After a long wait and much hoopla, Google finally released their Chrome browser for Mac OS X this week. I did install it because I prefer using Google’s slimmer and brisk browser. But after a day or two of using the official beta build, … Read More »
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The Russian visual search site Quintura has been awarded a patent for a way to display search results that it claims a minor feature of Google infringes. CEO Yakov Sadchikov said Quintura plans to enforce the patent and is working with its lawyers to approach Google. Read More »
The successful rise of Mozilla’s Firefox browser is one of the most storied tales of the open source community. Despite the browser’s success, however, Mozilla remains hugely financially dependent on Google– possibly perilously so. Read More »
I am enjoying playing with the HTC HD2 and was happy to get word that the Skyfire browser had been updated for Windows Mobile. I grabbed it right away and am impressed with how well the browser has evolved. The new version has … Read More »
Yahoo, following in the footsteps of Google, said today it’s adding tweets to the bottom of search results pages for topics it has determined as “buzzing.” But Yahoo is not paying Twitter to get its full so-called Firehose of tweets, the way Google and Microsoft are. Read More »
Although I’m finding the web browser on a loaner Nokia N900 to be quite good, I’m still keeping an eye on Mobile Firefox, aka: Fennec and PocketFox. The N900 should be the first device to see the a release candidate — possibly by next week … Read More »
Mozilla is putting the finishing touches on a final version of Fennec, a version of its Firefox browser for mobile phones. As Mozilla tries to play catch-up in the world of mobile browsers, Android devices will play a key role. Read More »
Mobile broadband as we know it today is at a bit of a crossroads in the U.S. We have four major carriers that now offer fairly comparable broadband speeds with EVDO Rev. A and HSPA. LTE networks with greater speed are rolling out next year … Read More »
I just got back from a long drive — more on why later today — and see that Google Chrome for Mac is officially available in beta form. To be honest, I’ve been using the development builds as well as the nightly versions … Read More »
One of the first complaints about the upcoming Google Chrome OS is how it requires a constant connection to the web to be useful. That is a valid complaint about a “cloud computer”, as it needs the web to provide functionality. Those folks at Google … Read More »
Photo buffs using Picasa get an early holiday gift — a free 4 GB Eye-Fi Home Video wireless SD card with the purchase of cloud storage space. Google is offering the deal to folks purchasing 200 GB of online storage at a cost of $50. … Read More »
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