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India Gains on RIM with Manual Access to Messages – Still After Automated Access
The Indian government now has manual access to BlackBerry messages. It’s a step India’s hopeful about, with goals of receiving automated access to messages in the coming months. Officials here, sharing their concerns with several other countries regarding the potentially dangerous uses of the BlackBerry smartphone, is threatening Canada-based Research in Motion with a ban ...
Microsoft Appoints New Head for Xbox, Office Division
After having to see the former head of their Office division being snatched by Nokia only to become their CEO, Microsoft rushes straight into filling the vacancy by hiring one of their own – Kurt DelBene, an executive with 18 years of experience with the corporation. “DelBene is an 18-year Microsoft veteran. He led engineering ...
Groupon Pushes Growth with Merit-Based Scholarship Deals
The pioneering Groupon daily coupon site has added yet another category to its ever-expanding list of deals: the $60,000 Grouspawn parents-based (2+ blows in one) strike college scholarships service. In 20 years from now, when everybody will be going to work in flying cars, the parents possessing solid proof they used the Groupon daily-deal service ...
Surprising Groupon Survey Results, and Growing Discomfort among Business Owners
Daily-deal site Groupon has created striking waves throughout the entire web since its launch. Speculated by many to be one of the fastest growing online businesses ever and raising an impressive $170 million in funding throughout only 2 years, it definitely has a remarkable portfolio. Nevertheless, this fame is equally balanced by its lack of ...
The Devil is in the Details, and Google’s Threading them Out
In their latest announcement / semi-disclosed piece of friendly G-mail propaganda, Google had announced in their latest blog that they updated the ever-popular G-mail service, and “finally,” as quoted from one of our editors here at SiliconANGLE, and gave users the option to turn off the default “Conversation View”. “Users who prefer a traditional inbox ...
From BlackBerry OS to PlayBook OS: About Time?
RIM’s PlayBook tablet, officially announced this week, will, oddly enough, be using a different operating system than the company’s BlackBerry devices. The PlayBook will consequently be powered by RIM’s latest acquisition of mobile OS developer QNX, and not the latest, sixth version of the BlackBerry operating system. Today, however, brings news that RIM may be ...
Microsoft Expands To More Markets, Collides with Old Rivals
Introducing the new and improved version of Office for Mac, Microsoft has made a rebound from its past, possibly deliberately abortive Office editions, and offers OS X users a new Office experience – a decent one. PCMag offers the details, “…Microsoft has finally gotten it right. After a string of disappointing releases, the new Mac ...
Google Preps Developers for International Paid Apps Market
The Android paid apps support currently enabled in a Google-uncharacteristic number of only 14 countries seems to finally be heading to a long-anticipated significant expansion. The following e-mail sent to Android developers from Google indicates the same: “Hello, We’re writing to inform you about some changes to Android Market that require your attention. Over the ...
Twitter Commands High Prices for Promoted Tweets – Statistics In Favor.
Twitter has recently picked up some of the Adword & AdSense ‘street wisdom’ Google has long since developed, and with a first sizable shot at making cold-hard advertising revenue, this Valley start-up is beginning to do some heavy marketing of its own. But is it the right direction? The Wall Street Journal looks at both ...
First Maker’s Faire in the East Coast, and the Age of Tomorrow
Taking place on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science, the first ever Maker’s Faire in the east coat is happening this weekend. It’s going to showcase just how far along we’ve come since the early days of the Net. Social media empowers people, and those people empower the community. O’Reilly’s got a ...