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Twitter for iPad Introduces Us to Panes
While up until this point Twitter has been hands-off with the iPad they have decided to build a first-party app: Twitter for iPad. And it looks like it has all the trappings to become the Twitter iPad killer app. From the hands-on article at PCMag, The free Twitter for iPad app expands the functionality of ...
Cisco Extends Smart-Metering with Arch Rock Acquisition Announcement
Today, Cisco announced their intent to acquire San Francisco based Arch Rock. With this acquisition, Cisco will be able to extend their reach into smart-metering systems that buttress smart-grid applications. Smart-grid appliances are capable of communicating with power distribution centers in order to regulate their power intake, save money, and reduce waste electricity. From Cisco’s ...
TV OS Scrap, Who Will Come Out On Top?
It’s all about the screens, baby. With PC desktop and mobile screens locked down already by major OS developers, we’ve still got one huge screen looming on the horizon: TV screens. And, in light of today’s big announcement by Apple—which might include information about Apple TV—the various OS giants appear to be circling, girding for ...
Mobile Acquisitions: Alcatel-Lucent Buys OpenPlug, VeriFone Buys WAY Systems
Today brings us a small slew of mobile related acquisitions. Starting with atel-Lucent who look to extend their range of mobile applications through an acquisition of OpenPlug through the company’s ELIPS Studio. This product is a developer tool, which allows developers to write an application once and have it translated automatically across multiple platforms. From ...
Scoreloop Makes Android Gaming Social: New App, Updated SDK
With the Android gaming market still living in the shadow of the iPhone it’s important to stand up and take notice of those businesses who are working to bring it into the light. One such company happens to be Scoreloop who hope to revolutionize the Android social gaming landscape. Scoreloop’s offering to the market is ...
Google Mail Gets Smart: Releases Priority Inbox
Having trouble sorting through your ever-filling e-mail box every day, trying to sort out what to read now or what can wait until later? Well, Google Mail has a solution for you: Priority Inbox. Already being rolled out in beta format—most users will be able to access it through their “experimental features” tab—it will use ...
Twitter Switches to OAuth This Morning
The Twitter API will make a final change for third-party app developers this morning (8am Pacific time) that will drop Basic Auth for OAuth. Users of applications that haven’t kept up with Twitter news will find themselves suddenly out in the cold when Twitter starts rejecting their status updates. Fortunately, most popular Twitter apps–such as ...
HyTrust Giving IT Departments Control of their Cloud
Another interesting revelation from the VMworld 2010 Conference: HyTrust Cloud Control. With cloud computing adoption on the rise and numerous services cropping up across the landscape, different mechanisms for taking control and keeping control will become extremely important. HyTrust expects to enhance this with HyTrust Cloud Control as an integration solution with VMware vCloud Director. ...
Google Buying Into Mobile Social Gaming With SocialDeck
Another buy for Google, with the acquisition of SocialDeck, as announced on its homepage. Just last week, we posted an info-graphic about Google’s acquisition history. One of the revelations from this graphic happens to be Google’s recent foray into gaming—and while this buy is no exception, it also thrusts them further into the social media ...
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Showcase by Force 3 at VMworld 2010
Force 3, a provider of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technology, will be giving a showcase at this year’s VMworld 2010 conference about their product family. They are a VMware Premiere Partner, so we expect them to know a thing or two about VDI. Within their presentation, they will outline some of the myths surrounding the ...