In what could be a considerable boon for Android users, Google on Friday acquired Blind Type, a San Francisco-based maker of touch-typing software for smartphones. Though Blind Type's app hasn't yet been released,
Published on: October 5th, 2010
Katherine Noyes
@itbusinessca
Now that business users have begun clamoring for Android phones in earnest, it's a better time than ever to take a fresh look at the Android apps now available for enterprises.There are more
Published on: September 7th, 2010
Katherine Noyes
@itbusinessca
"Power Strip is a dock-like Android 2.1+ compatible home application. Thanks to the multi-tasking in Android, it can start from anywhere in any orientation and keep your current activity on the screen." That's
Published on: August 25th, 2010
Brent Rose
@itbusinessca
Google's second-quarter financial report last week provided further signs that, after years of trying, Google may finally be seeing material results from emerging businesses that could help it diversify from search advertising, which
Published on: July 27th, 2010
Juan Carlos Perez
@itbusinessca
The list of features missing in Windows Phone 7 -- no multitasking of third-party applications, no copy-and-paste, no native Twitter client -- has dominated forums and early reviews of reference hardware phones put
Published on: July 27th, 2010
Matt Hamblen
@itbusinessca
After much teasing and a European launch, the Dell Streak smartphone has finally arrived here in the U.S. The Streak goes against the gradient, with its roomy 5-inch touchscreen and a design that
Published on: July 22nd, 2010
Melissa J. Perenson
@itbusinessca
The promise of a smartphone is that you have the world's knowledge at your fingertips anywhere you go. Since Google is committed to organizing the world's knowledge, it seems only natural that its
Published on: July 15th, 2010
Logan Kugler
@itbusinessca
Working 9 to 5? What a way to make a living--especially because it's not uncommon for the typical workday to stretch to 6:00, 7:00, or even later. But what can you do? You
Microsoft is coming fashionably late to the next-generation smartphone party. New cutting edge Android devices seem to come out monthly, and Apple just unveiled its big iPhone overhaul for 2010, but with Windows
Published on: June 11th, 2010
Tony Bradley
@itbusinessca
Google is looking to invest in key industries. If you want some of that action, it doesn't hurt to have a pal inside the Googleplex. Google's venture capital arm is a year old,
Many smart phone apps are frivolous, others are exciting, but most often, these aren't cheap thrills.Forrester Research reported last year that an average no-frill app could cost a minimum of $20,000 to develop.
Published on: May 3rd, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
It looks like Apple isn't the only one losing control of its smartphones --Engadget reports that a slew of Dell handsets were leaked on Wednesday, including a high-end Windows Phone 7 handset (the
Published on: April 23rd, 2010
Sarah Jacobsson
@itbusinessca
Budget conscious small and medium sized businesses get a double bonus from a recent mobile customer relationship management (CRM) software product from Maximizer Software Inc. The company’s latest product, CRM 11 acquired a
Published on: April 14th, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
For more than four years now teenagers in Japan have been purchasing pop drinks with their smart phones. Even before that, African immigrants in Europe have been remitting money back home and checking
Published on: March 19th, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
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