Feb. 7 at 8:53 a.m.
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Cell phones
By Dow Jones Newswires
Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to unveil a smartphone with a twin set of touchscreens made by Kyocera Corp. late Monday, according to a person familiar with the device.
The device, called the Echo, features two 3.5-inch touchscreens that can be stacked side by side to form a pseudo-tablet design. Users can accomplish multiple tasks on the two screens, or drag items from one screen to the other. The phone, which runs on Google Inc.’s Android software, uses a pivot hinge that allows one screen to be tucked under the other, transforming it into a more conventional touchscreen phone. Get the full story »
Feb. 3 at 5:24 p.m.
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Retail,
Technology,
Venture capital
From TechCrunch | SharesPost, a marketplace for private stock sales, released a report Thursday stating that Chicago-based daily deal site Groupon is worth about $6 billion (between $5.95 billion and $6.07 billion, to be exact).
Feb. 2 at 3:57 p.m.
Filed under:
Computers,
Software,
Technology,
Updated
By Dow Jones Newswires
Google Inc. on Wednesday unveiled a Android Market web store that lets consumers download applications through their Internet browser, a move that ratchets up the company’s rivalry with Apple Inc.’s popular App Store.
Users previously could access the more than 100,000 apps at Google’s Android Market only from their mobile devices. Get the full story »
By Reuters
Google’s Android dethroned Nokia’s Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform in the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry 10 years ago.
Research firm Canalys said on Monday phonemakers sold 32.9 million Android-equipped phones in the last quarter, roughly seven times more than a year ago, compared with Symbian’s sales of 31 million.
The phones are produced by manufacturers that include Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility, Samsung and HTC. Get the full story »
Jan. 31 at 6:17 a.m.
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Computers,
Technology
Bloomberg News | According to Strategy Analytics, Google Android tablet computers made headway against the Apple iPad in the fourth quarter. The Boston-based research firm said Android tablets accounted for 22 percent of global shipments, up from 2.3 percent in the third quarter; iPad shipments were 75 percent, down from 96 percent.
Jan. 28 at 2:22 p.m.
Filed under:
Internet,
Privacy issues,
Technology,
Wireless
By Dow Jones Newswires
Connecticut’s attorney general said Friday that Google Inc. won’t have to hand over user data it collected from unsecured wireless networks as part of his office’s probe of the Internet giant’s privacy snafu.
Atty. Gen. George Jepsen said his office reached a deal with the Internet company that allows him to begin settlement negotiations over whether Google violated state law. Get the full story »
Jan. 27 at 7:49 a.m.
Filed under:
Housing,
Real estate
By Mary Ellen Podmolik
Google Maps is getting out of the house-hunting game, at least for now. In a blog post this week, the company said it would “retire” on Feb. 10 the search option box on Google Maps that allows users to search for property for sale or rent in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Japan. Get the full story »
Jan. 25 at 12:31 p.m.
Filed under:
Internet
By Associated Press
Google plans to hire more than 6,200 workers this year in the biggest expansion yet by the Internet’s most profitable company. Get the full story »
By Dow Jones Newswires
Google has introduced browser software that lets Internet users opt out permanently from ad-tracking cookies.
Google previously introduced an opt-out tool but that software can be lost when users clear their browser cookies.
In a blog post, Google says its newest tool, the Keep My Opt-Outs extension for the company’s Chrome browser, lets people permanently opt out of ad tracking from all companies that offer opt-outs — without compromising ad revenue.
Jan. 21 at 3:51 p.m.
Filed under:
Computers,
Internet
By Dow Jones Newswires-Wall Street Journal
If you have been frustrated lately by search results on Google, you’re not alone, and Google knows it.
There’s been a drumbeat of criticism of Google’s search results coming out of Silicon Valley — and now the Internet giant has responded, saying it has heard “the feedback from the Web loud and clear” and believes it “can and should do better.”
In particular, the company is talking about stopping “content farms,” which provide low-quality, often unreliable and sometimes plagiarized information on a certain topic, just to get traffic from search. Get the full story »
Jan. 21 at 1:32 p.m.
Filed under:
Internet
By Dow Jones Newswires-Wall Street Journal
Google Inc., after failing to acquire daily-deals Web site Groupon Inc., said it is preparing to test a competing service that offers deals to local businesses such as restaurants.
The Internet search giant, which on Thursday also announced that co-founder Larry Page would take over as chief executive from Eric Schmidt, didn’t release details about the new effort — Google Offers — that aims to grab a larger share of the small but growing online-ad market for local businesses. Get the full story »
Jan. 21 at 8:48 a.m.
Filed under:
Markets,
Stock activity
By Reuters
U.S. stocks opened higher Friday, bouncing back after two days of declines, as strong earnings from General Electric Co. and Google Inc. lifted investor hopes.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 64.63 points, or 0.55 percent, at 11,887.43. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 7.15 points, or 0.56 percent, at 1,287.41. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 14.80 points, or 0.55 percent, at 2,719.09.
Jan. 21 at 6:50 a.m.
Filed under:
Internet,
Personnel moves
By Los Angeles Times
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, who is stepping down in April, is planning to sell 534,000 shares in the company over the next year in a cash-out move that could be worth about $335 million.
Schmidt has been CEO at Google for the last decade. But in April he’ll be replaced by Larry Page, the company’s co-founder.
Word of Schmidt’s plan to sell a portion of his holdings in the Web search giant came in a regulatory filing alongside Google’s fourth-quarter earnings report, both submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jan. 20 at 3:20 p.m.
Filed under:
Earnings,
Internet,
Personnel moves
By Reuters
Google Inc. said Thursday that co-founder Larry Page will take charge of day-to-day operations as chief executive starting April 4.
Current CEO Eric Schmidt will become executive chairman. Get the full story »
By Emily Bryson York
Google is establishing a food-and-beverage team in Chicago to link with advertisers and marketers including Northfield-based Kraft and Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo. Karen Sauder, who recently resigned from her position as managing director at DraftFCB Chicago, will become Industry Director for Food and Beverages at Google.
In the new role, Sauder is expected to build a Chicago-based team, focusing on Google’s efforts to build its advertising and marketing business in the food and beverage industries for the first time, according to a Google spokesman.
Sauder will take on the role as early as Jan. 31. Get the full story »
