Thursday, October 9, 2008The BlackBerry Strikes Back
A common question facing a lot of business owners and managers these days: BlackBerry or iPhone?
BlackBerry has been the dominant business phone for years, but the iPhone has made a solid push into their territory in recent months with strong efforts to make their notoriously consumer-oriented product more business-friendly.
As a response to this invasion of [...]
Sunday, October 5, 2008Google-Yahoo Ad Merger Delayed
The Washington Post’s Post IT tech blog tells us that the highly anticipated (and a little dreaded, in some quarters) merger between Google and Yahoo — called “Goohoo” by some — has been delayed to allow time for the U.S. Justice Department to further review the deal.
The announcement delays slightly (less than a month, according [...]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008Google Phone to be Introduced Next Week
In Miguel Helft’s tech blog for the New York Times, it was announced today that T-Mobile will be unveiling details of its new, highly anticipated, Google branded mobile phone next week in New York — on September 23, to be precise. The phone will be the first to utilize the Google Android application.
From the article:
The [...]
Thursday, June 19, 20088 Million Downloads
The first day of availability for Mozilla’s Firefox 3 saw more than 8 million downloads of the browser. Guinness is verifying the number. They were hoping for more than 1.6 million. Congratulations!
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE 8 MILLION:
The number of millionaires in the U.S.
The age in years of a bacterium found in ancient ice.
Number of people [...]
Thursday, June 19, 2008Aplus.Net Earns Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program
Effective June 13th, 2008, it has earned gold certified status in Microsoft’s Partner Program, which recognizes Aplus.Net’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, Aplus.Net has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customer needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, [...]
Friday, May 30, 2008Google’s Favicon
Did you see Google’s favicon? It’s such a small change but I think it’s important. I spent a good couple of minutes trying to find the right tab–I couldn’t find it because of a change to a very small image from a section of the browser I hardly every look at. You never realize how [...]
Thursday, May 15, 2008CBS Acquires CNET
Read the full press release from CNET here.
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 — CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CNET), it was announced today by Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS [...]
Saturday, May 3, 2008Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!
We are now entering the next stage of interesting events in the ongoing Microsoft/Yahoo! saga.
Steve Ballmer has formally withdrawn the offer to acquire Yahoo! in a letter to Yahoo!’s C.E.O. Jerry Yang. The letter was so interesting that I felt it was necessary to include it for you.
Dear Jerry:
After over three months, we [...]
Monday, April 7, 2008Microsoft and Yahoo Still Haggling
Microsoft’s attempt to buy Yahoo in February may have been rejected, but, as anyone who’s been paying attention for the past few months knows, the potential deal is not exactly dead.
So what’s the status? It’s hard to say. Depending on what news source you’re paying attention to, the two companies are either working together to [...]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008Yahoo Joins Google and MySpace in “OpenSocial Foundation”
With the recent addition of Yahoo, the new lineup of the OpenSocial Initiative is now comprised of the three biggest names in Internet commerce — or what CNET calls “the Justice League of social media: Google, Yahoo, and News Corp.’s MySpace.com”.
“The OpenSocial Foundation is expected to be formed within 90 days, with more OpenSocial partners [...]