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Skyfire Hires Two Across Hybrid Lines of Flash and Movie Delivery
Skyfire, the company that wowed us with the smartphone browser that ran videos better than anyone else, has gone on a hiring spree. According to a TechCrunch exclusive, they’ve snapped up Vinay Ramani from Adobe’s Flash team and they’ve also hired John Metzger, now ex-senior director of engineering for Akamai. From Adobe comes Vinay Ramani, ...
Sugar Inc. Acquires MyPerfectSale, Building International Empire
Looks like the family of women’s online media is about to get a little smarter, Sugar Inc. has bought MyPerfectSale. Sugar Inc. is a leading international online media company—emphasis on the international when it comes to MyPerfectSale. The buy certainly dovetails nicely with Sugar Inc.’s current ties to the industry by giving viewers access to ...
Eventbrite Releases a Report on the Impact of Social Networking on eCommerce
Eventbrite has released a report based on how engagement with social networks drives eCommerce. The report provides a quantification for a great deal of data. They’re also in an excellent position to collect this sort of data as one of the world’s largest event ticketing companies. The name of the report is Social Commerce: A ...
Mozilla Finds a New Chief Executive With SAP’s Gary Kovacs
The maker of the open-source Firefox web browser, Mozilla, has been on the hunt for a new CEO for almost six months since the announcement by John Lilly that he’d be seeking other employment. It appears that their search has ended with Gary Kovacs. But who is Gary Kovacs and what does his appointment mean ...
Windows Messenger Connect Comes out of Beta
Not to be left out of the social bookmarking and sharing scene, Microsoft Inc. has developed a tool that allows web page administrators and developers to connect up to Windows Live Messenger (amid myriad other services). The recently golden Windows Messenger Connect provides a set of APIs that allow users to “communicate via Windows Live ...
TweetDeck’s Android App is Official
Twitter aficionados with Google Android phones are about to get a new friend, TweetDeck just came out of beta and is available on the Android Market: For those of you who haven’t had the chance to test the beta, Android TweetDeck is a completely reworked UI for managing your social media empire. With the app ...
4G Wireless Gets a Boost as Broadcom Acquires Beceem Communications
Broadcom Corporation just announced their acquisition of Beceem Communications amidst some fanfare from the wireless community. Broadcom is already a powerful player and innovator in the telecommunications industry and their acquisition of Beceem bring them even more leverage to innovate with. Hopefully, they’ll also pump a lot of new life into the next generation of ...
Drowning in Java: Oracle, IBM Deal Takes Aim At Android
At the heart of every Android phone is a platform that runs on a specialized form of Java. In fact, it’s at the core of the success of Google’s smart phone line, which is why the news from InfoWorld of Oracle and IBM making a pact comes as a potential blow to the search giant’s ...
Sometrics GameCoins Join Facebook Credits in Virtual Currency Exchange Program
Earlier this year we saw Facebook Credits start taking off, which they’ve expected to be a huge boon to their social gaming community with the ability to spend virtual coin anywhere across a multitude of gaming and social environments. Now, social app maker Sometrics is jumping on board as well. Customers of Sometrics can now ...
New Generation of Teens Less Concerned With Online Password Safety, Survey Says
A new survey is showing that the younger generation—what we might dub the social generation—of teens are a bit less smart with their online security than the one before. Just like interacting with the real world, it’s equally important to understand the basic rules of sanitation when running around in a virtual environment and common ...