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1. Realnetworks proposes iTunes alternative

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 24 August 2009

   ... turned down Google Voice on the grounds that it duplicated some of the iPhone's features  - a charge that could equally well be levelled at Rhapsody. There'll be even more of a conflict when the ...

2. T-Mobile announces another Android phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 22 June 2009

   You wait ages for a new smartphone, and then half a dozen come all at once. Now, T-Mobile is announcing its next Google Android device, to be known as the myTouch. Bellevue, Washington – You wait ages ...

3. First Android netbook to cost $250

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 27 April 2009

   Skytone’s Alpha 680, the first netbook running Google’s Android OS, is expected to hit store shelves within the next three months. Price: $250.Chicago (IL) – Skytone’s Alpha 680, the first netbook running ...

4. Android: Browser so vulnerable users urged not to use it

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 13 February 2009

   At the Schmoocon hacker conference in Washington D.C., Charlie Miller, security researcher presented a new vulnerability in Google's mobile OS Android, which lets hackers take control of the phone's web ...

5. CES 2009: Free Skype calls from iPhone may soon be possible

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Thursday, 08 January 2009

   Las Vegas (NV) - Skype, an eBay subsidiary, announced today that a version of its Internet calling and IM software is available for Google's Android cell phone as a free download. They also indicated an ...

6. Google patents invention to end wireless contracts forever

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 26 September 2008

   Inventors at Google have developed a novel concept to end the war of cell phone and wireless contracts. Their idea was awarded a patent yesterday and relates to per use bidding. Their patent is broad ...

7. HTC Dream + Android 1.0 = High expectations

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 22 September 2008

     Feature - T-Mobile's expected launch of the HTC Dream tomorrow marks the arrival of the so-called Google Phone or “gPhone”. While Google, HTC and T-Mobile engage in about as much pre-launch marketing ...

8. iPhone 2.1 firmware update looms, delivers missing features?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 31 July 2008

   ... expected, judging by the existence of the "Printers" folder in 2.0 firmware. Such feature could be particularly useful to iPhone users in enterprise environment. •    Google-411 support: ...

9. Chrysler announces vehicular Wi-Fi

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Wednesday, 25 June 2008

   ... via Google News  ...

10. Researchers crack iPhone’s Wi-Fi positioning system

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 14 April 2008

    ... Google Maps integration. Apple was able to almost fix this problem by rolling out support for Skyhook’s WiFi Positioning System (WPS) with a software update, but if you ever had doubts that this alternative ...

11. Google takes WiFi lobbying up a notch

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

    Google this week began a new push in Washington, lobbying for more airwaves and bandwidth access for wireless Internet.  It's part of the online giant's push to create a new standard of wireless ...

12. Plans to give San Francisco free city-wide WiFi back on

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 07 January 2008

    San Francisco (CA) - A plan that was thwarted last year when two major companies, Google and Earthlink, pulled out of the works, seems to be back on.  A Silicon Valley startup company called Meraki ...

13. Digital pictures frames coming of age

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 12 October 2007

    ... port using a USB flash drive, as well as pulling data through WiFi and ethernet from the web or an RSS source.  Photo collections, such as Google Picasa, Apple iPhoto and Flickr, can also be displayed ...

14. TG Video: Wirelessly hacking Gmail and more - tutorial

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 11 October 2007

    ... your search terms and Google emails can be capture and we hope this article will spur businesses and home owners to secure their networks. Also, these types of attacks on wireless networks have been going ...

15. Google’s announces first-year results of Mountain View WiFi

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 27 August 2007

    It’s been a little more than a year since Google launched its free “Google WiFi” service in Mountain View California and the company is taking time to congratulate itself in an official ...

16. Defcon 2007: The Wall of Sheep gets “Hamsterized”

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 07 August 2007

    ... even show past searches in Google Maps. To defend against cookie sniffing and replay attacks, Graham strongly recommends using either VPN or SSL during the entire Gmail session; unfortunately the average ...

17. First look: Apple reinvents the cellphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Saturday, 30 June 2007

    ... ways to handle the interface and allow a more human like interaction with content. For example, in Maps (Google Maps) moving your finger across the screen changes the location of the map and moving two ...

18. Google rolls out free Wi-Fi in Mountain View

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 16 August 2006

    - Google today announced availability of its first Wi-Fi network. Most residents of Mountain View, Calif., can connect to the Internet via a Mesh Wi-Fi network for free. Google said that its network "eventually ...

19. Alpha Networks ready to produce Google Talk-enabled Wi-Fi phones

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Thursday, 03 August 2006

      Taiwan-based Alpha Networks is ready to mass produce Google Talk-enabled WiFi phones, with commercial production set to begin in accordance with clients' product roadmaps, according to company CTO ...

20. Microsoft denies demoing 'Ipod killer' to music industry execs

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 07 July 2006

    There's rampant speculation about whether Microsoft is building its own portable WiFi MP3 handset hardware, as a way to boost its Live Anywhere platform while at the same time giving a boost to its partners ...

21. First stage of NYC 'WiFi in the Parks' project finally underway

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 07 July 2006

    ... finally notice Google's sponsorship of that effort. Today's announcement from Nokia indicates that sponsorship of the new citywide push will come with a larger dose of free publicity. The precise nature ...

22. Pittsburgh downtown to get limited free Wi-Fi access

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 06 July 2006

    ... officials have chosen U.S. Wireless Online to install and operate the network, which apparently will be offering a similar service that has recently has been outlined by Google and Earthlink in San Francisco ...

23. Is Intel showing some much-needed business savvy in its XScale sale?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 27 June 2006

    ... property that prospective buyers wouldn't want to bother with. This Google Earth map of Santa Clara depicts the distance in feet between Marvell's headquarters and Intel's. Their positions on cellular ...

24. Google, EarthLink push Wi-Fi

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Wednesday, 22 February 2006

      Internet service provider EarthLink now plans to team up with search giant Google in a proposal to offer Wi-Fi to San Francisco residents, a move that's likely to add credibility to a movement by ...

25. TG Daily complete wrap-up of CES 2006 coverage

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 03 January 2006

    ... to our inner "Urge," as MTV becomes one of Windows Media Player's new live-in guests. Read more... Google's Larry Page draws crowd, but falls short of making a major announcement Google president and ...

26. Google proposes free Wi-Fi for San Francisco

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sunday, 02 October 2005

      The free Wi-Fi Internet service would cover the city and allow Google to test its technology and targeted advertising. When Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a request for information from companies that ...

27. Google to launch Wi-Fi service?

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 20 September 2005

      A page on the Google Web site instructs customers on how to download Google Secure Access, a client that the site says "allows you to establish a more secure connection while using Google WiFi." ...