Mike Isaac in News on June 28 at 11:34 am PT
Sundar Pichai and his team want to own the cloud.
Ina Fried in News on June 28 at 11:15 am PT
Co-founder Sergey Brin takes to the roof of Moscone West to show how the company pulled off its skydiving stunt.
Kara Swisher in News on June 28 at 11:15 am PT
For those who tweeted that they now want to move to Canada over the Supreme Court’s backing of President Obama’s health care overhaul: They have an even bigger public health care system!
Ina Fried in Enterprise on June 28 at 10:54 am PT
The company is expanding its range of services that allow companies to run their businesses off of Google’s servers.
Ina Fried in News on June 28 at 10:45 am PT
Google is aiming to boost awareness and sales of devices running its cloud-based Chrome OS.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 28 at 10:18 am PT
Overall, the Chrome browser now has 310 million users, up from 160 million a year ago.
Liz Gannes in News on June 28 at 9:51 am PT
Google introduced Chrome for iOS, offline editing for Google Docs, Chromebooks sold at Best Buy, and Compute Engine. Plus a reprise of its ridiculous Google Glass skydiving stunt.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 28 at 9:47 am PT
Big Fish provided an early look of its streaming game service this week, which it plans to launch this summer on PCs and Android tablets — but not on Apple’s iOS.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 28 at 9:35 am PT
Nintendo of America
has hired Duncan Orrell-Jones to head up the company’s very important digital strategy for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Orrell-Jones, who will start July 1, will hold the title of SVP of Nintendo’s Network Business. He will work in Redmond, Wash., and report to the Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. Most recently, Orrell-Jones was SVP at the Disney Interactive Media Group.
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Mike Isaac in Social on June 28 at 9:00 am PT
StumbleUpon Thursday morning tapped former Yahoo executive Cody Simms to be vice president of product at the social discovery Web site. Simms spent seven years at Yahoo in various product-related roles, and previously held product positions at the New York Times and NBC Internet. The hire comes little more than a month after StumbleUpon co-founder Garrett Camp stepped down from the CEO position, which remains to be filled.
John Paczkowski in Media on June 28 at 8:10 am PT
Apple’s iTunes media software is long overdue for an overhaul, and before the end of the year it will get one.
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Bonnie Cha in Product News on June 28 at 8:05 am PT
After
some delays, Sprint now says the
Samsung Galaxy S III will be available in stores and online on July 1. The 16 gigabyte model costs $199.99 with a two-year contract; the 32GB version is $249.99 on contract. The latter will only be sold online and through telesales.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 28 at 7:59 am PT
The move comes a day after Humm stepped down as head of the No. 4 U.S. carrier.
