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Effective Partnerships in New Mobile Apps Search Tools

At the moment Yahoo and GetJar are testing their app search across the United States, but starting with 2011 the practice will expand to other countries as well. Yahoo Mobile integrated its mobile apps into GetJar’s search search engine results. The partnership is very fruitful from a technical point of view as GetJar is compatible ...

Oracle vs SAP Battle – What of the Customers?

The battle in court between Oracle and SAP is looking like it’s about to end, after a Thursday court appearance of Oracle President Safra Catz ‘who last week described SAP’s offer of $40 million in damages as “a reward for their bad behavior.” Presumably, Catz will have a bit more to say on that matter, ...

Google Learns Lessons in Privacy from the Germans

While Germany is resisting against Google Street Views, the company finds itself both coming and going, in various German towns across the country. Meanwhile, Google integrated in the platform Germany’s 20 most important cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne. The resistance comes from the participants’ fear of being targeted by burglars, but as ...

A Business Focus for RIM, Google Voice

The PlayBook, which was planned for release for this September, faces delays around its arrival.  Meanwhile, many voices representing different sectors of businesses are acclaiming the RIM’s device, to integrate it in their business, spring-boarding off the smartphone that started it all.  We’re seeing financial, transport (Denver International Airport) and education (a school in Austin, ...

Twitter Analytics [OFFICIAL] Announed at 2.0 Web Summit

Now it’s official Twitter has Analytics, a gauge solution for users, which enables them to follow their data account. For example, you’ll be able to see which were the most successful follows or mentions, among other stats and parameters. The application measures outcome using marks like “good,” “all” or “best.” While the news of Twitter’s ...

Juniper Networks and Microsoft Bridge Development over Unified Communications

To continue the recently proactive acting of Juniper in terms of proving to its clients exceptional experience in accessing easily and safely the media business communication, the company announced today the compatibility between UC and Microsoft’s Lync Server2010. Hence, the increased efficiency between unified communications experience and Microsoft Lync will assure a secure delivery and ...

HP Releases High-End Videoconferencing Technologies Using SVC

Hewlett-Packard’s studio-based halo videoconference line has been extended, with a new desktop which runs a special software using Scalable Video Coding (SVC), which is translated into a intelligence system enabling to adapt the quality of the videoconferencing to the parameters of the network connection (see here for product details). Hewlett Packard’s drive for videoconferences is ...

Meebo’s $60M Reasons to Keep Chat Alive

Meebo, the web-based IM tool compatible with Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, ICQ, MySpaceIM, Facebook, Google Chat and so on, has raised another $25 million, summing up $60 million for the Mountain View company. Apart from the instant message services, Meebo has also been ‘placing ad-supported toolbars on content sites such as AllThingsD, Mediaweek.com ...

Dell Recovering after Hard Economic Times

At the moment, Dell is losing track on its dominance in certain aspects within  the cloud industry, placing Dell in recovery mode for the time being. In the last period, Dell lost the 3Par bidding war with Hewlett-Packard, and to make things worse, it has also been affected by the EMC’s acquisition of Isilon in ...

Intel Capital Funds in Innovative Start-Ups with $77M

Intel Capital announced at the 11th edition of Annual CEO Summit another 18 new investments, totaling $77 million, in eleven different countries worldwide, including Brazil, China, Germany, India, Israel, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United States. By this more, Intel makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups din various fields, from software, ...