PayPal_mobilepayments

Is Google or PayPal Leading the Charge in Mobile Payments?

The results may surprise you.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce
May 25, 2012 at 2:30 pm PT

6711 posts and columns on Google

“Saturday Night Live” Figures It Out

in Media on May 25 at 12:53 pm PT

Remember when the show couldn’t figure out what to do when Lazy Sunday became a YouTube hit? Now it’s using the Web to show what didn’t even get to TV.
SNL

Orange Exec: Android, Windows Phone and iPhones Are Gas Guzzlers and Developing World Needs a Prius

in Mobile on May 25 at 12:25 pm PT

Senior VP Yves Maitre says all the major smartphone operating systems are too costly and bandwidth-hungry to meet the needs of the next several billion smartphone buyers.
gas_guzzler

News Byte

Pinterest Hires Facebook’s Barry Schnitt to Lead Communications

in News on May 24 at 2:59 pm PT

Pinterest has hired Barry Schnitt as its new head of communications and public policy. Schnitt had been at Facebook for the past four years, and eight more before that at Google. He’ll start at Pinterest next month. (Excuse the inside baseball, but from a press perspective, Pinterest has been nearly impenetrable lately despite its wide usage and impact.)

Google+ Android App All Dolled Up and Ready to Hangout

in Product News on May 24 at 11:29 am PT

The Google+ app for Android finally gets an update, and it’s got a feature that might make iPhone users jealous.
google_plus_android

With Motorola Deal Closed, Microsoft Scores Its First Direct Patent Hit on Google

in Mobile on May 24 at 10:35 am PT

A court in Germany ruled that Motorola’s Android products are infringing on a Microsoft patent related to text messaging, but said that the Google unit is not infringing on another of Redmond’s patents.
rockem_sockem_380

Game On! Google Adds In-App Subscriptions to Android.

in Mobile on May 24 at 10:04 am PT

Android developers can now charge for apps on a monthly or yearly subscription basis, with Google processing the payments.
google-play-subscriptions

News Byte

TrialPay Bulks Up Its Executive Team, Opens Office in Berlin

in Commerce on May 24 at 9:00 am PT

TrialPay plans to announce today that it is opening a European office in Berlin and adding three new executives to its management team. Managing Director of Europe Rob Schneider, formerly of Zanox, will head up the new office, while Jim Gerber, formerly of Google, will join the company’s offices in Mountain View, Calif., where he will be SVP of sales and partnerships. Lastly, Chris Davis, former SVP of Gaia Interactive, will become VP of Brand Sales. TrialPay helps online companies boost revenues by placing offers at the point of checkout.

Conan O’Brien Explains TV’s New Rules (Video)

in Media on May 24 at 7:49 am PT

“The days of, ‘I only want people to experience me at 11, on TBS’ — those days are over. … A whole generation is growing up that doesn’t watch television that way.”
conan o'brien NCTA

French Data Regulators to Google: How About Making Your Answers to Our Questions Universally Accessible and Useful?

in News on May 24 at 4:02 am PT

Just answer the damn questions, would ya?
google_greater_than_you

Larry Page on Tour: Our Big Bets Do Work Out

in News on May 23 at 12:49 pm PT

Google CEO Larry Page is on a public speaking rampage this week.
larry_page1

Jury Absolves Google in Patent Phase of Java Trial vs. Oracle

in News, May 23, 2012 at 11:07 am PT

Rubicon Project Buys Mobile Ad Start-Up Mobsmith for $10 Million

in Media, May 23, 2012 at 7:06 am PT

Several Other Motorola Executives Join Sanjay Jha in Heading for the Exits

in Mobile, May 22, 2012 at 4:21 pm PT

100 Most Valuable Brands: Apple Tops Again; Nokia Disappears

in News, May 22, 2012 at 11:02 am PT

It’s Time to Googorola: Acquisition Finally Closes and Google’s Dennis Woodside Put in Charge

in Mobile, May 22, 2012 at 6:35 am PT

TV Everywhere’s Counting Problem

in Media, May 22, 2012 at 3:30 am PT

Viral Video: “Jaws” Guy Bites Mark Zuckerberg and “Eric” Brin at Webbys

in News, May 22, 2012 at 12:14 am PT

StyleSaint Secures $1.5M to Create Pinterest With an E-Commerce Twist

in Commerce, May 21, 2012 at 5:20 pm PT

Game On! Googorola Acquisition Expected to Close on Tuesday.

in Mobile, May 21, 2012 at 4:58 pm PT

Yep, Google’s in the Content Business. And Now It’s Fessing Up to Its Machinima Investment.

Google Given Weeks to Resolve EU Antitrust Probe

in News, May 21, 2012 at 8:34 am PT

“Lazy Sunday 2”: “Saturday Night Live” Revives Big Media’s First Viral Video

in Media, May 20, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

China Clears Google’s Motorola Mobility Deal

in News, May 19, 2012 at 2:15 pm PT

$$FB$$ Has Arrived: So Now What?

in Social, May 18, 2012 at 5:01 am PT

A Look at Android Fragmentation: The Good, the Bad and the Pretty Charts

in Mobile, May 17, 2012 at 5:00 am PT