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Adobe: Chrome for Android will not get Flash support

Editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:14 +0000

When Google today launched Chrome for Android in beta they did so without support for Adobe Flash. For many users this seemed surprising given the strong push for Flash on Google’s mobile OS after Steve Jobs and Apple refused to allow Adobe’s platform on their iOS devices. The writing, however, was on the wall.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 Set for Showdown with iPad 3 in February 2012?

Editor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:40:27 +0000

Samsung and Apple's courtroom battle seems endless. The South Korean company is now scheduled to launch Galaxy Tab 11.6 tablet in February 2012, which could pit it directly against Apple's next generation tablet - dubbed iPad 3.

How Facebook Tracks Users

Editor — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:55:10 +0000

Information on how Facebook tracks its users behaviors both on and off site has been released. Most worrisome is that Facebook keeps a running log of the sites a user has visited in the past 90 days.

Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle

Editor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:10:22 +0000

Facebook is to build a multi-million 'mini town' on the edge of the Arctic circle to house all its computer servers, which would us as much electricity as a town of 50,000 people.

A New Look for Gmail [video]

Editor — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:45:09 +0000

A video from Google's YouTube channel introduces a new Gmail interface. It's based on the Preview theme that's already available in Gmail, but there are many other changes: an action bar that uses icons instead of text labels, a completely new interface for conversations, profile pictures next to contacts, a flexible layout that adapts to any window size, display density options like in Google Docs, resizable chat/labels sections, new high-definition themes and an updated search box that includes advanced options.

LinkedIn Buys Real-Time Search Startup

Editor — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:15:50 +0000

LinkedIn has acquired IndexTank, a provider of real-time hosted search technology, for an undisclosed amount. LinkedIn and IndexTank say that the acquisition will help improve LinkedIn’s internal search technology.

FT Web-based app more popular than app sold in Apple store

Editor — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:40:48 +0000

(Reuters) - More than 700,000 people use the Financial Times' Web-based mobile application to access news and other content, making it more popular than the version sold in Apple's App Store.

Lost iPhone 5 Prototype: SFPD Says It Has No Records of Investigation

Editor — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:35:15 +0000

Yesterday we related an interesting scoop that popped up on CNET: the tech-news site reported that a prototype of Apple's latest iPhone model had been lost in a San Francisco bar, echoing a similar incident last year that led to embarrassment for Apple and legal threats against the gadget blog Gizmodo, which purchased the lost iPhone 4 for $5,000.

Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members

Editor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:55:38 +0000

We understand that it’s not always easy or affordable for our troops serving overseas to call friends and family at home, so starting today we’re making it completely free for all uniformed military personnel with valid United States Military (.mil) email addresses to call the United States, right from Gmail.

The Mystery of Steve Jobs’s Public Giving

Editor — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:40:57 +0000

Steve Jobs is a genius. He is an innovator. A visionary. He is perhaps the most beloved billionaire in the world. Surprisingly, there is one thing that Mr. Jobs is not, at least not yet: a prominent philanthropist.

How Social Learning Can Create Top Performers

Editor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:15:17 +0000

Today, more B2B customers rely on the Internet and social media – as opposed to relationships with salespeople – to learn about products and services and make buying decisions. To remain relevant and engage more effectively with customers and prospects in this challenging sales environment, reps must combine their efforts and openly share best practices and market intelligence.

Dubizzle.com shares insights on the importance of community websites at ArabNet

Editor — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:35:37 +0000

Dubizzle.com, the leading free classifieds and community website for users in the Middle East and North Africa, participated in the ArabNet "Shift Digital Summit", the largest gathering for the Arab digital and technology industry from March 23-25 2011. During the summit, J.C. Butler, co-founder of Dubizzle.com was a panelist in a workshop titled: Building Local Content and Communities.

The Technology Behind Making Mobile Payments a Reality

Editor — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:38:26 +0000

Itâ€™s only a matter of time before your mobile phone swallows up yet another piece of technology: your credit card. In this not-too-distant future, rather than pay for gas or dinner with a piece of plastic that you slide through a machine, you will simply tap your phone to pay the bill. For this to become standard in the United States, a number of technological changes need to happen, and companies are already working on them.

Mobile Payments Coming for Physical Goods Sooner Than You Think

Editor — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:30:38 +0000

Mobile payments are fast becoming a reality as wireless carriers in the U.S. lower the fees they collect from merchants in return for the right to charge items to the mobile bill. While paying by mobile phone has been around for yearsâ€“with consumers charging ringtones and other mobile content to their billâ€“itâ€™s been only in the past few months that it has become viable for other expenses.

Facebook’s Gmail Killer, Project Titan

Editor — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:40:10 +0000

Back in February we wrote about Facebookâ€™s secret Project Titan â€” a web-based email client that we hear is unofficially referred to internally as its â€œGmail killerâ€. Now weâ€™ve heard from sources that this is indeed whatâ€™s coming on Monday during Facebookâ€™s special event, alongside personal @facebook.com email addresses for users. This isnâ€™t a big surprise â€” the event invites Facebook sent out hinted strongly that the news would have something to do with its Inbox, sparking plenty of speculation that the event could be related to Titan.

Google’s Biggest Mistakes According to Marissa Mayer

Editor — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:59:55 +0000

eBay launches secondhand bazaar for those who don’t want list on auctions

Editor — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:30:12 +0000

eBay is launching a new secondhand buying service to eliminate the need to list unwanted gadgets for auction or through the classifieds. The ecommerce website has partnered with unnamed dealers to introduce a new marketplace called Instant Sale that accepts laptops, phones, tablets, PDAs, digital cameras, MP3 players, camcorders and GPS Systems.

