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WHAT$APP signals bubble or broad undervaluation — TESLA-APPLE tie-up? — Google Magic Carpet (MAPS) — SCHMIDT leaves HR ‘paper trail’

February 20, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Google And VMware Make Accessing Windows Apps, Desktops From ChromeOS Easier

Google and VMware today announced that they are working together to make it easier for Chromebook users in the enterprise to access Windows apps and the Windows desktop on their machines. Using VMware’s Horizon desktop as a service (DaaS), which uses VMware‘s HTML5 Blast protocol, it will now be easier for Chromebook users to connect to […]

Google Updates Its Enterprise Search Appliance With More Flexible Search Options

The Google Search Appliance (GSA) is a rack-based server for enterprises that allows them to bring Google’s search technology in-house. Today, Google is launching a software update to GSA (version 7.2) that allows companies to more easily manage how unstructured content is indexed and gives users access to new search features, including wildcard queries. This new version also […]

Google Launches Chromebox For Meetings, A $999 Videoconferencing System Based On ChromeOS

At a small media event in Mountain View today, Google announced the launch of Chromebox for Meetings, a $999 Core i7-based ASUS Chromebox setup with a remote, camera and microphone for conference rooms. The system uses Hangouts in the backend and is also compatible with existing conferencing setups from Vidyo and UberConference (for phone calls). The […]

Honeymoon for NADELLA, Enterprise Man — Beware of, fix FLASH exploit — iPHONE’s US smartphone share 42% — EU commands GOOGLE to heel

February 5, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Europe’s Antitrust Chief Almunia Clears Google On Search Probe; Competitors Up In Arms

Joachin Alumnia, the European Commission’s antitrust chief, has today finally given his final verdict on a decade-long antitrust investigation over its search practices against Google: the U.S.-based giant has been given all-clear and will now move forward on implementing remedies, after submitting proposals a third time around. But as soon as decision was made public, […]

GOOGLE sells Motorola, keeps patents — FACEBOOK grabs mobile crown — MICROSOFT eyes Nadella for CEO — ELLISON: IBM, SAP no longer threats

January 30, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

Nadella in, Gates out @MICROSOFT — GOOGLE stumbles, splits — AMAZON forced to raise Prime price — BOX sneaks IPO filing — Reset YAHOO email password!

January 31, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

BIG YoY jump in iPhone sales — HP launches Win7 PC promo — EBAY’s digital currency marketplace — YAHOO tops Google 6th straight month

January 21, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post

IBM dumps server unit on Lenovo — EBAY spinning off PayPal? — Obama panel: NSA phone collection worthless, illegal — Protesters visit GOOGLE engineer home

January 23, 2014 06:00 PST | 09:00 EST | 14:00 UTC Not a TechBrief subscriber? Sign up for a free subscription. Tweet This Post