Google+Apple=Goopple?

Google, meet Apple. Apple, meet Google.
Oh, you two already know each other? Great! Time for the two of you to hurry up and tie the knot, then. Or at least start working together.
It’s easy to see why tech fantasists root for a future tie-up between the two companies. Their fan bases would view a [...]

Microsoft beats Google to Facebook stake

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp beat out Google Inc on Wednesday in a battle to invest in socializing Web site Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in the Web phenomenon.
Microsoft also clinched exclusive rights to sell ads on Facebook outside of the United States as part of the investment that [...]

Hands-on with Gmail’s new IMAP support

Gmail is getting support for IMAP clients like Outlook, Thunderbird, and the iPhone. This means that Gmail users will no longer limited to the Gmail.com user interface or to the weak integration they can get from clients using the much more rudimentary POP email protocol.
There’s no word on the official rollout schedule for IMAP [...]