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SEW Experts: Mobile Local Search: A Perfect Storm
By ArticleSnatch on January 26, 2008
Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) showcased the first few devices that run Google’s much anticipated Android operating system. In today’s Vertical Challenge column, “Mobile Local Search: A Perfect Storm,” local search expert Michael Boland explains how these are the first physical signs of what will be a major inflection point in the history of [...]
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Wal-Mart To Carry Everex Cloudbook
By ArticleSnatch on January 15, 2008
Out of the range of Google-related rumors – new data centers, an operating system, world domination – one that hasn’t been mentioned in a while is the Google PC. That hardly matters, though, because Everex has stepped in with another stand-in: the $399 Cloudbook. read more More: continued here wal mart to carry everex cloudbook
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Microsoft Dangles Deal: Products For A Peek
By ArticleSnatch on December 12, 2007
Allow Microsoft to keeps tabs on your computer through the Windows Feedback Program, and fill out a few surveys, and the company will reward you with one of its software packages. And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold.But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.– Charlie Daniels comments on [...]
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No Malware on Google Results?
By ArticleSnatch on December 1, 2007
Google has taken steps to remove malware websites from its search results, according to a ComputerWorld article released Wednesday. Alex Eckelberry, CEO of Sunbelt Software Distribution Inc released the news Monday that Google had removed more than 40,000 malware sites from its search results. While Google refused to either confirm or deny this, spot checks [...]
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Forrester Sees Desktop Linux Scaring Microsoft
By ArticleSnatch on November 15, 2007
A lackluster reception for Windows Vista in the enterprise and some hard work by Linux vendors could be the harbinger of greater Linux adoption on desktops.And here we thought Wal-Mart’s Everex boxes running Linux would have Microsofties reaching for chairs to throw. Turns out, according to eWeek, that Forrester Research sees Microsoft being threatened where [...]
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Microsoft, Symbian Unimpressed By Android
By ArticleSnatch on November 8, 2007
The appeal of Google’s mobile operating system, Android, and an alliance of handset makers, has not registered with two major phone OS builders.No one would expect Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer or Symbian’s John Forsyth to come out dressed as cheerleaders and lead the fight song for Google’s proposed entrant into the mobile operating system arena. Both [...]
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Yahoo Wants Mobile Ads, Not The OS
By ArticleSnatch on November 8, 2007
Now that the Google Phone hype has proven an operating system play for mobile devices, Yahoo’s strategy of grabbing advertisers for the handset could be a competitive edge.Yahoo will be pleased with grabbing the brand advertisers who can pay handsomely for mobile display ads, while Google tweaks its phone software and its alliance of partners [...]
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Microsoft CIO Fired
By ArticleSnatch on November 7, 2007
Stuart Scott received very abrupt walking papers from Microsoft, losing his position as corporate vice-president and chief information officer.Little information has emerged about the swift departure of Scott from Microsoft’s command structure. Mary Jo Foley posted a compact statement from Microsoft regarding Scott’s firing: “We can confirm that Stuart Scott was terminated after an investigation [...]
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Google Android: Mobile Platform, No Gphone (Yet)
By ArticleSnatch on November 6, 2007
Google today unveiled a new mobile operating system, user interface, and applications platform dubbed Android. It’s being developed by Google and about 30 members of the “Open Handset Alliance,” a group comprised of mobile technology providers, carriers, and other mobile industry players. Some of the participants include Google, Broadcom, eBay, Intel, LG, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, [...]
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Search Headlines & Links: November 5, 2007
By ArticleSnatch on November 6, 2007
Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: From the SEW Blog: Google Android: Mobile Platform, No Gphone (Yet)Google today unveiled a new mobile operating system, user interface, and applications platform dubbed [...]
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