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Google releases Mac tools

Posted by | Dec 28, 2011 | |

Google’s internal Mac Operations Team is releasing the tools, scripts and utilities it uses to help manage their “large fleet of Macs.”

To start they’ve released Google-Macops (http://macte.ch/CRQhg) for managing Macs in a corporate environment, a collection of Python utilities for Mac OS X system administration (http://code.google.com/p/pymacadmin/), as well as a simple facter recipe (http://macte.ch/Nqczn) to create facts from the database. The Google Mac Operations Team says that they’ll be releasing other items over time.

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Apple has three spots in Google’s Zeitgeist results for 2011

Apple has three spots in Google’s Zeitgeist results for 2011

Posted by | Dec 16, 2011 | |

Apple has three of the top 10 spots in Google’s Zeitgeist results for 2011 (http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en).

The iPhone was number six on the list, Steve Jobs was number nine and the iPad 2 was number 10. Google says “Zeitgeist sorted billions of Google searches to capture the year’s 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011.”

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Report: Apple, Google Walle will force MNO cooperation

Report: Apple, Google Walle will force MNO cooperation

Posted by | Nov 28, 2011 | |

Mobile wallets are coming, and while MNOs [mobile network operators] will provide the majority of NFC-based mobile wallets, their market share will erode between 2012 and 2016 as Google and Apple claim loyal users, according to ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com).

“By the end of 2012, Google will prove that Google Wallet is a hit with consumers. By 2014, we will see Google Wallets supported alongside competing MNO offerings globally,” says Mark Beccue, senior analyst, mobile commerce and NFC. “MNOs will provide 75% of all mobile wallets in 2012, shrinking to 63% in 2016.”

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Greg’s Bite: Google 1 Gig to offer phone and TV

Greg’s Bite: Google 1 Gig to offer phone and TV

Posted by | Nov 4, 2011 | , |

By Greg Mills

Since I live in Kansas City, Kansas, site of the coming Google 1 Gig Internet service, I have tried to keep my ear to the ground on developments. Getting information from Google about what they plan reminds me of the black hole at Apple R&D. “The Wall Street Journal” reports Google plans to offer phone and cable TV as well as super fast Internet when they finally get around to launching the project.

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