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Talentopoly Taps the Human Cloud for Programmers, Designers
The human cloud can be put to use in a number of ways, but with managed and web-based services taking an upturn these past few years, we’re finding that the human cloud manifests its skill sets along several verticals. Talentopoly, currently in private beta, is one of the latest to set its sights on the ...
UberMedia in Uber Hot Water with Twitter, Must Revise its Money-Makers
Twitter’s unexpectedly banned some popular third party apps from using its APIs, citing violations of the social network’s terms and conditions. The suspended Twitter clients from Bill Gross’ UberMedia network include UberTwitter, UberCurrent and twidroyd. Twitter’s posted a note explaining that UberMedia’s clients compete directly with Twitter’s own tools, suggesting users download their own official ...
Bizzy Gets Busy with Android Launch, Plays Up Multi-Platform Ubiquity
There are three important things to consider when launching a web-based business these days. The web browser, the iPhone and the Android. Bizzy is an interesting example of this modern era conundrum, having launched its local search and recommendation site late last year, followed by an iPhone app launch weeks later. Now heading into the ...
Springpad iOS Updates Get Smart with Your Personal Cloud
People’s personal clouds are growing, and it’s largely due to smartphones. These gadgets are with us all the time, and have the power to store and access information, enable real-time communication on several levels, and make us more efficient with the time and places we do need to tap into our personal clouds. The result ...
Mobile Apps Gain Alternative Markets, Threaten Security: Lookout App Genome Report
Google and Apple are in an arms race, battling over global domination in the mobile sphere. Their app markets are at the center of this mobile war, delivering a direct line to the consumer. It’s promising for many reasons, from marketing to sales. But mobile marketplaces still have quite a ways to go, especially on ...
Adknowledge Heads to iOS, Rounding Out Platform Trifecta
Adknowledge is rounding out its platform offerings quite nicely, with the launch of its iOS software developer kit. Announced on day two of the Mobile World Congress on Barcelona, the new SDK comes on the heels of Adknowledge’s Android version launch, making the leap to mobile. The new iOS SDK, which supports Apple iPhone and iPad ...
MetroPCS’s Got the Spirit. Of Net Neutrality, That Is. Dares FCC to See for Itself.
Another formal response from MetroPCS, as the wireless provider appeals to the FCC and Free Press regarding the investigation positioned against it. This time, they dare the FCC to investigate, proving MetroPCS’s non-compliance against net neutrality regulations. It’s actually the “spirit” of net neutrality MetroPCS adheres to, and its extensive document to the FCC details ...
Syncplicity Expands Cloud Management as a Service with Reseller Program
Cloud management has been around for nearly as long as the cloud has been a viable business model, but it tends to perpetuate vendor lock-in, similar to a small town naming one man to be the judge, sheriff and mayor. As the cloud itself forms around a number of different services, from platforms to software, ...
Offices are Like Homes of the 1950s. Citrix Says it’s Time to Change.
The turn of the year brings a great number of prediction posts, conjecturing around what will come of 2011. I’ve never been a regular crystal ball gazer in that regard, but a recent chat with Kim Woodward, the VP of marketing at Citrix, added some fun contextualization to the biggest trends to look out for ...
Prioritize Tweets with My6sense Chrome Extension
The blessing and the curse of web content (especially social web content) is the sheer mass of it all. When YouTube first gained popularity, we quickly realized that, as freeing as a video network with embeddable widgets is, it’s also created a “dog pile” of content that requires patience, skill, and sometimes a strong stomach ...