It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile “apps store” market.
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Google is set to offer Android Market - its own App Store-like content distribution system for the Android mobile phone platform which will allow users to buy, download and install content for the upcoming Android devices.
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Google offers a free, embeddable widget for web site owners that can help fight back against link typos, permalink problems, and other issues that send visitors to non-existent pages. The…
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ONE of Europe’s most popular price comparison websites, Ciao, has been snapped up by Microsoft as the Seattle-based software empire seeks to challenge the online dominance of Google.
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The Los Angeles Times reports German researchers, through the help of Google Earth, have discovered that 2 out of 3 cows point North. read more
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An anonymous reader writes “A group of Canadian engineering students was one of 10 teams to win a $275,000 prize from internet search giant Google Inc. Their program, Ecorio, gives users the ability to reduce their environmental footprint with tools that provide transit options for trips, invest in carbon reduction projects, and share their tips with other users. Other winners included a taxi …
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ iPhone Apps store, seeded with Kleiner Perkins’ $100 million iFund, isn’t the only game in town for developers. Search king Google names 20 developers recipients of funding for its Android applications competition. Winning applications for the open-source mobile operating system include cab search, carbon footprint tracking, and price comparison via photo of bar codes.
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Google is prepping for the release of its Android mobile phone operating system by taking a page from Apple’s playbook - and updating it. While Apple opened a successful online application store last month, one year after the iPhone went on sale and in time…
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BOZEMAN - A recent graduate of Montana State University’s computer science program, Jeffrey Sharkey, has placed among the top 10 entrants in the Google Android Developer Challenge, earning him a $275,000 cash prize.
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Google adds search suggestions to search results, generating a list of alternative search queries.