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Location-based services: Are they there yet?

Mobile users are more connected to the Internet than ever. As of December 2011, ComScore estimated that there are 97.9 million smartphone users in the US - nearly a third of the total population.

By Brian Proffitt | 03 May, 2012 23:28

Tags: yelp, Web 2.0 and Web Apps, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, GPS, Google, Facebook, consumer electronics, ComScore

The future of the $200 tablet

Spending $150 to $200 on a tablet won't get you much these days: In most cases, you're looking at an off-brand Android product with a single-core processor, barely any RAM and a low-resolution, low-quality display. Depending on the device, you might not even have access to Google's app market or other basic services -- and while that approach may work with retailer-backed, limited-use products like Amazon's Kindle Fire, when it comes to more traditional Androidtablets, it doesn't usually lead to the best user experience.

By JR Raphael | 26 April, 2012 21:18

Tags: Google, hardware, hardware systems, Mobile and Wireless

Catching the eye of Google

Google's man in charge of acquisitions - vice-president of corporate development David Lawee - was in Auckland recently, but he was keeping quiet on whether any Kiwi businesses were on his radar.

By Sarah Putt | 17 April, 2012 03:33

Tags: business issues, Google

In depth: Nokia's great Windows Phone hope - Beauty without brawn

Nokia may sell more cellphones than any other company in the world, but it's been all but excluded from the United States for years -- and it's seen its global sales steadily shrink as the iPhone and Android smartphones have become the darlings of buyers in an increasing number of countries. Nokia's relevance has been fast receding, and its Symbian, Maemo, and MeeGo efforts became a pattern of failure for a company that just didn't get it. In response, a year ago, Nokia bet its future largely on Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's answer to Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

By Galen Gruman | 10 April, 2012 20:13

Tags: Apple, Computer Hardware, consumer electronics, consumerization of IT, Google, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile OSes, mobile technology, Nokia, smartphones, symbian, Windows Phone

Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 18 January, 2012 08:36

Tags: comcast, Facebook, Google, Internet Society, IPv6, IPv6 Launch, LAN & WAN, Leslie Daigle, networking

Google's Ice Cream Sandwich - a new era for Android

Google's Android 4.0 operating system is more than just another upgrade.

By JR Raphael | 23 November, 2011 03:18

Tags: Android OS, Google, Ice Cream Sandwich, mobile solutions, mobility

Technology argument 5: iPad vs. everything else

We debated whether to call this piece "iPad vs. Motorola Xoom" or "iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" or whatever the Android tablet du jour is. But really it's still "iPad vs Everything Else."

By John Cox | 02 November, 2011 21:33

Tags: Android tablets, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Google, hardware systems, ipad3, Motorola, networking, Palm, pc, tablets, wireless

Google considers Bing a serious threat

Google very publicly called out Microsoft's Bing search engine -- claiming that it copies its search results from Google. The initial charge has been followed by a back and forth exchange of insults and accusations, but one thing that is sort of lost in the melodrama is that Google apparently considers Bing to be a serious threat.

By Tony Bradley | 05 February, 2011 03:37

Tags: Google, internet, Microsoft, search engines

Apple's iPhone now one-third the market share of desktop Linux

According to recent market share data, Apple's iPhone is now being used to access the Internet a third as much as desktop Linux.

By Rodney Gedda | 13 October, 2009 04:03

Tags: desktop linux, iPhone, Linux, market research, market share, operating systems, web browsers

Browser wars redux: Top 5 duke it out

For browser fans, this is the best of times.

By Preston Gralla and Michael DeAgonia | 14 October, 2009 05:06

Tags: firefox, Google Chrome, internet explorer, opera, safari, web browsers

The Web browser turns 15: A look back

The Web browser turns 15 on Oct. 13, 2009 - a key milestone in the history of the Internet. That’s when the first commercial Web browser - eventually called Netscape Navigator - was released as beta code. While researchers including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and a team at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications created Unix browsers between 1991 and 1994, Netscape Navigator made this small piece of desktop software a household name.

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 13 October, 2009 09:15

Tags: web browsers

Eight easy extras for IE8

Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to Microsoft's venerable Web browser, introduces several features intended to provide greater security and ease of use.

By Logan Kugler | 08 October, 2009 16:30

Tags: ie8, internet explorer, web browsers

Eight quick tips for getting the most from IE8

Internet Explorer 8, the latest update to Microsoft's venerable Web browser, introduces several features intended to provide greater security and ease of use. New security settings in IE8 allow for more privacy, new add-ons allow quick access to Web-based information and services, and a new browsing mode changes the way you interact with your browser.

By Logan Kugler | 18 September, 2009 08:14

Tags: ie8, internet explorer, internet explorer 8, Microsoft

5 features Internet Explorer will likely crib from Firefox 3.5

Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browser not only bests Internet Explorer 8 when it comes to features, in my opinion, but also when it comes to speed.

By Jared Newman | 07 July, 2009 16:07

Tags: mozilla firefox, web browsers

Beyond Firefox 3.5: sneak peek at Mozilla's next browser

Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 is off to a running start. The new browser, boasting significant speed increases and a host of added features, was officially released Tuesday morning. By mid-afternoon, the program had surpassed 1.6 million downloads worldwide and was steadily climbing.

By JR Raphael | 01 July, 2009 09:18

Tags: mozilla, mozilla firefox, web browsers

Five questions about Opera Unite

Opera Software lit up the blogosphere today with the debut of its Opera Unite, a collaborative technology that embeds a Web server in its Opera 10 browser, which is still in beta.

By Jeff Bertolucci | 17 June, 2009 08:15

Tags: opera, web browsers

Firefox 3.5: An early look

There was a time when Firefox was the Web browser for the cool kids who knew their tech. Most would still agree that it's better than Internet Explorer, but that's damning it with faint praise. Over the last year or so, Firefox has become better known in tech savvy circles for its relatively poor performance and mediocre memory management. Chrome's insane speed and Internet Explorer 8's overall improvement have also dinged Firefox's reputation. But now, Firefox 3.5 is almost ready to go. Does it have what it takes?

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 28 May, 2009 10:26

Tags: mozilla, mozilla firefox, web browsers

Google's Chrome 2.0 Is underwhelming

Google's upgrade of Chrome to 2.0 is exceedingly underwhelming --- there's so little new that if you blinked you'd miss the changes.

By Preston Gralla, Computerworld | 26 May, 2009 01:20

Tags: Google, Google Chrome, web browsers

Mozilla's Jetpack builds on Firefox's top strength

Ask people what they like most about the Firefox browser and the answer is almost unanimous: The add-ons. Though blamed for slowing browser performance, the downloads allow users to customize the Firefox experience. Jetpack, announced yesterday, hopes to make these extensions easier to create.

By David Coursey | 23 May, 2009 00:55

Tags: firefox add-on, Google Chrome, jetpack, mozilla, mozilla firefox

Mozilla to designers: Help us build better Firefox tabs

Mozilla Labs is challenging Web designers to help it find a more innovative way to represent browser tabs.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 18 May, 2009 09:51

Tags: firefox, mozilla firefox, Mozilla Labs

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