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The Publishing Revolution: Google, Apple Now Leading the Charge
The publishing industry spurred a lot of news this week, with updates and developments affecting its every major aspect. Google and Apple seem to have taken charge of the digital prospect of publishing, rolling out a few updates of their own this week. But let’s take a brief step back and consider some other players ...
Appcelerator and Engine Yard Partner Up for Joint Mobile Cloud Solution
Yesterday web-based application development solution Appcelerator and Ruby on Rails development and deployment platform Engine Yard announced a partnership to deliver a new solution, combining joint platform benefits. The Appcelerator Platinum-Engine Yard hybrid offering will aim to simplify the deployment of web-scale, cross-platform mobile Rails applications, following the trend HTML5 kick started, but from a ...
Android Ice Cream (Sandwich) to Combine Honeycomb and Gingerbread
Google CEO Eric Schmidt hit the podium at the Mobile World Congress conference, and announced the next version of Android. Schmidt only hinted about the name of the next generation Android saying it will “start with an I [and] be named after a dessert”, he did detail about the technical aspect. Android Ice Cream Sandwitch, ...
Cisco Reports Mobile Data Growth, Rolls out New Products at MWC
The Barcelona-held Mobile World Congress had seen a lot activity this week, and networking giant Cisco is also joining the mobile party with some news of its own. The first highlight is a mobile data traffic report the company released. Cisco reports mobile traffic grew by 156 percent in 2010, totaling at about 237 petabytes ...
Mobile Game Markets Take a Serious Leap Forward: The Android Symbiosis
GetJar, a leading cross-platform app store which reports 1.5 billion app downloads to date, announced it has raised $25 million in Series C funding. The sum was raised from Tiger Global Management, and existing investor Accel Partners will also participate in the round. The capital will also be used to further develop the app store ...
The Tech Industry Steadily Invests, AOL CEO and Others are All Over this Bandwagon
There have been a great deal of significant investments going on in the tech industry these past couple of weeks, and AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong has hopped on the bandwagon. The Wall Street Journal reports that Armstrong increased his share of AOL to 4 percent by acquiring 477,000 shares at an average price ...
Akamai and Ericsson Team-Up in the Cloud
Akamai and Ericsson announced a team-up at the 2011 Mobile World Congress this week, to create a mobile cloud acceleration platform extending Akamai’s reach even further. The exclusive deal between the two is aimed to set-up content delivery networks “touching” operator networks on a global scale in order to introduce better service, new business models ...
HP Goes Hard with Data Markets, Set to Acquire Vertica
Hewlett-Packard has announced it’s signed an agreement to acquire cloud analytics platforms provider Vertica for an undisclosed amount. With the acquisition of Vertica the electronics giant can enhance its data optimization offerings portfolio with real-time, large-scale analytics. “In today’s highly competitive environment, customers need the ability to manage the increasing amounts of data and growing streams ...
Motorola Takes Android to Work, and Beyond: MWC 2011 Coverage
Motorola had a lot to announce in this year’s Mobile World Congress event, focusing on security as well as enterprise mobile. The first piece of news is the acquisition of Android enterprise security start-up 3LM. Motorola is expected to officially announce the acquistion later today. Basically, the purpose of this move is to help Motorola sell ...
Intel Invests $26M in Mobile Cloud
The latest addition of Intel’s massive recent investments spree is a $26 million investment in the mobile cloud, specifically in 6 international companies stretching from Beijing to Menlo Park, California. Among these companies is open-source video platform provider Kaltura and InVisage Technologies, who offers a quantum dot-based material essentially replacing the silicon (but not the ...