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• Google Talk for iPhone

  The Google Talk blog has news of a Web-based Google Talk client for the iPhone: Attention iPhone owners! You can now chat with all your Google Talk buddies while on the go. Our new version of Google Talk is designed specifically for the iPhone and runs... Posted Jul 03 2008, 10:46 AM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Google, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud

  Here's the entire 90-minute keynote address from last week's Google I/O show: YouTube: Google I/O '08 Keynote: Client, Connectivity, and the Cloud Why is this interesting? There's all kinds of goodness in there, including the already-famous... Posted Jun 02 2008, 05:05 PM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: Google, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Welcome to the Weekend Web

  Business Week : When they use their mobile phones to go online, Americans flock to different sites than when they surf from their computers. Meet the mobile Web. Welcome to the weekend Web, where people are spending a bigger slice of time online via wireless... Posted May 29 2008, 11:24 PM by pthurrott with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Google, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Smart phone numbers

  In an article about Microsoft's smart phone hopes and dreams, some interesting numbers are revealed: Around 118 million smartphones were sold last year, according to market researcher Canalys. Symbian captured 67 percent of the OS market. Microsoft... Posted May 13 2008, 12:27 PM by pthurrott with | with 44 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Windows Mobile, Google, Mobile

• Google releases the Android SDK

  Funny for a company to ship a new mobile phone SDK before releasing the phone, instead of announcing one months after the device hits stores and generates thousands of complaints about its lack of third party expansion. Hey, different companies do things... Posted Nov 13 2007, 02:13 PM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Google, Mobile

• WSJ: Expect Google Phone announcement within in two weeks

  The Wall Street Journal reports that the long-rumored Google Phone is happening: Google Inc. is close to unveiling its long-planned strategy to shake up the wireless market, people familiar with the matter say. The Web giant's ambitious goal: to make... Posted Oct 29 2007, 07:16 PM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Google, Alt. Windows, Mobile, Cloud computing

• Updated Gmail for mobile application

  Gmail Blog : We just released a new version with some updates that you can get by pointing your phone's browser to http://gmail.com/app. The new version works on most phones that are Java ME enabled. For BlackBerry devices, you can continue to download... Posted Oct 19 2007, 09:53 AM by pthurrott with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Google, Mobile

• What gPhone?

  Miguel Heft of The New York Times has some interesting info about Google's so-called gPhone: Google is not building a phone. The company is building a mobile phone operating system, as well as what technologists call a “reference platform,” a set... Posted Oct 08 2007, 08:50 AM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Smartphone, Mobile

• Windows Live Contacts

  I've been writing (and, on the podcast, talking) about my ongoing move to Web-based services a lot lately, but one thing I've had trouble settling on is an online contacts management system. (As noted in What I Use , I've had to temporarily... Posted Sep 28 2007, 05:43 PM by pthurrott with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Windows Live, Alt. Windows, Mobile