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Smartphone Sales Skyrocket In 2011, 420 Million Phones Will Go Out The Door

Smartphone Sales Skyrocket In 2011, 420 Million Phones Will Go Out The Door

2011 is definitely the year of the Smartphone with an estimated 420 million units expected to ship around the world before the end of the fiscal year according to data from IMS Research The company also predicts that ... continue
Your Dad on Facebook

Your Dad on Facebook

Really, it's only a matter of time before this happens to you. continue
[Report] Social gaming may be coming to Google+

[Report] Social gaming may be coming to Google+

According to a report from tech website AllThingsD, Google is gunning for more than becoming the social networking king; they're also going after Facebook and Apple's highly lucrative social gaming market. Come on, try to act surprised. As ... continue
William Shatner Kicked Off Google+

William Shatner Kicked Off Google+

Poor William Shatner, even his own fans can't tell he's the real Shatner at least that's what happened on Tuesday when Google suspended his Google+ account after dozens of fans marked his account as "spam." The Star Trek ... continue
[Comparison] Google+ vs. Facebook vs. MySpace

[Comparison] Google+ vs. Facebook vs. MySpace

The life cycle of the social network, featuring Google+, Facebook and MySpace. continue
Simon Maddox on Twitter via the Guardian Online

App developers face very questionable future due to US patent laws

In the beginning patents were conceived of as a way for inventors of all types to protect their ideas from being stolen or copied without any legal repercussions. As idealistic as that might have been we have seen the whole patent ... continue
Google+ Users Sharing More Than One Billion Pieces Of Content Each Day

Google+ Users Sharing More Than One Billion Pieces Of Content Each Day

Just the other day Google+ ran out of disk space and now we may know why, it turns out the 25+ million users on the new social network have been sharing a whole lot of content, specifically ... continue
The Inquisitr makes it into the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference big screen

The Inquisitr makes it into the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference big screen

Awhile back I wrote a post here regarding Google, Google Apps and its claim of FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) accreditation and whether they were lying, or just being misleading about that claim. Now flash forward to ... continue
Patents Sale! Judges Approve Nortel Intellectual Property Sales To Apple, Microsoft and Others

Patents Sale! Judges Approve Nortel Intellectual Property Sales To Apple, Microsoft and Others

Nortel is selling $4.5 billion worth of Patents to a consortium of tech companies that include Apple, Microsoft and Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion after the deal was approved on Monday by judges in both the United ... continue
Google+…

Google+…

Google+: It's like Facebook, but you can say the F-word a lot more. For now. continue
Google Wants To Buy Hulu, Makes Offer [Report]

Google Wants To Buy Hulu, Makes Offer [Report]

Search giant Google is reportedly in talks to purchase TV streaming service Hulu. After receiving an unsolicited offer from Yahoo last week it was largely expected that other players in the online game would step up and attempt ... continue
Google Now Highlighting Content Creators Based On Google Profiles

Google Now Highlighting Content Creators Based On Google Profiles

Google wants content creators to be acknowledged and to make that fact a reality the company is now indexing authors and showcasing their picture and name next to Google search results. The program requires that specific markup language ... continue
Google Buys Engagement Ranking Service PostRank

Google Buys Engagement Ranking Service PostRank

In recent days, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt has lamented the tech giant's foot-dragging when it comes to the social sphere. Google notably lagged in social products, finally releasing Google Buzz in 2010 to a response that could charitably ... continue
Phishing sites found to be hanging out on Google Docs

Phishing sites found to be hanging out on Google Docs

There is an automatic assumption that when you see a link with the google.com domain in the address that you are dealing with a safe and secure site but according to a report from security researchers at ... continue
Google Quick Flight Lookup Launches [New Online Web Search]

Google Quick Flight Lookup Launches [New Online Web Search]

Google on Saturday launched their new "quick flight lookup" search application for general search. The program is very simple to use, simply type "Flight [City] [City]" and then perform the search. As an example users can simply type: ... continue
Paypal Not Happy With Google Wallet, Slaps Company With Lawsuit

Paypal Not Happy With Google Wallet, Slaps Company With Lawsuit

News of Google Wallet has been followed with a lawsuit by online payment processor Paypal who filed a suit in a California Superior Court on Friday claiming that former PayPal executive Osama Bedier misappropriated company trade secrets ... continue
Google Wallet: Google Unleashes Mobile Phone Payment System For In-Person Use

Google Wallet: Google Unleashes Mobile Phone Payment System For In-Person Use

Early adopters suffer the constant frustration of knowing that technology can support desired applications of same but smart, app-making people haven't put it into practice yet. (Quit riding razor scooters around and get to work!) For instance, credit ... continue
Google Updates Chrome OS, Offers It to CR-48 Owners Through OTA

Google Updates Chrome OS, Offers It to CR-48 Owners Through OTA

Anyone using Google's CR-48 netbook can now update their systems with the company's newest OTA version 0.12.433.48 which brings with it some much needed fixes. Included in the update is Flash 10.2.158.22, a new file manager context menu ... continue
Netflix Comes To Google Android, Only Supports A Handful Of Devices

Netflix Comes To Google Android, Only Supports A Handful Of Devices

Netflix is now available for a handful of Google Android based devices that include the HTC Incredible, Nexus One, Evo 4G, G2, and the Samsung Nexus S. The app showed up on Thursday in the Android Market and features ... continue
Google Android Gets Flash Player 10.3 Update, Plenty Of Fixes

Google Android Gets Flash Player 10.3 Update, Plenty Of Fixes

  Adobe on Thursday finally rolled out their long awaited Flash Player 10.3 update for Google Android devices and with that update comes some much appreciated fixes and optimizations. With the update arrives NEON optimizations for OMAP4 and Cortex ... continue
Play Angry Birds online for free

Play Angry Birds online for free

Google - the enemy of all productivity? Last year the search engine giant gave the world free browser-based Pac-Man. This year, it's free Angry Birds. This is the start of the collapse, people. Next year, we'll all ... continue
Google Chromebook’s big Achilles heel – Google

Google Chromebook’s big Achilles heel – Google

So the big announcement to come out of today's session of Google's I/O conference has been the introduction of the the Samsung and Acer notebooks sporting Google's ChromeOS. Apparently it will be coming out in three flavors: ... continue