Cisco Moves to Acquire Skype for US$ 5 Billion
Reportedly, Cisco has made an offer to acquire Skype before they complete their initial public offering process (filed August 9th, 2010). If the rumor pans out to be true, the deal will sport an estimated US$ 5 billion dollar price tag. Rumors are rumors, but Cisco has been making bold moves as of late. The company attracted [...]
Developers Buy Entire Stock Of Google Nexus One — InformationWeek
Googler Tim Bray calls the Nexus One “a little too popular” in a blog post he published late Thursday. That’s an odd way to describe a device that attempted to break new ground and ended up failing. The Nexus One became available in January of this year and could only be purchased directly from Google’s [...]
Microsoft Sets Sept. 15 Date for IE9 Beta Launch | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
On Thursday afternoon, Microsoft sent out invitations to the launch of Internet Explorer 9 beta on Sept. 15, in San Francisco. The invitation to the event, dubbed “Beauty of the Web,” included an HTML5 invitation site with an animated word game taking advantage of that emerging set of Web standards. Microsoft had previously disclosed that [...]
Subway tunnels, not just stations, set to get Wi-Fi, cell signals
Cell phones may start ringing on subway trains after all. When underground subway stations are wired for cellular and Wi-Fi service, the signals won’t end at platform edges, an executive involved in the project said. That means coverage will extend from station to station – where stops are relatively close to each other and tunnels [...]
The Top 30 Free Google Android Apps 2010 – The Top 100 Free Apps for Your Phone 2010 | PCMag.com
Google’s Android OS is now a major player in the smartphone world. The Motorola Droid was the hot phone when we first released our “Top 100 Free Apps For Your Phone” list in 2009. Now we’re seeing “super phones” like the HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X, and Samsung Galaxy S that are [...]
Kobo e-reader goes Android | TG Daily
“Now the fastest-growing mobile platform, Android has many new devices that are great for eReading,” explained Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis. “We’ve adapted the features our customers love and expect from Kobo to ensure that we provide the best reading experience for Android-enabled smartphones. In the near future, Kobo will support other Android-enabled devices such as [...]
Sony to challenge Apple in Japan with e-reader – The China Post
Sony said Thursday it will launch an e-reader in Japan and set up a platform for newspapers, books, comics and magazines, challenging rival Apple a day before its iPad goes on sale in the country. It plans to build “one of the largest eBook distributions in Japan,” with telecoms operator KDDI, the Asahi Shimbun company [...]
Google Marketplace Drives Corporate Travel Apps
Corporate travel technology providers are seizing on this week’s launch of the Google Apps Marketplace to target small and midsize companies with Web-based scaled-down versions of their products distributed through the online storefront. The Google Apps Marketplace is a platform designed for small and midsize enterprises to acquire Web-based applications that integrate with Google-built Apps, [...]
HP Slate vs. iPad: Focus on Flash – PCWorld Business Center
With the iPad presale beginning in just a few days, and the clock ticking down to the much-anticipated Apple tablet finally hitting the streets, HP launched a renewed campaign for its Slate tablet PC debuted at the 2010 CES by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Each platform has pros and cons, but so far the debate [...]
