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Apps to flourish on mobile, games
News Developers should bet on Android, games, navigation and music, to reap returns, suggest industry watchers, who say business apps can also prove viable.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Nokia Corp., Ovum, Phone, Operating System, App, mobile, Business applications
Nokia: Symbian has smartphone 'heritage'
News Nokia's experience as smartphone maker is its best weapon against competitors in hotly contested high-end segment, says mobile device maker.
Tags: Symbian, Open source, Apple Inc., Security, Smart Phone, Platform, phone, Emerging Market, Open source, Symbian
Mobile interoperability to remain pipe dream
News Phone makers are not likely to give developers ability to port apps to competing platforms, as ability to offer exclusive apps remains differentiating factor.
Tags: Open source, Development/design, Ovum, Mobile, Developer, operating system, Interoperability, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Platform, phone
Android a 'marketing label'?
News As rival players in the space Google and the Symbian Foundation--which drive different mobile OS platforms--have taken swipes at each other.
Tags: Open source, Mobile platforms, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Google Inc., operating system, Symbian Inc., OEM, Platform, Symbian Foundation Platform
LinkedIn unveils new search platform
News The business social-networking site says it examined more than a billion search queries executed by members to create new productivity tools.
Tags: Search, Domain names, HR policies and procedures, Workforce, Tool, Platform, Amazon.com Inc., e-mail, product manager, spell checker
A Web site for crushes and votes
Insight newsmaker Astute young businessman Ian Lim believes helping video bloggers become stars will also rake in money for a site he's founded.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Business development/management, TV, micropayment, Video, Singapore, Platform, blogging, revenue
AMD throws its weight behind 'balanced' platform
News The high-definition movement and a growing number of gamers add wind to the chipmaker's tune of blending strong CPU and graphics performance.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Mobile processors, Processors, Global strategic management, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Phenom, Dual-core, GPU, Graphics, Notebook
Should software developers fear Facebook, Apple?
News Harvard law professor says that controlling third-party platforms may put companies in a gate-keeping position that could stifle innovation.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., App, Developer, Platform, social networking, software, Facebook, co-founder
Microsoft targets biz apps with Silverlight 4
News Software giant releases beta version of technology for rich Web apps, revealing new features it says will make greater impact on enterprise software.
Tags: Web services, Software engineering/development, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Development Platform, News Agency, Silverlight Team, Microsoft Corp., Bloomberg L.P.
5 tips to ensure cloud data quality
News Choose neutral platforms and read providers' fine-print. These are steps companies should take before leaping to cloud, say data management vendors.
Tags: Cloud computing, Database management, Database, Informatica, Cloud, Tool, SLA, remote site, Cloud computing, Environment
Samsung launching its own mobile OS
News Samsung unveils plans to launch its own mobile operating system, Bada, giving developers open platform to create new apps for its upcoming phones.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Symbian Inc., Phone, Operating System, mobile, Smart Phone, SDK, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile operating system, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Yahoo veteran named to MySpace CTO spot
News Alex Maghen, who previously served as the head of technology for MySpace Music, has tough road ahead of him, as News Corp.-owned site has fallen from favor in Silicon Valley.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web 2.0, MySpace, entertainment, chief technology officer, Facebook, CTO, exec, News Corp., Web 2.0
Freescale aims Android at embedded kit
News A new Power Architecture port has taken Google's Linux-based operating system into the world of embedded devices.
Tags: Google Android, Smart phones, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Mentor Graphics Corp., open-source mobile operating system, RISC, Power Architecture, MPC8536E PowerQUICC III, Google Android
Amazon to boost Asia's cloud assurance
News update Cloud provider's push into Asia-Pacific is expected to provide a boost of assurance to companies of cloud computing's viability, says analyst.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web services, SingTel, software, Amazon.com Inc., Asia, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Storage, Web Service
'Best effort' insufficient for cloud
News Cloud ecosystem needs operator participation to provide single point of blame, to win businesses' confidence in moving over, says consultant.
Tags: Service level management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, NTT Corp., SingTel, network, Uptime, Asia-Pacific, SLA, Service Management
