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Nokias latest E900 has some people wondering if the company has finally come up with a smartphone that will rival Apples iPhone. Aimed at the top end of the market, you may recall that the new N900 is the companys first phone running on Linux software. By taking advantage of Nokia's Linux-based Maemo operating system, the handset offers...
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Facebook has acquired FriendFeed, a Silicon Valley company that lets Facebook members see what their friends are doing online and share content. For the time being, FriendFeed will continue to operate as normal until both teams determine longer term plans for the product. The acquisition provides Facebook with an opportunity to expand into...
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Google is virtually synonymous with search. So much so in fact that the company has little need to advertise. Not all sales pitches are quite as easy as selling Google ads, however. Getting businesses to buy Googles online suite of office applications is taking a bit more work. To help spread the word about its online suite of office applications,...
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Microsoft and Yahoo have had an on-again / off-again relationship for years, often whipsawing from one extreme to another. This time, however, it's official, agreed upon, and public. The two companies have signed an agreement aimed at improving their competitive position against Google. Yahoo executives characterized the deal as providing...
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Barnes & Noble may have claimed to have the worlds largest eBookstore for a while, but Sony is right on its heels, having just announced that its eBook Store will provide access to more than one million free public domain books from Google. These books include classics such as Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island, biographies, historical...
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Less than a week after Google announced plans to venture into the operating system business, Microsoft is firing back with plans to offer a free version of its popular Office software suite that will run on the Internet. Although Microsoft didnt mention the competition from Google during the announcement, many analysts see this latest move...
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Earlier this week, Google shocked many people when it announced plans to enter the operating system business and offer a Chrome operating system. Although the new Chrome OS isnt scheduled to be out until sometime next year, many potential customers are already starting to ask questions. For starters, some people are already wondering if they...
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Although the T-Mobile myTouch 3G wont be available nationwide until August 5th, current T-Mobile customers can pre-order the phone to ensure theyre one of the first to get their hands on this much anticipated phone. Starting today, current T-Mobile customers can visit www.T-MobilemyTouch.com to order the companys latest Android-powered...
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Shock of the month? The year, even? Out of absolutely nowhere, Google--the search engine champ at the moment and the developer of Android--has announced its first full-fledged operating system. Of course, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised. After all, it's not like Google hasn't been dabbling in applications for awhile now.In fact, this announcement...
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Just what the world needs, right? Another search engine. Before you just pass Microsoft's efforts up as futile, we should point out that 'Bing' does actually look rather promising. Of course, Wolfram Alpha is but a long lost memory in most minds by now, so it remains to be seen how much traction Bing will receive when staring down the almighty...
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In recent months, Microsofts ads have tried to convince us that Apple computers are expensive and not worth the high price. Now, Microsoft is targeting Googles search engine with its latest marketing campaign. The software giant is preparing to launch an $80 to $100 million ad campaign for Bing (previously known as Kumo). Bing is the companys...
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Google employees have certainly put their 20% time to good use creating lots of helpful features and additions to various Google products. In keeping with the companys tradition of rolling out new features early in the development process, Google has added two new offerings to Google Labs: Similar Images and Google News Timeline. Similar...
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Google added themes to Gmail in November, but for some, that wasn't enough. They wanted full customization of their color scheme, and now they have it. On Thursday Google added a new option to the Themes settings section of Gmail (as shown above), "Choose your own colors." To find it, go into Settings, Themes, and it's the last option on the...
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