August 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Expect more Gmail users to start shedding their land lines soon as “Google Voice” starts to spread among users of the popular e-mail service. Google recently announced the debut of Google Voice, which turns Gmail into a phone.
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Tags: gmail, Google, Google Voice, phone calls
May 7, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
In the scramble to become the No. 1 Internet search engine, it looks like Google’s holding its own against all comers. Recent stats from online traffic monitor Hitwise show Google’s used for more than 71% of all U.S.-based searches.
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Tags: Bing, Google, market, search
February 5, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Google’s announced the end of support for some of the creaky old Web browsers out there. Among them: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 (IE).
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Tags: gmail, Google, Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft
February 1, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Those pesky browser bugs should be feeling the heat of Google’s latest attempt to catch them in their Chrome browser. Now, researchers who find the bugs can collect a reward.
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Tags: bounty, bugs, Chrome, Chromium, Google, Mozilla
January 25, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Forget those contentious TV ads where Apple and Microsoft mock each other’s operating systems. Think instead of unlikely marriages like Mary Matalin and James Carville, or Bill and Hillary Clinton. Think Microsoft and Apple.
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Tags: Apple, Google, iphone, iTouch, Microsoft, search engine
January 19, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Well, it seems somewhat official: The Nexus One smartphone didn’t land much of a blow against its arch-rival from Apple, the iPhone.
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Tags: Android, Apple, fiasco, Google, iphone, Nexus One, smartphone
January 6, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Google’s new smartphone, the Nexus-One, may have made some consumers happy, but it’s making the daughter of late sci-fi writer Phillip K. Dick hot under the collar.
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Tags: Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Google, Nexus One, Nexus six, Phillip K. Dick
December 28, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Looking for signs that the economy isn’t as bad as you thought?
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Tags: Android, app store, Apple, droid, Google, iphone, iTouch
December 9, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
After months of speculation and angst, Google’s finally releasing a version of its much ballyhooed Web browser, Chome, for Macs.
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Tags: beta, Chrome, download, Google, Mac
November 16, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Everybody wants free WiFi, but it’s getting tougher and tougher to find.
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Tags: access, airports, free, Google, Virgin Atlantic, WiFi
