Tag Archives: Google

I am not coming to the defense of the late Steve Jobs or Apple. Instead, I feel that I am pointing out the latest dribble to come from the latest Microsoft-like company to grace the tech industry. Recently in a Businessweek interview, Google CEO Larry Page stated that he believed …

The New York Times is reporting that Apple and Google are working on wearable computing concepts in an attempt to further augment their mobile products customers already own. Some of these devices could be peripheral, and communicate with the users’ iPhone or iPod, but more interesting is the fact that …

I simply can’t take it anymore, I have to weigh in. But first, a caveat- I like Google. I use their products all the time, but they’re starting to rub me, and others, the wrong way. So what has my panties in a knot? It has to do with Google’s …

Earlier this month I posted about Google allowing carriers to selectively block tethering apps from their Android Market. Not a very ‘open’ sounding decision for the supposedly completely open platform. Now this week we learn that Google is blocking access to the new Android Market move rental service for anyone …

I know. A guy writing for an Apple website ranting about Google. Alert the media. But, to be honest, this is situation is a little different, as it actually has nothing to do with Apple. While I definitely love Apple products for their design, ease of use, and tightly-knit ecosystem, …

Here’s another little bit of Google goodness for the iPhone. If you type the word ‘weather’ into the search bar in Safari you’ll get this lovely weather widget showing you current conditions info. It’s also got a groovy little slider that lets you see how the rest of the day’s …

Silly tech analysts, skewed and incomplete market numbers are for fanboys….and they should STAY in the realm of fanboys alone. This week brings yet another in what seems to be a steady onslaught of reports with apples compared to asparagus, as Canalys released smartphone sales figures based on the same …

Here is one of those times  that Google’s “Don’t be evil” seems to come into play. Instead of simply offering special Holiday sales (though there is a storage space sale), they seem to have launched a huge, albeit vague PR/Humanitarian campaign involving $20 Million and a list of charities. I’m …

Google recently announced that they are stopping development of Google Gears, the software that allows web applications to store files on your computer for offline access (essential to Gmail Offline, etc.). Instead, they’ll be focusing their efforts on HTML5, which features similar functionality to Gears, but with the advantage of …

Google has announced that Arthur Levinson, the former CEO of Genentech has resigned, effective immediately, from Google’s Board of Directors. Levinson had been on the Google Board of Directors since 2004, and on the Apple Board of Directors since 2000, where he still remains. Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt described Levinson …

Google has announced that they have released an unredacted copy of their response to the FCC’s investigation into Apple’s rejection of the Google Voice iPhone application. The most important nugget in this filling, is the claim that Apple SVP Phil Schiller personally informed Google that the app was in fact …