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Online Video on the Rise
The online video industry some rapid growth in certain areas. As the industry tries to find more efficient routes to monetizing the greater and greater demand. In the past we’ve covered how some, including OnLive, take the ‘if you can’t beat them join them’ approach with the streaming giant, who has in turn seen an ...
Mobile Advertising Trends Take on the Market
According to a recent report released by IDC also covered by SFGate, Google and Apple currently hold the largest share of the mobile ad market, which may be fairly obvious for some, especially in light of the companies’ recent acquisitions. “But the mobile display ad market is still very fragmented, and no single company has ...
Facebook Expanding in D.C. for Progress with Privacy Issues
Facebook is expanding its Washington D.C office with the timely addition of privacy-related advocates, as its privacy issues raise more and more eyebrows from legislators. The company is currently amidst a search for a public-policy expert and a vice spokesman, followed by a recent appointment of a new head of office and the team of ...
IDC Predicts 2011 Personal, Mobile Cloud Boom
Global market intelligence firm IDC issued a report predicting personal and mobile cloud use will grow out of their current proportions, and collide into mainstream IT. The report also predicts a 5.7% increase in global IT spending and a 500+ percent growth in the cloud in 2011, among other things. “What really distinguishes the year ...
RIM Acquires mobile UI designer TAT
RIM’s CTOD David Yach today announced in the Blackberry blog that UI designer TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) will join Research in Motion’s lines to develop BB PlayBook and its other mobile platforms. “Today we are pleased to confirm plans for The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) team to join Research In Motion (RIM)… For those who don’t ...
Google Reader for Android: Another Stand Alone App Launch
Google today announced in its blog it has released Google Reader for Android, as a standalone app. Reader for Android has numerous features, and is only one item in an array of many the search engine giant has taken to minimize the gap between its PC and mobile offerings, which is crucial for Android’s future ...
Kikked in the Face with a Lawsuit, RIM Takes No Prisoners
The Canada-based RIM sued Kik yesterday for allegedly infringing patents related to BBM. No exact details were disclosed, but the lawsuit does include accusations blaming Kik chief and former RIM employee Ted Livingston of unlawfully using information he obtained from the mobile maker in order to copy BlackBerry Messenger aspects. “Kik was once the highlight ...
HP Champions webOS, Ditches Microsoft’s MediaSmart Server line
Hewlett-Packard will officially remove Microsoft’s MediaSmart Server line, including, Windows Home Server codenamed ‘Vail’ from its support lineup, as it will stop selling it as of the end of 2010.It’s a big move for HP, but one geared towards its own interests. The shift is in favor of its own webOS. “HP has ditched Microsoft’s ...
Twitter Drops Verified Accounts, Seeks Better Spam Spells
2009 was the year the largest micro-blogging social network introduced verified accounts to help users determine the authenticity of celebrity accounts, but Twitter has been silently dropping this system in favor of something else. The little blue check mark which appears next to authenticated celebrity accounts was aimed to minimize spam, as Twitter’s new system ...
Red Hat Ramping-up PaaS with Makara Acquisition
Open-source giant Red Hat has acquired cloud apps deployment and management solutions developer Makara, accelerating its PaaS offering’s development. “”Cloud Foundations is about enabling customers and developers to have an easy on-ramp to the cloud. With the addition of Makara, we aim to further simplify application deployment and management,” said Paul Cormier, president of Products ...
