While there are dozens of reasons why users will choose either an Apple-powered or Android-run device to fill their smartphone needs, one of the most prominent facts, is how many applications are being offered. With 200,000 and 300,000 applications from Google and Apple, respectively, neither company is struggling, but they are certainly both competing for [...]

Google’s expansions these days cause more than a few ripples in the world of online commerce. Their push to buy ITA is still the subject of major controversy, and the fact that Hotpot now takes an active role in providing location data has a variety of companies fuming. One such company is Yext, and they [...]

When we mention Windows Phone 7 here, it’s not usually with awe or enthusiasm. After all, Microsoft’s “ambitious plan” entails climbing into the number three spot over the course of the next two years. Nonetheless, the device and platform have their strong suits. We’ve already mentioned that their app market is growing at an astonishing [...]

The world of search engine technologies has been changing at an incredibly fast rate. Names that determined how we thought of searching just a few years ago are now breathing their final breaths (and AltaVista, may you rest in peace). Even from one year to the next, we can see major trends in how the [...]

Google’s original business model was reliant on SERP ads. Now, they’ve expanded their revenue base somewhat, but their primary focus is still on ads found either on the SERPs or their content network. The content network is such a broad thing, though, that it’s caused issues — including some lawsuits. In a recent case of [...]

For some reason, people who get their hands on the latest and greatest technology automatically assume that it’s invulnerable to the threats that assailed its predecessors. They rest easily, knowing that there’s no way that their personal data could be filched, or their hardware could be destroyed, or a virus could start the zombie apocalypse [...]

Anyone who has an Android phone should be jumping for joy at the great news we released just the other day, outlining Google’s upcoming Android music player. This music player, which has been showcased in limited demos since May of 2010, is packed to overflowing with great new features and tools. We were able to [...]

For a time back in the late 90s and even early 2000s, consumers would choose from any one of about a dozen popular search engines (AOL, Lycos, AltaVista, Yahoo, Live, Google, and so forth). Now the war has really come down to just two competitors — Microsoft, who currently controls both Yahoo and Bing (thus [...]