Besides Google Android, the tablet king Apple iPad is about to get a taut rival in Windows 8. Microsoft has already previewed its ARM compatible Windows 8 and a dedicated app store called the Windows Store for it. Maybe, Google’s Android might not have overcome Apple iPad in number of products sold. But when it comes to Windows 8, iPad may be grounded on the fact that Microsoft’s firmware is more enterprise friendlier and innovative. As per reports, Microsoft has tied up with a number of OEMs including the Asian giants like Asus, Huawei, ZTE and Acer. MORE >>

Co-organizer Patrick Ashmalla and I are presenting together on Google Project Glass and augmented reality. Google Project Glass promises to take ubiquitous mobile Internet access and layer unprecedented information into our day-to-day existence. While Google doesn’t like the term augmented reality, wearable computing could move this concept from a geeky work in progress to a breakthrough Internet application. Scheduled for release in 2014, Project Glass holds so much promise Apple and Microsoft have competing projects. Image by Andy Sternberg. MORE >>

Home > Google Here are some big lists of Googlers, Google employees and Google staff which you might want to contact, communicate and socially interact with. Google jobs are the most popular work destinations, and everyone wants to get a Google job. While Google jobs are full of perks unlike any other company, very few can actually earn the title of a Googler. This is an attempt to collect the best links from across the web which feature big lists of Google employees. Google Employees Lists. GoogleRelated articles. MORE >>

Google’s gross revenue from mobile advertising is over US$1 billion per year. Mobile iPad microsoft tag mobile smartphones tabletsLove your smart phone? Debating a tablet? Gone app crazy? Check out these stats on the mobile market … 1. Smart phones. “Of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones in use, 1.08 billion are smartphones.&#. Smart phones. Of those, 3.08 billion are SMS enabled. Mobile. One half of searches are done via a mobile device: smartphone,tablet, etc. Mobile. 86% use their mobile devices (smartphone/tablet) in conjunction with watching TV. Mobile Web. MORE >>

Contrary to popular perception, Microsoft is one of the most revolutionary software-makers out there, yet it has been eclipsed by Apple , Google and others. Everyone I know loves to use Google, including me.  However, I tend to use Google more because its results – and I’m not sure whether this is down to perception or algorithm – tend to be more accurate. Google is also moving incredibly quickly on social search, aided by wins with Google Plus and +1s and I can see the beginnings of change to my search behaviour as a result. Yahoo! MORE >>