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Facebook Appeals to Gamers and Developers with New iPad App
Facebook launched the first version of its iPad app this week, which is available immediately via the App Store. It also extended its Facebook Platform to its iOS apps and mobile site, allowing developers to reach the 350 million users that access the social media site via these channels every month according to the company. ...
SAP Ventures Puts $10M in One97
SAP Ventures, the software maker’s VC arm, invested $10 million in One97 Communications, an India-based company that provides services to telcos and mobile users. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and current head of the company said One97 will use the capital to expand its business in Asia and Africa, boost R&D and hire new talent. ...
QLogic Invests in Partner Ecosystem, Margins
Networking solutions maker QLogic is on a steady growth track, and one way the company is maintaining this momentum is by expanding its partner ecosystem. SAN encryption provider Bloombase Technologies is the latest name on that list, now that it announced its Spitfire Encryption Security Server passed the QLogic Storage Networking Interoperability testing. “The comprehensive ...
Yammer’s New Desktop Version Gets More Social
Yammer upgrades the desktop version of its enterprise sharing and collaboration software, which now offers six new features. Most of the changes are designed to enhance the UI and the overall use experience. A group directory has been added so that users can navigate groups, including suggested ones, and access Yammer’s homepage in order to ...
Microsoft Patches OS, Fleshes Out Cloud
Microsoft has been busy this month with a wide variety of deals ranging from patching Windows, to closing an $8.5 billion acquisition. The October Patch Tuesday fixes include several significant ones, including partially a rumored update to the Malicious Software Removal Tool which will prevent Microsoft Security Essentials and Forefront from flagging Chrome as malicious ...
Microsoft Anxious for Skype Integration as Acquisition Finalizes
Microsoft closed off the acquisition of VoIP service provider Skype for a massive $8.5 million – the software maker’s biggest acquisition to date. Microsoft got the green light from the FTC in June, and now the European Commission also gave its approval. Skype head Tony Bates will become president of the Microsoft Skype Division, and will ...
RIM’s $100M Buy amidst Takeover Talk
Canadian phonemaker RIM can be compared to Nokia, which failed to adapt to the market trends in time and consequently got itself in some financial turmoil. The former however is still in better shape in some regards, and even as the rumor mull churns that it may become an acquisition itself, RIM buys out NewBay for ...
VMware Pairs Virtualization with Mobile Growth
In addition extending its virtualization ecosystem on the enterprise side, EMC subsidiary VMware is also working on developing a solid end-user portfolio centralized on mobile. Joe Baguley, VMware’s Chief Cloud Technologist, discussed this approach and his outlook during his opening keynote of day 2 of the NetEvents 2011 EMEA Summit entitled “IT’s All In The ...
Pocket Informant Tops Week’s Best iPad, Android Tablet Apps for Business
This week in business apps for the iPad and Android tablets, the app that took the top spot in our list is Pocket Informant for iPad. The award-winning app integrates calendaring and note-taking tools within one streamlined UI. It comes with a long list of features, functionalities and supports, and offers a rich user experience ...
This Week in the Cloud: Oracle-Salesforce Drama and More
This week featured the Oracle OpenWorld 2011 tech conference, and a host of other cloud industry updates. Some of them directly relate to the enterprise IT giant, with the public cloud being one of the main highlights. Both Hewlett-Packard and Google announced new service offerings. Starting off with HP, the company revealed earlier this week ...