Microsoft and Yahoo: Now what?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

(Via Macworld.) Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to the way they were. Microsoft and Yahoo will need to deliver on promises, address questions, reassess and adjust plans and deal with challenges that grew from and during the attempted ...

Microsoft steps back from Yahoo bid

Monday, May 5th, 2008

(Via AppleInsider.) Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed the move Saturday evening in a letter that has been delivered to Yahoo chief Jerry Yang as well as published online. The Microsoft executive has revealed that his company earlier this week raised its bid from $31 per share to $33, but claims that ...

Spanning Sync to add Gmail contact sync

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

(Via Macworld.) Spanning Sync, the iCal to Google Calendar synchronization software for Mac OS X, will add Gmail contact sync to its forthcoming 2.0 release, according to the developer, who recently posted details to the developer blog. Spanning Sync enables Mac users to synchronize their iCal calendars to Google Calendars. You can ...

★ How Much Money Does Apple Get From Google?

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

(Via Daring Fireball.) Om Malik wonders just how much money Apple gets from Google for search engine referrals from Safari. When I reported last June that Apple’s revenue from Google was around $25 million per year, that number came from, as they say, a source with knowledge of the situation. But ...

YouTube, Contacts added to Google APIs

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

(Via MacNN.) Google today updated its collection of data APIs, adding source code for YouTube and Google Contacts, and further said the entire API set will properly compile in the iPhone SDK. The YouTube API allows any video-capable program to upload content to the service, with the accompanying tags and posting ...

Twitter + Google Maps = Primary Coverage

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

First-person primary coverage here.

Microsoft, Always a Source of Amusement

Monday, February 4th, 2008

(Via Apple Matters.) How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? Calligraphy. That joke really sets the mood for this little spiel about Microsoft. I say that because it seems lately someone has turned up the crazy over there in Redmond. Seriously, 44 billion for Yahoo?

How to Become a Gmail Jedi Master

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

(Via Ask The PC Guide.) Learn to master Gmail through the use of labels, filters, keyboard shortcuts, vacation autoresponders, and the new IMAP support.One of the most useful features in Gmail is its powerful search feature. They have incorporated the ease and functionality of Google search into Gmail, allowing you yo ...

The results are in

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

(Via Official Google Blog.) Posted by Susan Straccia, Google Zeitgeist TeamEvery year we put out the Year-End Zeitgeist, a look at the most popular and fastest-rising search terms in hopes of telling us something about what's been on our (collective) mind. This was my first year working on this project, and ...

Google’s ‘Gdrive’ online storage soon

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

(Via Macworld UK.) Google may deliver an online storage service in the coming monthsGoogle will release an online storage and backup service in the coming months, adding to its suite of hosted services, which already includes a variety of communication and collaboration applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.