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The Cloud Reformation around Digital, Print Media
The cloud is infiltrating everything, and the media sector, in all its many facets, is no exception. We’ve seen a lot of activity bringing the cloud to this ever-changing segment; a growing trend which coincides with reader ‘print-abandonment’ in favor of digital editions. However, while printing may be a dying industry in some areas, Google ...
FalconStor’s So-So Earnings Call for Innovation in 2011
Disk-base data protection company FalconStor had its earnings call this week, which reflects an earlier decline for the company, but also some optimistic growth outlook throughout Q4, 2011. The company reports a record of $26.5 million in revenues in the fourth quarter, which represents an increase of 18% compared to the same period in 2009, ...
Microsoft-Nokia Love Match Takes Mobile Industry in New Direction
The mobile space had seen a lot of activity, updates, rumors and news breaks this past week or so, and it’s indicative of some larger trends taking place within the industry. As it pertains to user adoption, consumer behavior and business wars, mobile is a hot topic, with plenty to talk about. The Nokia/Microsoft deal ...
It’s An Android World, but Adversaries Await
Android had a busy past week, with the press event around Honeycomb 3.0 and a full-force front of manufacturers creating devices, tablets in particular, around this amplified operating system. But the industry is fighting back, with Apple’s expedited production plan for its second gen iPad, and HP debuting its tablet-webOS combo. Android, as popular as ...
Google Sweetening the Honeycomb Pot for Developers
CNET reports a new interface dubbed Renderscript purposed for the upcoming Honeycomb will enable programmers to manage hardware functionalities for their applications. Honeycomb-running hardware will be unlocked using low-level programming, according to a blog post by Google Android performance and graphics programmer R. Jason Sams. “The target audience is the set of developers looking to ...
Slacker Raises $3 million in Funding, Vastly Expands Market
TechCrunch reports cross-platform radio station Slacker raised $3 million in debt funding , according to an SEC filing. The company hasn’t disclosed too many details about the investment, aside from a confirmation that it has secured capital from all its existing investors. Slacker also said the sum will be used “for scaling the business” based ...
Microtask Crowdsources the National Library of Finland
Microtask has undertaken the enormous task of crowdsourcing the National Library of Finland — the process of digitizing its paper-only documents, to be more specific. Microtask and the library launched a first of its kind in Europe national e-program named Digitalkoot, and the first Phase includes two online games. This project follows at least 5 ...
Hitachi Adds VAAI Support with VMware’s Global Expansion
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation announced VMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration, or VAAI, support on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. This makes the platform the first one to offer VAAI support for virtualized storage, which can also reportedly extend to more than 100 virtualized multivendor storage arrays. This is meant to further assist end-clients looking to ...
Location-based Marketing on the Rise, JiWire Reports
Location-based shopping and travel services are on the rise. This growing trend is yielding some new innovations, most recently by location platform maker CSR. The company announced it will feature its new ‘urban canyon’ and indoor location technology in the Mobile World Congress ‘Experience Room’ next week. “These will enable accurate automotive navigation throughout the ...
Enterprise Tablet Takeover: HP Touchpad, iPad 2 Predictions, Dell and IBM
HP had some big news yesterday, reigning tablets supreme at their webOS event. The big announcements were of three new webOS tablets: the Palm Pre 3, Veer, and Touchpad Tablet, introduced shortly before the unveiling of the iPad 2. The Touchpad gets a closer look here, outlining some of its features including its advanced keyboard, ...