Google has requested Steve Kondik, the developer of the Cyanogen build which is a custom Android build with many of the new Donut features already included, to remove Google apps from his Android builds.  Google explains their reasoning as Google apps are proprietary services.  If the developer were to remove such apps and develop a "...

After completing its purchase of AdMob, a firm that places mobile ads, Google says it will place ads with its mobile applications on smartphones, which may include Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Symbian apps. Google currently makes multiple applications for many different operating systems, including Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Voice among a few others. Be prepared for ads to ...

Cloud Computing Expo - CSC announced on Monday that the company began work with Google Inc. to replace the City of Los Angeles' current email and other applications with Google Apps, Google's suite of web-based productivity tools. The contract has a three-year base period and two one-year options. "By incorporating CSC's cloud computing integration and security expertise with Google...

Today Apple provided its answers to the FCC over the removal of the Google Voice application from the iPhone Apps Store. Apple notes, "Apple alone makes the final decisions to approve or not approve iPhone applications." Apple also said ...

Section: Communications, Smartphones, Mobile, Computers, Security, Software / Applications, Web, Web Apps To make their products more appeasing to IT security mangers, Google has added some security to their Google Apps.  Google is looking to provide a similar security experience to Microsofts Exchange.  These changes make smartphones accessing company data much more secure. The new secu...

"Android" and "open" go together like peanut butter and chocolate, but last year, avid Android followers were reminded that Android might be open, but Google apps for Android? Not so much. Workarounds have allowed use of those applications on phones, but Android's future is not limited to phones. Manufacturers are testing, announcing, and even releasing

Today Google announced a new online store for integrated business applications, The Google Apps Marketplace.

Insight EMEA, a division of Insight Enterprises Inc., a leading value-added reseller of IT solutions in 15 countries in EMEA, announced today that it had joined forces with Google Enterprise for the delivering of Google Apps online applications and services to the European market. According to the company, it will deliver the solution ...

Apple has received a stern letter from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking why it rejected the Google Voice for iPhone app and withdrew related third party apps from the iTunes App Store. The letter asks Apple to clarify the precise reasons behind its decision to remove the applications. It also questions Apple on the differences

oogle has integrated its Google Apps Premier to sync and integrate with BlackBerry making very appealing to enterprise business and educational users. By installing Google Apps Connector, you integrate the Google Apps messaging suite with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, letting employees use built-in BlackBerry applications to access their Google Apps email, calendar, and contacts. Now, customers of...