Yahoo is backing a cycling team. I don’t know why — but they’re doing it. And today their passion got a little boost: from Google. Google is announcing tomorrow at the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC that Google Maps will now include biking directions in the U.S. Apparently, this was the most-requested [...]
You know how TweetMeme started out trying to be the Techmeme of Twitter before it ventured off plastering its ReTweet buttons on every blog on the Web? Well now there’s a site that just launched today that wants to be the TweetMeme of Google Buzz called ReBuzzThis. It is not much to [...]
Are you psyched for Windows Phone 7 Series development? Why not? Damn your eyes! Well, I guess I can understand a little “once bitten, twice shy” attitude after Windows Mobile’s slow-motion flaming zeppelin trajectory during the last couple years. But be honest: WinPho7 looks pretty awesome, and there might be some opportunities [...]
TAIPEI—Apple Inc.’s patent infringement lawsuit against HTC Corp. could put additional pressure on the Taiwanese smart-phone maker, which has been struggling to compete against bigger rivals to sell smart phones to the mass market. Analysts say if Apple succeeds in barring the sale of HTC phones in the U.S. market, that would be [...]
Jobs: “Competitors should create their own original technology” Apple has taken legal action against phone maker HTC, alleging it has infringed patented technology.HTC has been accused of infringing 20 patents owned by Apple that are used in the iPhone. Apple said the [...]
Seeking $335,000 in unpaid advertising bills, Google Inc. filed suit against a small Internet site in Ohio in October. The complaint was so routine it was just two sentences long. Google never expected the response it got. Last month, the small Internet site countered with a 24-page antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the [...]
When Google Buzz launched three weeks ago, the product wasn’t ready. There were basic privacy issues that still needed to be hammered out (and were quickly addressed by Google), but beyond that Google Buzz simply did not work smoothly enough to force feed it to 175 million Gmail users without any warning. [...]
The last we heard the Nexus One was navigating its way through the FCC and Verizon was targeting a “Spring 2010″ launch. But now there’s a rumor floating around that states quite clearly that March 23, 2010 will be the launch date. Interesting… We reached out to our Verizon contacts and none [...]
Under scrutiny: Google under investigation for alleged breach of EU competition rules Photo: GETTY The investigation comes under the Lisbon Treaty’s “abuse of dominant position” powers and is the first time that Google has been targeted by the European Union. Telegraph.co.uk can reveal that [...]
Google has submitted a new version of its Google Mobile App for the iPhone platform (iTunes link), and the fresh app now finally boasts built-in support for Voice Search on iPod touch devices (2G or newer). Update: we have 3 commenters saying there still is no Voice Search on their iPod touch [...]
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