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Not satisfied to simply trump Google’s daily device activation numbers, Steve Jobs added insult to injury at the Apple press conference this afternoon, claiming that unspecified “friends” have been counting handset upgrades in their statistical totals and not just newly activated phones. (more…)
“Citing concerns about Oracle’s lawsuit against it, Google has backed out of the upcoming JavaOne conference. (more…)
With the release of the first versions of Chrome 7, we noticed a subtle speed increase in graphics-heavy websites and suggested that Google is improving Chrome’s overall graphics performance. (more…)
Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail
The service unveiled Wednesday enables US users of Google’s Gmail service to make calls from microphone-equipped computers to telephones virtually anywhere in the world. (more…)
Android's new app licensing scheme apparently easy to break
Remember that new licensing service for third-party developers that Google started advertising last month? A new exposé on Android Police (more…)
It’s been a highly successful year for Microsoft’s Bing search engine, which started off as Live search, and was almost named Kumo. (more…)
In late 2005 Google was on the verge of acquiring a company called Riya – the first real attempt at image facial recognition and tagging for consumers. (more…)
Oracle's Java lawsuit undermines its open source credibility
Thursday, Oracle filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of infringing on patented Java technologies in its Linux-based Android mobile operating system. (more…)
YouTube's new 'end of video' screen
Youtube is today rolling out a new-look screen which displays at the end of every video, showing related videos and further interactions including the ability to “like” and “share” the just-watched clip. (more…)
