The adoption of Kubernetes-enabled infrastructures and applications has revealed the challenge involved in enabling persistent, reliable data storage in an ephemeral compute…
Read MoreGoogle this morning asked a court to dismiss Oracle's patent suit alleging the Android operating system violates Oracle's newly acquired patents and copyrights for Java. Google asserts it has not violated any of the alleged patents, which Oracle obtained after it bought Sun Microsystems.…
Read MoreNielsen is adding its voice to the chorus of research firms confirming the ascension of Android. Nielsen said among recent acquirers of smartphones in the last six months through August, Android was the top platform with 32 percent of purchases, followed by the iPhone and RIM.…
Read MoreSkype has expanded availability of its Internet calling service to most Android phones, though U.S. users are limited to Wi-Fi calls. Skype said today that a new client for Android phones running 2.1 or higher is now available for download in Android Market or at skype.com.…
Read MoreEngadget has a look at an upcoming Samsung smartphone running Android that offers a second smaller OLED touch screen below its main display. That by itself is intriguing, but when I saw the latest news of the Samsung Continuum, my first thought was why stop there?…
Read MoreGoogle is finally getting its act together, expanding the number of countries that can buy and sell paid Android apps. Google in the process over the next two weeks of opening up 18 new countries where you can buy paid apps, bringing the total to 32.…
Read MoreIn a death match between native and mobile web apps, which one walks away the victor? That was the heavily paraphrased question posed at the Mobilize conference today and while a panel of experts did its best to weigh in, the less sensational answer is that there's room for both.…
Read MoreWindows Phone 7's launch is just around the corner but the battle for developers is well under way. At Mobilize, Matt Thompson, GM of developer and platform evangelism for Microsoft, talked about the progress of the platform and why developers will want to support it.…
Read MoreTango is trying to blend the ease of use of Apple's FaceTime video calling application with the broader power and flexibility of mobile apps like Fring and Qik, creating a solution that goes beyond some of the limitations of existing video calling apps.…
Read MoreThere's a reason why RIM unveiled its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet at a developer event. It's because the device is the company's best shot at greatly expanding its developer base well beyond the 300,000 or so developers it now has.…
Read MoreRIM confirmed rumors of a tablet by introducing the BlackBerry PlayBook, a powerful 7-inch device that will offer a dual-core 1GHz processor, full HTML 5 browser, Flash 10.1 with video acceleration, 1 GB of RAM, 1080p playback with HDMI output and two HD cameras, all built atop the QNX operating system.…
Read MoreTo capture the hearts and minds of developers already enamored with iOS and Android, RIM announced a slew of updates aimed at making developing for the BlackBerry platform more attractive and profitable. The updates include an advertising network, an analytics service and integration with BlackBerry Messenger.…
Read MoreThe Nielsen Company is working to extend its ratings measurements to online campaigns, giving advertisers the ability to understand how well their cross platform efforts are faring. Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings will provide Nielsen's first look at online ratings similar to the way it's tracked TV consumption.…
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