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Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?

Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?RE: Google intentionally blocking PayPal from App Engine?I seriously doubt they were doing it deliberately, it's not like they could have done it without people realising.And as for anonymously bashing ebay, they were arguing against ebay cutting off other payment methods hardly surprising. They...

Tags: cloud computing, Google Inc., App Engine, PayPal

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

Google bets future on improving Client, Connectivity, and Cloud

On Wednesday morning, Vick Gundotra, Engineering VP at Google opened the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco. I jotted down a few (ok, a lot of) notes for this and other sessions that I'd like to share with you. This is not quite a transcript, but rather a paraphrasing...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Mobile, Google OpenSocial, Web Browser, Google Web Toolkit, Connectivity, Client, App Engine, AJAX, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Google sandbox is open for business

The sandbox in this case is Google Code, which is holding its I/O event at San Francisco's Moscone Center today and tomorrow. For two days Google's best and brightest will strut their stuff before 2,900 of their peers, speaking on five tracks -- AJAX, Web tools, social...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, DeWitt Clinton, App Engine, Channel Management, Productivity, Biotechnology, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Twitter gets funding; Now stabilize the patient

Twitter gets funding; Now stabilize the patientgoogle app engine?i wonder whether a service like twitter could be implemented and run with sufficient scalability on top of google app engine?GAE is still in beta and they have resource usage quotas in place, but assuming these can be adjusted (for $) the...

Tags: Google Inc., app engine, Twitter, patient, GAE

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

Comparing Amazon's and Google's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Offerings

Comparing Amazon's and Google's Platform-as-a-Service PaaS OfferingsI realize it might be 6 months before they open it up for businesses andhave paid service level agreements, but, Google is sounding very good right now as a way of delivering applications to customers. It is EXTREMELY expensive to host the applications yourself,...

Tags: PaaS, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Google: App Engine 'not fit for business'

Google: App Engine 'not fit for business'This is a game changer. Never in our history has it been so easy to createapplications and make the available to the world. This will be a viral hit much like YouTube. Google will probably leave the consumer version free and add supported, only...

Tags: Scripting languages, Development tools, Google Inc., App Engine

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Is Facebook a PaaS contender?

Nate Westheimer's observation about Google's App Engine: Aiming At Facebook, Not Amazon set me thinking. Should Facebook's F8 platform be considered a contender in the platform-as-a-service wars? Since my perspective is firmly on PaaS in the business world rather than as a consumer play, Facebook isn't really...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Facebook, PaaS, App Engine, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?

Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?Well, the competition is great, and this will also force MS to releasesomething as fast as possible. This is HUGE.RE: Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?Garret, it sounds good at 50,ooo feet, but these two are much more Apples to Apples than you'd...

Tags: Scripting languages, Programming languages, App Engine, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., Python, SDK

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

Additional Resources

Mozilla: Still too dependent on Google for revenue; Can it diversify?

well its in Google best interest ...that mozilla is healthy and and kicking .... anyone claiming monopole they point out that they support Mozilla foundation big time ...Google keep its competition alive they should do more invest in ubuntu ... so they...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Operational accounting, revenue, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Salesforce Chatter: Facebook for the Enterprise

Salesforce is announcing today a Salesforce Chatter, an enteprise collaboration application akin to Facebook. The move puts SalesForce in competition with offerings from other providers, including IBM Lotus. Here's what's being delivered. Features: Profiles: Just like profiles on popular consumer-oriented social networking sites, Salesforce Chatter profiles include...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Platform, App, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-11-18

What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?

So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?

Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet Explorer

RE: February 2013 - The date when Firefox could pass Internet ExplorerThat does assume that everything remains constant, which it won't. If someone creates a new browser that could disrupt it, or when either company releases a new version of their browser that is also going to throw things...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

AASync 3.1.0.2 (Mac)

AASync is a Secure File Backup, FTP-SFTP Folder Syncronization utility. It is simple to use, and it allows local as well as remote backups over an FTP or SFTP connection. Makes it very easy to back up your files to a remote server or another local disk or maintain your...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, RBrowser, AASync, Backups

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Free Microsoft open-source content management app to get its debut next week

Very interestingStrange - Ballmer was all excited about how the SharePoint 2010 team focused on internet facing capabilities. Why play with Orchard if you can get all the features CMS and more with a hosted version of SP2010 at a fairly cheap investment?I guess for small businesses who just...

Tags: Content management, open source, Microsoft Corp., open-source content management app, Free Microsoft open-source content management app, FREE Microsoft, open-source content management, Microsoft Windows NT, content management system, OSS Projects

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre [spec shootout]

Specs don't tell everythingis a 1996 chevy with 4 doors and v8 engine better than a 2008 2-door lexus with a v6?Its the whole experience of the device that matters. Can the DroidDont dock itself into 80% of the vehicles currently made? No, you can use an auxiliary input but...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Palm Pre, Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

JBuddy Messenger 3.1.091026 (Mac)

JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop environments. System Requirements: JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment JRE...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screen Name, IM, JBuddy Messenger, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

?trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia?s innovation.?What do you mean? All innovation begins with Apple. Remember when they invented the portable digital music player? Or the thin laptop? Or the smart phone and touch screens? They even invented mice and GUI's. Apple invented everything...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-10-22