Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Mobile: 07/08/10

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.

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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