Google gained market share in the United States over search rivals in March, rising 0.53 percentage points to an all-time high of 59.8 percent, according to new ComScore results released Tuesday.
“We were somewhat surprised at the March uptick, especially since the company had previously alluded that the …
Only months before Saleforce.com and Google integrated their Web applications, Salesforce.com offered to buy Zoho, a direct competitor of Google Apps.
Sridhar Vembu, the CEO of Zoho parent company AdventNet, divulged that juicy nugget in a blog posting following the much-ballyhooed Google-Salesforce.com tie-up. Zoho makes Web-based productivity …
After four days of endless meetings, cocktail parties, and security discussions, I had a rainy weekend in Boston to reflect on last week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. Here are some of my general impressions:
• Everyone said that they are feeling the economic pinch in their businesses …
The new Google Earth incorporates the Street View feature of Google Maps, including a full-screen option.
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Part of the fun of Google Earth is flying over the virtual planet like Superman. But let’s face it: we’re ground-dwelling creatures, and the street-level view is useful, too. Even …
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aristocrat Technologies will require software patent drafters to take more care to describe the algorithms covered by their software - or risk patent invalidity. See Aristocrat Technologies. The Court held that expert testimony that a programmer would know how to write code to …
STEC issued a formal response Tuesday to a patent infringement lawsuit filed by rival storage maker Seagate Technology and its subsidiaries.
STEC, which responded to the lawsuit Seagate filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, says it will “aggressively” defend itself against Seagate’…
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Microsoft has wrapped up its acquisition of smartphone maker Danger, setting the stage for a boost to its consumer mobile business.
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Danger will be housed within Microsoft’s newly created Premium Mobile Experiences team, which is part of the software giant’…
As people get their heads around Google App Engine, they see some things they may not like. Namely, the dreaded “lock-in.”
Tim O’Reilly dissected whether Google’s App Engine is a lock-in play on Monday, and RedMonk analyst Stephen O’Grady hit the issue head-on with his excellent Q&A on what Google App Engine actually is.
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve experienced job burnout, and it isn’t pleasant.
In case you’re not acquainted with this somewhat poorly understood phenomenon, burnout is sort of a workplace version of depression. You know, you used to whistle while you worked, and now you’…