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Verizon Beats AT&T in Voice Calls for iPhones

in Personal Technology on February 2, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

Some major benefits of the new Verizon iPhone service include crisp, clear calls with relatively few drops. But AT&T offers faster data downloads.

Microsoft Sticks a Cautious Toe Into the Ad Exchange Business

in Media on February 1, 2010 at 3:45 am PT

Is Microsoft is finally ready to a launch its long-delayed advertising exchange? Just barely. Redmond is set to roll out AdECN, the “real-time” ad exchange it bought in 2007 within the next two weeks. But only in the most cautious of tests: Microsoft will open up AdECN to a handful of ad buyers and says it will only allow them to purchase a “select, limited amount of Microsoft inventory.”

"Smartbooks" Latest to Join Crowded Computer Market

in News on December 30, 2009 at 8:21 am PT

Companies gambling that they can shake up the portable-computer market plan to lay some cards on the table in Las Vegas next week. The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show will be a coming-out party for a new breed of ultra-small laptops that act more like smart phone–designed to be always on and connected to the Internet via 3G cellular networks, ready to call up a Web page or post an update on Twitter.

Facebook Helps Developers Plan Ahead

in News on October 29, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook Wednesday threw its software developers a bone, releasing a “roadmap” of forthcoming features to help them plan their products. They include new ways for software applications, like games, to messages Facebook users when their friends want to play Scrabble, for instance.

Organizing Your Online Shopping

in The Digital Solution on May 12, 2009 at 5:20 pm PT

Snipi organizes online-shopping results by gathering, or “snipping,” product information from Web pages and saving the information to lists.

The Akamai Presidency? [UPDATED]

in News on March 2, 2009 at 12:20 pm PT

So much for the “YouTube Presidency.” The Obama administration is no longer using Google’s video player to deliver the President’s weekly addresses online. Instead, it will use an Akamai player. No reason has yet been given for the abrupt switch, although some speculate it was inspired by privacy concerns over the video-sharing site.
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Yahoo Lets Users Take Notes

in News on February 4, 2009 at 3:47 pm PT

If Yahoo’s search engine made it easier to organize a ski trip or research a new cellphone, would you use it more frequently? The search engine–a distant second to Google in usage–is hoping so. Yahoo announced plans Wednesday to start testing a new research tool that tries to detect when someone is doing a research-related search and offers to save Web pages and notes in a separate document for future recall.