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Google must woo mobile app developers

Google must woo mobile app developersAndroid isn't for current mobile developersThe opinions of people currently developing mobile apps are not the ones we should be interested in. The point of Android is to recruit the vast body of desktop Linux developers to develop mobile apps and not for existing...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, Scripting languages, Programming languages, developer, mobile, Google Inc., cell phone, mobile app, mobile app developer, Java

Discussion threads 2007-11-08

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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

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Android army keeps growing as Dell enlists; Will the mobile OS war follow PC history?

Well, this is exactly what MS wanted to do with Win Mobile - that fizzled.I think that was mostly due to that fact that Win Mobile was is so bad.But, Android is the real thing, and is a great OS, to the point that nobody is even talking about Win...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Operating systems, PC, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Win Mobile, mobile, operating system, manufacturer

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Facebook app dev posts scathing indictment of App Store

It's a surprise that Apple's App Store review process is tyrannical?Afterall, there certainly isn't anyone more open minded than Stevie Boy Wonder...is there?Gee...who'd have thunk it. so what's he going to do?So what is Hewitt going to do? Develop web apps? All the app stores have major restrictions, look at...

Tags: Smart phones, App Store, Apple iPhone, developer, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Android opens doors for Google's next-gen search, ads and tools

There's no question that there's been some pretty astounding growth around Android, Google's open-source mobile phone operating system. A year ago, there was only one Android device out there - the T-Mobile G-1. Today, Android is powering 12 devices in 26 countries with 32 carriers - and there's more on...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Google Android, Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Tool, Carrier, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Android's Weakest Link

Just as as a slew of Android-based phones are getting ready to hit the market, the open source mobile platform is facing its biggest challenge - itself. TechCrunch is reporting that Android developers are pretty pissed about having to support multiple code bases...

Tags: Developer, Phone, Android, Arlington, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-11

The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Promise 'innovative applications'

The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Promise Time to change my phone carrier, I don't need Google taking control and recording my conversations like they tried to do with Chrome.Yes yes yes!Hope for choice and an area of computing not controlled and manipulated by MSRE: The Android...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., collaboration pact, Google Inc., Verizon Wireless, phone, VZW, Apple iPhone, innovative application, collaboration

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Review: Spb Mobile Shell 3.5 for Windows Mobile

Nice!Very interesting. The power of Windows Mobile is in it's customizability and flexibility, and I like the fact that it *is* like a computer in your pocket, even if it's not an x86-compatible version of Windows desktop version. There is a lot more programmability here than what Apple...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Mobile applications, Handhelds, Spb Mobile Shell 3.5, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

The Android-Cyanogen kerfluffle

The Day that Android Died.The applications that he was distributing sort of were applications that were already on the users phone.But in order to install the new rom you need to erase all and start from fresh, there is no easy way to leave them untouched on the phone, so...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Apple App Store apps top 2 billion; that's 6.6 million downloads per day

Apple on Monday announced that more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store, far and away the largest applications store in the world. That's about 6.6 million app downloads per day. There are now more than...

Tags: Apple Inc., App, Smart Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-28

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

3D football, anyone? Intel offers peek at 21st Century television

TV isn't TV anymore. It's out of the box. It's off the wall and it's not going back anytime soon. That was the opening line of the final keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, delivered by Intel exec Justin Rattner, who took to the stage to talk...

Tags: 3D, Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

News to know: Intel's IDF; Google; Microsoft; Yahoo

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks Sam Diaz: Otellini at...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Cloud Computing, Data Centers, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Linux, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Palm's growth plan: Can it work in a changing mobile market?

Palm -vs CurveI was a Palm Treo user since a week after the Treo-300 came out. Now I was forced to switch from my Treo 650 to a Blackberry Curve since that is the platform supported and Paid by my employer. While the BB has some decent features,...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, mobile, Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming October 6

Will definately upgrade my Touch Pro 2...... but the real wait is for Windows Mobile 7. I'm still a bit baffled about what will be in 6.5 though, since we seem to be getting almost daily leaks (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=windows+mobile+6.5+build) of new builds for it that adds new functionality - strange...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, Re:What, Win Mobile 6.5, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 6.5, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Frustrated developers and scrutiny of other apps: Are things falling apart at Apple's app store?

textPlusThanks for the textPlus mentions. Would love to talk to you a bit more. I think we have some info that would kind of clear up the "core functionality replacement" thinking ;)drew@gogii.netBreaking news: Apple admits that iPhone is a toyhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/24/iphone_apps_not_for_business/[i]This makes it all the more surprising that Apple...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Developer calls for Apple to eliminate App Store review process

Good ideaWe do not have app stores for computer software. There are no such stores for PCs nor Macs nor Windows Mobile phones. I guess apple wanted to ensure that iphone experience will be always safe and clean but at this point they should just give up and maybe create...

Tags: Smart phones, app store, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, T&C

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Frustrated developers and scrutiny of other apps: Are things falling apart at Apple's app store?

I'm probably just as tired as all of you over this matter of Apple and the Google Voice app for the iPhone. But I would like to share two related posts that I read this morning and chime in with some reaction to both. The first, which...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., App, NYT, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-25