Tag: Google

  • Linux-based Smartphones Will Outperform All Others: ABI

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    Linux-based smartphones, such as those running Google’s Android, will outstrip the growth of the rest of the market and account for more than a third of worldwide market share by 2015, ABI is predicting. In a June 1 report, ABI Research is forecasting such growth to continue – though not based on Google’s Android alone.… Read more

  • Microsoft Responds to Google Executives’ Ban

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    Although Google has not officially confirmed that its executives are trying to shift employees away from Windows PCs, online reports suggest that Google is doing so out of concerns for security. Google has blamed a January security breach, which resulted in the theft of intellectual property, on a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Google itself may… Read more

  • Google Dumps Internal Use of Microsoft Windows, Report Says

    Google Dumps Internal Use of Microsoft Windows, Report Says

    Jessica Davis

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    Google is reportedly phasing out internal company use of Microsoft Windows due to security concerns, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report cites unnamed Google employees who told the FT that new employees are given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or else PCs running Linux. Employees say that the directive… Read more

  • Google Scores Coup by Hiring Palm’s Duarte

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    Google scored a coup by hiring away Duarte from Palm to improve the user experience for smartphones, tablets and other devices based on Google’s Android operating system. Google hires WebOS user interface director Matias Duarte from Palm to improve the user experience for the Android operating system. Google confirmed the hire, telling eWEEK Duarte is… Read more

  • AdSense Revenue Share Revealed by Google Preempts Apple iAd

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    Google pays 51 percent of revenue to publishers that use its AdSense for search product. The information about how the shared revenue is split comes as Apple prepares to launch its iAd platform with a 60-40 split in favor of developers, and as regulators are increasingly hounding Google to be more transparent. READ MORE >> Read more

  • Mobile VoIP Disrupting Markets

    Mobile VoIP Disrupting Markets

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Mobile VoIP Disrupting Markets Telecommunications Carriers Struggle with Mobile VoIPGoogle’s recent acquisition of GIPS, a VoIP and video technology provider playing in the mobile market space, could spell opportunities for Google channel partners and ISVs – at the expense of more traditional players in the market such as telecom carriers. New research from Frost &… Read more