Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Mobile

2010년 7월 12일 월요일

Trillian for Android On Deck

Instant messaging client Trillian announced on its blog today that an Android version will be available within a couple of weeks.

Trillian dovetails IM from a host of services into one platform, including Facebook Chat, Windows Live, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP and MySpaceIM. It will support Android back to version 1.6.

Trillian already has an iPhone app, which is also being tinkered with a bit, including iOS 4 multitasking. But this is not a rough sketch of that version, according to the company.

Microsoft Readies For War with New Small Business Division For Cloud Push

Microsoft is making two big bets for the new fiscal year: the cloud and the small business market.

So it's fitting that the company is creating a new division that will be chartered with offering cloud computing services for the small business sector.

According to ChannelWeb, the division will include all of the SMB sales, technical, marketing and distribution resources under a single multibillion dollar division. It's reputed to have as much resources it needs for its efforts.

iPad & Nexus One: Voted Best of the Web 2010 by RWW Readers

This week we ran a poll asking you to vote for the Web product or platform that has most impressed you in 2010. The overwhelming winner was the Apple iPad, launched in January. This isn't a surprise, but the fact that the iPad garnered over twice as many votes as the second-place getter shows just how much impact the iPad has had on the Web landscape this year.

Second was the Nexus One, an iPhone challenger that runs Google's mobile OS, Android. This shows another significant trend of 2010: the increasing market penetration of Android as a smart phone platform competing with the iPhone. Full poll results below...

2010년 7월 8일 목요일

What Makes an Apple Store So Great

If you haven’t had an opportunity to visit an Apple Store, I strongly recommend doing so. My last visit was a week ago when I picked up my new iPhone 4 and, though I’ve visited the stores plenty of times before, waiting in line reminded me of what makes Apple’s retail plans such a success.

True, I’ve written before about some of the missteps that Apple has taken, but even with its faults, the company never stops and keeps striving to make a difference in the minds of its customers. So what makes an Apple Store so great? It’s all about the experience.

BlackBerry Users Get an Official Twitter App

Beginning Tuesday night, BlackBerry maker RIM began rolling out its official "Twitter for BlackBerry" mobile application to users by way of the BlackBerry App World site, where it can be found under the "social networking" category.

The app, which has been in beta since April, supports all the features one would expect from a mobile Twitter application, including access to timelines, replies, messages, trends and profiles. But it also includes several BlackBerry-specific options, including push notifications, hotkeys and integration with core BlackBerry apps.

Download Our Latest Report For Free: The Future of the Cloud

We're delighted to announce ReadWriteWeb's fourth premium report, The Future of the Cloud: Cloud Platform APIs are the Business of Cloud Computing. Thanks to the generosity of our partners VMWare and Intel, we're providing this report at no cost to you.

Cloud computing is fundamentally changing the way we do business - from strategic planning to how services are delivered. We've been actively tracking these changes on our channel ReadWriteCloud and this report is an extension of that.

Introducing the New YouTube Mobile Website

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGT8ZCTBoBA&feature=player_embedded