What is Steve Jobs so afraid of?

Editor — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:32:26 +0000

Apple's CEO made a surprise appearance during yesterday's fiscal 2010 fourth quarter earnings call. Jobs said he couldn't resist participating, given Apple's record $20.34 billion revenue. But he leveled most of his comments at competitors, and in quite defensive posture. Now why is that? Apple's iPhone blew past Wall Street estimates by as many as 3 million units. The iPad outsold Macs and, according to Gartner and IDC analysts, sucked sales away from Windows netbooks and low-cost notebooks. Apple controls the largest and most successful applications store on the planet. The company sits on a cash horde of more than $51 billion. Then there are the quarterly results, which topped consensus estimates by nearly $2 billion.

Skype 5.0 For Windows Debuts With Facebook Integration

Editor — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:16:49 +0000

A Massive War Is Approaching As The Tablet Market

Editor — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:07:46 +0000

Can you hear that? Itâ€™s the sound of war. Better choose your side soon, too. The tablet wars are going to get nasty. Appleâ€™s army is prepped, already backed by over 3 million zealous iPad owners. But the Google Android horde is quickly banding together and will soon offer countless weapons from several major CE houses and dozens of smaller camps. Google is also quietly forming the stealthy Chrome OS platoon that will likely enter the battle a bit late, but shouldnâ€™t be forgotten, ether.

Some Newspapers, Tracking Readers Online, Shift Coverage

Editor — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:29:02 +0000

In most businesses, not knowing how well a particular product is performing would be almost unthinkable. But newspapers have always been a peculiar business, one that has stubbornly, proudly clung to a sense that focusing too much on the bottom line can lead nowhere good.

Salam Business Club Chooses the Bayt.com Network

Editor — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:24:49 +0000

The Salam Business Club (SALAMBC) has chosen the Bayt.com Network as its provider of full-fledged Recruitment and Classifieds technology and content solutions. The Bayt.com Network provides its member companies with a unique platform that includes state-of-the-art proprietary Recruitment and Classifieds tools, technologies and content as well as empowering them with a host of new ways to increase user traffic and further monetize the traffic on their websites. Bayt.com Network companies benefit from increased reasons to visit their site, increased reasons to stay on their site, increased SEO and the multiple incremental means at their disposal to monetize their users' activities.

Verizon to Put Live TV on the iPad

Editor — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:28:53 +0000

Verizon unveiled a series of new video applications today, including an upcoming iPad app that will allow FiOS subscribers to watch the same linear programming that is available on their TV screens on their tablet devices. The new app is expected to be rolled out early next year and Verizon expects to have all of its content partners on board by the time the app launches.

Oracle v Google: Why?

Editor — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:55:22 +0000

When Android debuted in 2007, I couldnâ€™t figure out how Google had managed to apply an Apache license to the project. Java, like Linux, was governed by the GPL and thus incompatible with the more permissive license Android was sporting. Stefano Mazzocchi subsequently answered the Java related questions: Google wasnâ€™t using Sunâ€™s VM, theyâ€™d built their own. As had Danger before them, from whence many of the Android team arrived. Called Dalvik, Googleâ€™s cleanroom reimplementation was, if not â€œSunâ€™s worst nightmareâ€ as Mazzocchi put it, a clear fork-in-the-eye to the Java license holders. However brave a face they put on it at the time.

Buying a laptop on a budget?

Editor — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:15:21 +0000

When buying a laptop on a budget without necessarily wanting to buy a weak budget laptop, you have to put a lot of thought into how to tackle the problem. Below are some strategies for buying cheap laptops online that fall into your price range.

Google Takes The FTC To School On Newspapers

Editor — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:52:34 +0000

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Image: Associated Press"][/caption] Google just issued a response to the Federal Trade commissionâ€™s staff discussion draft on potential recommendations to support the reinvention [read: preservation] of journalism [read: newspapers]. (here was my reaction). Itâ€™s a wonderful document that takes the FTC - and the news industry - to school on the First Amendment, copyright, fair use, antitrust, media history, business, and technology.

eBay Arrives for BlackBerry

Editor — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:13:01 +0000

Research In Motion (RIM) , a world leader in wireless innovation, and eBay, a global leader in mobile commerce and the world's largest online marketplace, today jointly announced that the free eBay Application for BlackBerry(R)

DND Technologies Acquires MatchingAds, Inc.

Editor — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:06:05 +0000

DND Technologies (PINKSHEETS: DNDT) today announced its acquisition of a majority interest in MatchingAds, Inc., a full service Internet-based classifieds solution provider that operates with local TV stations' websites.

Five Things Old Media Still Don’t Get About The Web

Editor — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:45:55 +0000

Earlier this week, the New York Times company forced the iPad Pulse News Reader app to be pulled from the App Store. The reason? It took the Timesâ€™ RSS feed and put it inside its own app.

Is Technological Innovation the Key to eBay’s Turnaround?

Editor — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:34:36 +0000

If you haven't searched eBay for a video game, book or DVD lately, you might have missed the new shopping experience in eBay's media category. eBay uses a Catalog approach similar to Amazon: eBay's search engine returns a list of products instead of product listings, and shoppers choose the exact product they are looking for.