Google was handed a clear defeat on Monday when Chinese search engine Baidu announced they would pre-install many of its popular search services on next-generation mobile phones. The mobile phone market is targeted by Google as the next frontier on the web. From the launch of their advertising platform designed specifically for mobile phones, to […]
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You know that Google is serious about the future of mobile advertising when they launch a new site exclusively dedicated to the subject. This new site isn’t the only mobile phone initiative Google has launched though… You may have heard of Android – the mobile phone operating system that is set to revolutionize mobile phones […]
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The Ambitions Of Android
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that “Android adoption is about to explode,” and that all the “necessary conditions” are set for growth. There are now 12 Android phones out there (most recently the Motorola Cliq) across 32 carriers in 26 countries. [source: TechCrunch]
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I Think TechCrunch Is Wrong…
TechCrunch is one of my all time favorite sites on the web, and yesterday they had a great article about how you can access Google Wave on your iPhone right now – without needing an invite from Google. This is what TechCrunch said in there article: “There are two ways to get Google Wave to […]
Let’s say you want to lock, unlock, and start your car from your iPhone – well… there’s an app for that! I just picked up this crazy, yet awesome story in the USA Today that’s covering a California based company who today, Tuesday, announced an iPhone app that works in conjunction with a car receiver […]
Cisco [CSCO 23.98] announced today that it will pay $35 per share – or or $2.9 Billion – for the wireless Internet and networking company Starent [STAR 34.41]. Shares on the news of the acquisition have caused both stocks to rise in early morning trading on Tuesday. Cisco is positioning itself for what it sees […]
You all might be familiar with the cool iPhone feature where if you tilt the device on it’s side, the screen knows this and will rotate accordingly. This orientation technology, known as “accelerometers” (read the Wikipedia article about accelerometers by clicking the link) has been a standard (and awesome) feature in the iPhone since it […]