Clint Boulton

ActiveSymbols, freshly spun out of IT infrastructure provider Logicalis, launched a platform Nov. 12 to give users of sites such as Facebook and MySpace a better shot at finding who they are looking for by searching online pictures. Most socially oriented sites use proprietary search engines to help their users find other users by pinpointing […]

Google has weathered a lot of criticism from market analysts who believe its Apps suite isnt secure enough for the enterprise. The company took another step toward cementing its Apps suite as a reliable collaboration platform on Nov. 13 thanks to upgrades from its Postini assets. The improvements could help Google fend off critics who […]

Googles wiki software will likely be some sort of connective tissue for Google Apps, stitching together the companys popular Docs, Spreadsheets and other applications. Thats the consensus from some industry experts who have had more than a year to pontificate on the product since Google bought wiki software maker JotSpot in October 2006. Ross Mayfield, […]

Google: You have a good thing going. The ridiculous $200 billion market capitalization (and climbing). Your employees are happy. If your masseuses can retire wealthy in their middle age, surely your other employees will be able to buy heretofore uncharted islands rich in natural resources by the time they are through Googling. OpenSocial and Android […]

IBMs free Symphony desktop software has a good chance of becoming a hosted service that would challenge Google Apps, according to an IBM official. The suite, which let users create documents, spreadsheets and presentations, would eventually include live collaborative editing and online shared storage in the cloud, similar to the way Google positions its suite, […]

When Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced Nov. 9 that they were abandoning their WiMax partnership, many people speculated that Clearwire might pick up with Google. After all, the search vendor has demonstrated quite the wireless itch of late, with its mobile social networking purchases and Android platform. But by the time the weekend rolled around, […]

Traction is jazzing up TeamPage Release 3.8, a piece of software that is used to help businesses collaborate on projects in an online workspace, with new draft moderation and linking utilities. With TeamPage 3.8, Traction is intent on being a survivor in a space where anything can happen. To that end, the new software, launched […]

Developers got their first crack at Googles Android mobile platform Nov. 12 when Google and its Open Handset Alliance released the Android software development kit to let programmers begin building applications for the software stack. The SDK comes one week after Google and its alliance partners unveiled the Android platform as an alternative to mobile […]

Have you seen the reports about Google adding advertising to gaming? This is no surprise; there is a reason why the search giant picked up in-game ad firm AdScape for $23 million last February. Say what you will about gaming being for geeks, but don’t be naïve; millions of people of all demographics dip into […]

GoldMail combines voice with visuals to lend messaging a human touch. GoldMail, based in San Francisco, plans to launch a voiceover messaging application Nov. 12 that combines voice and graphic images in a rich media presentation. The goal is to make messages more memorable than blasé text-based messaging. Guy Longworth, CEO of GoldMail, said that […]