Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt has just stepped down from Apple’s Board of Directors, a role that many claimed created conflicts of interest as both Apple and Google compete with each other in several market sectors.
Specifically, Google’s Android phone is in direct competition with Apple’s iPhone.  Also, the soon-to-be-released Chrome OS will [...]

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Google seems to be full of announcements this week.  Today, Google Mobile introduced a new mobile Image Search results page for the US, UK, and Japan.
The new Image Search results page will allow you to easily view up to 20 images on one page.  From the details page, you can select a bigger thumbnail, go [...]

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“This place is death!”
Wow, last night’s episode of LOST was great.  Now that we know when the show will officially end, though, it really feels like the producers are trying to cram the rest of the key plot elements in at break-neck pace.  It beats being left in the dark, though.
Too bad out [...]

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Google has added a new feature to Gmail that will make your life a little easier.
The new feature, just added today, adds a “move to” menu item, allowing users to both add a “label” to e-mails and archive them at the same time.
While Gmail still doesn’t have folders, or a drag and drop [...]

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We know times are tough when even Google starts acting like Scrooge.  Ba!  Humbug!
In the past, Google has dished out some truly awesome Christmas bonuses, sometimes as much as $20,000 or $30,000 cash.  This year?  Each Googler gets…a cell phone.
In fact, they get a version of the G1 that is currently being sold [...]

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Google has now added a separate campaign-level option that will allow you to advertise on the iPhone and G1 Android phones as well as other mobile devices that have full HTML internet browsers.
This new option will now allow you to display your ads specifically on these devices, create exclusive campaigns for them, and get separate [...]

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Earlier today, the Android Market officially launched, along with the arrival of the new G1 phone from T-Mobile, which is the very first Android phone. There is a showcase that features a peel at more than fifty existing applications, with lots more to come.  These apps are currently free of charge, with paid apps to [...]

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So Google’s new Andriod phone drops on Wednesday.  Will it be the be-all, end-all of cell phones?  I don’t know.  It does look pretty cool, though.
It’s sort of like an iPhone, but you’re not tied down to AT&T wireless with the Android.  It has a lot of the same features as the iPhone.  Heck, it [...]

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