5 Terrific (and Unusual) Twitter Uses

As growing social sites like Facebook and MySpace collapse under their own weight, drowning users in never-ending streams of “Pirate Ninja Hug For Cancer!” applications, the high-tech haiku of Twitter is gaining ground. With 140 characters to answer the question “What are you doing?”, the service has soared from simple status messages to a global information network. Here we look at five uber-uses people have put twitter to.

Luke on April 30, 2008 | Filed Under Internet | 24 Comments

Google Will Give Prizes to Best Orkut Applications in Brazil

It is no secret that Brazil is the most important location for Google’s social networking site Orkut. Now, as part of the OpenSocial initiative, Google will be giving prizes to the best developers of Orkut applications.

Daniel Scocco on April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Social Networks | Leave a Comment

Maximum PC Annual Software Awards

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Every year the guys from Maximum PC release their Softy Awards. It is not an open award, but rather a selection by their editors of the best software around. Definitely worth a look, and below you will find a link to some of the winners of this year’s edition:

Daniel Scocco on April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Software | Leave a Comment

Virtualization On Mobile Devices - A Bright Future For Mobile Applications

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Virtualization has been the buzz word in the enterprise space. VMware has made waves with its software that allows companies to run multiple servers over a single physical server unit - reducing costs and making management easier. Companies such as VirtualLogix are doing to mobile handsets what VMware has done to the enterprise servers - offering virtualization solutions for mobile devices that would allow applications written on different OSs to run on the same mobile device.

Arun on April 28, 2008 | Filed Under Mobile | Leave a Comment

Apple Vs Google : The Battle for Mobile Software Developers

Its the coolest mobile gadget pitted against the open mobile software stack with unprecedented possibilities. The iPhone was a major contributor to Apple’s 36% growth for the second quarter results. Google’s Android is the search giants major foray into the mobile applications platform space backed by the Open Handset Alliance of component manufactures and carriers including Intel, Samsung, Nvidia and Qualcomm. Both Apple and Google are vouching for third party software development to make their business model a success.

Daniel Scocco on April 25, 2008 | Filed Under Mobile | Leave a Comment

Yahoo Enters Offline/Online Arena with its BrowserPlus Tool

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Yahoo continues with its roster of product offerings, the latest being BrowserPlus, a Web Browser plug-in that provides functionality to cache content offline and a lot more. The initial descriptions from the FAQ seem to point to a browser tool that could do much more than Google Gears, the offline/online caching tool provided by Google.

Arun on April 24, 2008 | Filed Under Search Engines | Leave a Comment

Watching Primetime TV on the Web

The focus of online video has split a great deal in the past couple years. What was once a random assortment of home movies and pirated content has now diverted into several niche markets. Different content for different tastes, some still up in pirated forms, but many now being presented legitimately for the average user to view without fear of legal retribution. Premium content has exploded lately with studios finally acknowledging this need to start changing the business formula and respond to the average Internet user’s demands. Instead of continuing to punish the customer by refusing their needs, studio heads learned how bring advertising to online videos, still turn a profit, and thus have their shows online.

Daniel Scocco on April 23, 2008 | Filed Under Online Video | 1 Comment