Fancy a Breedable Goat? Get Capital One for FarmVille
As social networking proliferates in our daily lives, we can’t ignore the fact that there are some who just use these sites to play online games where they can build and expand their farms…
Google Wallet Officially Launches, but Not For Everyone
As we reported yesterday, Google was said to be planning a launch for their Google Wallet service, and lo and behold, they did. It was reported that they had MasterCard on board and now it…
Automobiles Cross the Mobile Road, Other Industries: Report
By Cherr Aira
The mobile sphere has a life of its own and is growing at an incredible pace. Its explosion has given birth to other billion-dollar markets, including mobile advertising. Today, industries are leveraging a widespread…
Hitachi Grows HP Storage Ecosystem with Latest Launch
Japanese hardware maker Hitachi announced that 3PAR F-Class, T-Class and P10000 V-Class systems will ship with its 3.5-inch Fibre Channel Ultrastar SLC-based solid state drives in them. The Ultrastar SSD400S SSD line-up is specially designed for OEMs,…
From Cave Paintings to Microblogging – the Meandering Path of Communications Through the Ages [Infographic]
To commemorate its Confluence 4.0 release, Atlassian posted a fun infographic today that explores communication through the ages. I love the intro, explaining the difficulties of sending messages even with the aid of animals and…
ScaleMP Takes Its Virtual HPC Solution to the Next Level with AMD Support
By Klint Finley
ScaleMP will today announce a partnership with AMD. Previously ScaleMP has supported only Intel based architectures, but ScaleMP’s virtualization solution will soon run on AMD architecture. The new version of the software will be…
The Difficulty in Adding Social Features to Already Established Applictations
Atlassian announced Confluence 4.0 today and with it officially recognized the “@” symbol for notifications in its collaborative service. That may not be the most significant new feature for the Atlassian product but it…
Appcelerator’s Extension Marketplace: A Shop for Mobile Developers
Appcelerator, the mobile cloud platform for developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using web technologies, is launching its own marketplace, harping on a trend that’s booming in certain sectors, but lacking for the…
Motorola, Extreme Networks Help Power “Free WiFi” at Hotels
By Cherr Aira
Hotels without WiFi are no-nos for planning business travels. Having a wireless internet connection symbolizes a modernized academe. The idea of having a WiFi property now makes it more appealing to the rest of…
Opera Bets on Browser-App Store Combo
Browser maker Opera Software, not to be confused with big data firm Opera Solutions that raised $84 million last week, is venturing deeper into mobile. It’s been doing that by not only offering mobile…