Why App Management Is Becoming A Differentiator for Services Providers
This may be a big year for the IBM Rational group. On a macro level, the market is adapting to a new app culture. Tens of thousands of people have taken up coding. It’s…
Patent Pending: Apple, Amazon Settle their Beef
By Saroj Kar
Apple has been in fight with almost every mobile maker in the market (HTC, Motorola and Samsung) over copyright infringement, inciting suits in several countries. But the iPhone maker made a rare settlement with the Taiwanese company…
Android Apps to Surpass iOS Downloads by 2016
Back in October of last year, Google chief Andy Rubin stated that there are over six million Android tablets out in the wild. You’d think that six million is a lot of Android tablets but…
BitMit.net Addresses the Need for a Bitcoin Oriented Auction Site
By Kyt Dotson
A new Internet auction house that the developers expect should mimic eBay with bitcoins has cropped up and it looks like business is growing. In a recent interview with BTCBase.com [German language] the lead…
Why is B&N Selling Off its Nook Business?
There are two major dilemmas that Barnes & Noble, the largest book retailer in the United States, is facing right now. First, Sterling Publishing, B&N’s publishing division, is said to be up for sale.…
New Yahoo CEO Thompson Should Make Big Data a Top Priority
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal yesterday, Yahoo’s next CEO Scott Thompson said he plans to return Yahoo to the status of “one of those great iconic brands” on the web by embracing “innovation…
Big Spender: Microsoft Sets $200M Budget for Windows Phone Promos
By Isha Suri
Microsoft is once again doing what it is known for: spending big bucks on marketing its products. And this time, it’s the company’s new Windows Phone that’s being promoted. Reportedly, Microsoft and its partners…
Nimble Raises $1M for Fresh CRM Solution
Nimble announced it has received $1 million in seed funding from Google Ventures and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, alongside other venture capitalists including Jason Calacanis, Don Dodge and Dharmesh Shah. Today Nimble has…
Consulting and the Cloud in India
By Klint Finley
We’ve been writing about how traditional service providers, such as Accenture, have been starting cloud hosted services to keep up with the changing IT world. This is a trend that extends around the world,…
Roku CES: Smart TVs for Everyone
Before 2011 ended, we’d been hearing how Smart/connected TVs will flourish this year. There are already a lot of brands offering these connected TVs, where they combine the basic use of TVs and amped…