More details about the Google Phone are shaking out, with a press conference expected Monday to announce the big plans. NYT has a great profile of Andy Rubin, Google’s gPhone Meister who started Android to develop a better mobile device … Continue reading
Today, as I searched for some breaking news and technology insights, I was struck by how much better informed you tend to be after reading a few blogs targeted to a topic (and following related links and sites and ask … Continue reading
Google is *incredibly* good at keeping secrets, and the rumors of a new gPhone or Google Phone have been flying for some time. However CNET’s Tom Krazit is reporting tonight that Google, on Monday, will unleash “Android”, an open source approach to mobile phones. As … Continue reading
It is a mildly risky but potentially brilliant counterstrike against Facebook’s rising popularity. Myspace will announce shortly that they are joining the Open Social movement spearheaded by Google and which is now officially a social juggernaut of global proportions. TechCrunch seems to have the latest on this … Continue reading
It seems like the code for Google’s 3 “Open Social” APIs should be at Google Code but I can’t find the Open Social APIs, or even any mention of Open Social, at Google yet. Maybe it’s been delayed or maybe TechCrunch’s earlier … Continue reading
Tech is buzzing with Google’s plan to enter the social network space today with Google OpenSocial, a set of APIs that will allow rapid development of social networking applications across several sites that are working with Google now, such as Friendster and LinkedIn. UPDATE: … Continue reading
Om Malik is reporting on several aspects of the coming Google Mobile operating system and/or “Google Phone” that will likely drive many phones and be available through several carriers which may include T Mobile and Sprint. As noted before here at … Continue reading
Google’s OpenSocial launches Thursday and will be a set of 3 APIs that will allow interface with a stable of early partners in the project incluing Friendster and LinkedIn. Unclear to me is if the big social network players – … Continue reading
Google’s acting social at the Googleplex and this could become an earthquake in the social network landscape. TechCrunch reports that Maka Maka appears to be the Google codename for their social network integration, which may be a way to tie together existing Google … Continue reading
Henry Blodget over at Silicon Alley Insider has a thoughtful post today predicting that Google will beat out Microsoft in the Facebook sweepstakes, and that the real winner here is Facebook founder Zuckerberg who will walk away from any deal with a jaw … Continue reading
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