Clint Boulton

Apple is finally doing search, or at least search for applications, somewhat completing a debate ignited nearly two years ago by analysts and pundits. Last week, Apple acquired Chomp, whose application helps users of iOS and Android devices find an app they’d like. It’s an application search app, which is a big deal for an […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is creeping up on market leader Facebook and should overtake the social network in U.S. display ad sales by 2013, according to eMarketer. Facebook closed 2011 with 14 percent of the display ad market on sales of $1.73 million. Google, long a laggard in the U.S. display advertising market, nipped at the leader’s […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) isn’t content to simply attack Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) desktop hegemonies with Chrome Operating System, the company’s lightweight Web operating system for laptops. A recent patent filing by the search engine giant hints that it might build desktops and laptops based on its Android software, which to this point has been limited […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Feb. 23 said it is embracing the “Do Not Track” policy to streamline consumer privacy on the Web, and plans to support the initiative in its popular Chrome Web browser by the end of the year. Formulated by the White House, Federal Trade Commission and the Digital Advertising Alliance, Do Not Track will […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is selling its 6.5 percent stake in struggling mobile broadband concern Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) for $47.1 million, roughly a $453 million markdown on its $500 million investment in the struggling wireless concern. The search giant revealed the offloading, which values Clearwire at only $1.60 a share, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange […]

Professional social network LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LNKD) has acquired startup Rapportive, which makes a browser plug-in that injects contact information from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and into Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Gmail application. Rapportive displays Twitter tweets and other status updates in a toolbar alongside Gmail. The app, which LinkedIn will maintain, is similar to […]

No one is raving about the job Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha has done in the last couple years. The last couple of quarters have been iffy as Motorola missed expectations both times. But Jha did preside over some of my favorite phones, such as the Motorola Droid X, Droid Razr and my new favorite, […]

Box has upgraded its Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android software with collaboration features and support for several European languages, and is offering 50GB of free file sharing and storage for users. Box provides collaboration and storage services in the cloud, allowing users to share files across multiple computers, tablets and smartphones. The startup, which has more than […]

Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system completed 2011 with 47 percent of ad impressions across smartphones, with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) also finishing the year strong at 33 percent of impressions, thanks to its iPhone. The statistics came by way of an annual report from mobile ad firm Millennial Media, which is going public this year as the […]

Obama Weighs In on Privacy The Obama Administration introduced a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, which provides a “baseline of clear protections for consumers and greater certainty for businesses.” “American consumers can’t wait any longer for clear rules of the road that ensure their personal information is safe online,said President Obama. “As the Internet evolves, […]