Tag: Google

  • Microsoft’s Bing Search Steals Share from Google

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday. Bing, launched on June 3 but available to some users a few days earlier, took 8.23 percent of U.S. Web searches in June, up… Read more

  • Google CEO Says Worst of Economic Crisis Over

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    (Reuters) – A U.S. recovery is likely to begin this autumn, the worst of the crisis has passed and it is "reasonable to be optimistic for 2010," internet search giant Google’s chief executive Eric Schmidt said on Friday. Speaking at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in southern France, Schmidt said U.S. jobless claims indicated "the… Read more

  • T-Mobile to Sell New Google Phone in August

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) – T-Mobile USA will begin selling a new smartphone using Google Inc’s Android operating software in August, facing off against high-end devices such as Apple’s latest iPhone and the Palm Pre. T-Mobile, an arm of Deutsche Telekom and the No. 4 U.S. mobile service, said the myTouch 3G phone is a slimmer… Read more

  • New Google Tool Targets Microsoft Business Users

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    (Reuters) – Google Inc introduced software to make it easier for businesses using Microsoft Corp’s Outlook to switch to its Web-based communications and collaboration products. The Internet company said on Tuesday that its new software can easily transfer data from a Microsoft Exchange server to Google’s cloud-based online service. The new product allows business users… Read more

  • Google Courts Business Customers with New Products

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    (Reuters) – Google Inc is stepping up efforts to infuse its search engine into the operations of the most technically sophisticated corporations as well as the least digitally savvy businesses. The Internet search giant unveiled a pair of new products on Tuesday aimed at large corporations with strict technology requirements and at small businesses that… Read more

  • Acer to Sell Google OS Android Netbook PCs in Q3

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    (Reuters) – Acer, the world’s No. 3 PC brand, plans to sell netbook PCs that run on Google’s Android operating system, posing a potential threat to Microsoft’s Windows. Acer was the first PC vendor to officially announce that it was making Android PCs, weeks after it said it planned to launch smartphones — mobile phones… Read more