February 2nd, 2012 
Dustin Earley 
Google Maps is the best at what it does. Navigation is usually spot-on, maps tend to be so accurate it can be creepy (especially when they include pictures of your house) and best of all, it’s free to use. Sure, you could nitpick the minor details, but who can really complain about a free-to-use service [...]
February 2nd, 2012 Amar Toor Google has had its fair share of malware-related problems in the Android Market, but that’s hopefully about to change, now that the company has announced a new security-enhancing service. Codenamed “Bouncer,” Mountain View’s new program sounds pretty …
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No Comments » February 2nd, 2012 Élyse Betters The technology world is abuzz with great minds, great innovators, and great…men? According to an official Google blog post from this morning, women hold less than one third of the world’s engineering gigs, despite the female sex making up more than half of the global population. Moreover, fewer than 15 percent of United States female [...]
Posted in News Tags: booth babe, google, Google Corporate, Israel, mind the gap, tech, women No Comments » February 2nd, 2012 Terrence O'Brien Sprint has officially taken the wraps off the ZTE Optik and, as expected, the 7-inch tablet will be landing for a measly $100 on contract. Of course, to hit that price point you’ll have to make some sacrifices, like signing up for a two-year agreement…
Posted in News Tags: Android, android 3.2, Android3.2, google, honeycomb, mobilepostcross, Sprint, sprint zte optik, SprintZteOptik, zte, zte optik, ZteOptik No Comments » February 2nd, 2012 Mat Smith Pinch of salt time. As mobile manufacturers polish up those final test models ready for us to pore over in just a few weeks, someone’s possibly jumped the gun. What you’re looking at here are apparently benchmarks from the Galaxy S II Plus — yep, an…
February 2nd, 2012 Jerry Hildenbrand You might have heard that Google has a new consolidated privacy policy coming in March. All the cool kids are talking about it, and even Microsoft has had a little to say to help you decide how you feel about it. On one side, you have folk…
Posted in News Tags: Android, google, late night poll, poll, privacy policy, smartphone, Smartphones, tablet, Tablets No Comments » February 2nd, 2012 Jerry Hildenbrand You might have heard that Google has a new consolidated privacy policy coming in March. All the cool kids are talking about it, and even Microsoft has had a little to say to help you decide how you feel about it. On one side, you have folk…
Posted in News Tags: Android, google, late night poll, poll, privacy policy, smartphone, Smartphones, tablet, Tablets No Comments » February 2nd, 2012 Zachary Lutz Need to sign a contract, like, now? There’s an app for that. Several actually, but the folks who create EasySignMobile have gone and made their service a bit more accessible to the unwashed masses with an updated version that supports Facebook authent…
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, app store, Apple, AppStore, authentication, box.net, Business, cloud, cloud storage, CloudStorage, contract, contracts, digital signature, DigitalSignature, dropbox, easysign, easysign mobile, EasysignMobile, electronic signature, ElectronicSignature, facebook, google, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPhone 4, iphone app, Iphone4, IphoneApp, law, Legal, mobilepostmini, pdf, signature No Comments » February 1st, 2012 Phil Nickinson Google, having already explained to the boys and girls inside the Beltway that they don't need to go all Chicken Little over its upcoming new consolidated privacy policy, today took aim at Redmond, Wash., for (if you can believe it) acting even mo…
Posted in News Tags: Android, google, microsoft, OS, privacy, privacy policy, smatphone, tablet No Comments » February 1st, 2012 Zach Epstein Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS regained mobile operating system market share last month after both mobile platforms curiously showed declines in December. Analytics firm Net Applications on Wednesday released mobile phone and tablet operating system share data for January 2012, and the new numbers suggest that Android showed the biggest gains last month. Google’s mobile OS remained in the No.3 spot while rising to an 18.12% share from 16.15% in December, while Apple’s iOS rose to 53.65% from 52.10% a month earlier. RIM’s BlackBerry OS showed gains in December but the platform’s OS share fell to 2.59% in January, its lowest point since October 2011. Java ME retained its No.2 position despite sliding to 19.19% from 21.27% last month,
Posted in News Tags: Android, Apple, google, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPhone 4S, market share, Mobile, Net Applications, Smartphones, Tablets, usage share No Comments »
