determined to take the proverbial gloves off in its fight against VMware, hosting an Aug. 19 online event designed to demonstrate the...

How to Move Enterprise Applications Safely to the Cloud

Before moving enterprise applications to the cloud, you need to be sure that your expectations are realistic and your objectives match what the cloud...