Facebook is out to take away the meal from Google and it’s not wasting any chances, now this next round is about Email and Facebook is inviting to a next Monday media event to launch a new email-related service, rumors point to the fact that it’s going to be a hard ball for Google and if Facebook integrates this new service into its platform it could potentially derail Google’s Gmail and brings users from Hotmail and Yahoo for the matter. Integration is the new trend and Google has done this kind of ...

I was expecting the transformation of the iPod Touch into a more versatile gaming touch device, Apple had another idea, but rumors about a 7″ iPad has inundated the internet and while I don’t believe that Apple will ever launch it as a real product, I would like to see a more gaming oriented device from Apple, games alone can drive more revenue per device that what Apple actually gets from the iPod Touch and developers will jump immediately to supply hardcore games to the new platform. What’s needed? A real bigger screen or 7″ game-based iPad, because the iPod Touch ...

Sony introduced the SMP-N100 Network Media Player, which offers a Wi-Fi connection to a home network, and DLNA compatibility to stream a wide range of audio and video content. As well as BRAVIA Internet Video, the SMP-N100 is compatible with a wide range of file formats and has Sony’s IP Content Noise Reduction to improve streamed video — especially useful for YouTube! And it’s all accessed through simple XrossMedia Bar on-screen menus or via free apps for the iPhone/iPod ...

Microsoft today released a beta version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) and introduced consumers to its vision of site-centric browsing and the promise of a more beautiful Web. At a launch event in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that the IE9 beta is now available in 33 languages worldwide for download. With a simple user interface that masks new technical muscle and all-around fast performance, the new browser is designed to take a backseat and bring forward the full beauty of the websites and applications people care about, says Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft’s corporate ...

Apple has launched Ping, its new Music Social Network where users can follow and be followed by friends, bands and everybody with an iTunes account, but Ping is not the first attempt by Apple to create its own social network related community, there are rumors that points to an imminent redesign to the Support Area into a Support Community where users will be able to collect points depending on how usefull is the information they provide to others. But the Ping and the Community area of Apple’s support website are not the ...

Google Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdMob, a mobile display ad technology provider, for $750 million in stock. This acquisition will enhance Google’s existing expertise and technology in mobile advertising, while also giving advertisers and publishers more choice in this growing new area.

“Mobile advertising has enormous potential as a marketing medium and while this industry is still in the early stages of development, AdMob has already made exceptional progress in a very short time,” said Susan Wojcicki, Vice President of Product Management at Google. “AdMob is the quintessential Silicon Valley startup — generating …

Rupert Murdoch has been trying to make his internet news sites accesible only to people that can pay for the content and while this is nothing new, the endeavour doesn’t guarantee any success.

He believes nobody is making real money with internet websites, so he will be charging visitors for content and place ads on those pages and at the same time he will be hiding the content of his websites from Google in a direct strike to Google News, but what Mr. Murdoch could do is to turn off the search engine option in the Robots.txt file in …