The state of New York has chosen to substitute Google Apps for Microsoft Office for public K-12 schools. – Google is replacing Microsoft in a bid to
provide collaboration software for more than 3.1 million students in New York state.
The NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) has agreed to
use the Google
Apps for Education for all K-12 schools through the state, Stanley Silverman,
director of Techn…
Android application development provides for an access into a market that is open and easy to get into. There are many additional benefits to this as well. Read on to know more.
Google expanded Android Market paid application support for developers to 29 countries and boosted to 32 the number of countries where consumers may buy apps for their Android phones. – Google took steps to alleviate a major pain point of its Android Market by expanding support for paid
applications sales and purchases to additional countries.
The search engine is now letting developers sell apps
built for the Android operating system in 29 countries, up from just nine
through …
A portion of Google Android apps feed personal data to advertisers’ servers, according to a new study. However, while that study was focused on Android, that doesn’t mean privacy is an issue only for Android. – A substantial portion of Google Android apps send users’ personal
information to advertisers, says
a new study conducted by researchers from Intel Labs, Pennsylvania
State University
and Duke University.
Those researchers developed a quot;systemwide dynamic taint tracking and
analysis syste…
NetSuite released its OneWorld on-demand enterprise resource management package on Sept. 30 with a streamlined user interface and integration with Google Apps. – The latest edition of NetSuite’s OneWorld on-demand enterprise
resource management package is integrated with Google Apps, giving customers
the option of running all their essential business processes in the
cloud.
NetSuite OneWorld 2010, released on Sept. 30, is designed
for midsize companie…
The convenience of being able to perform common systems management tasks by using a mobile device rather than a full-blown desktop is appealing to IT managers and staff alike. Whether your preferred device is a smartphone or a tablet, there is a bewildering array of tools out there competing for your screen as well as your wallet. – Systems management is exploring a new frontier your
pocket. Although the idea of using mobile devices for remote management isnt
new, the choices available to IT managers and staff are growing by leaps and
bounds. Of course, the more portable the device, the more likely it is that
youll have it …
Microsoft tweaked its cloud offerings this week, with new features for Office Web Apps, Bing and Hotmail. The company also unveiled an HPC server and adjusted a security software agreement. – Microsoft tweaked its cloud offerings this week, introducing new features to
Office Web Apps, Bing and Hotmail designed to give those services further
advantage over Yahoo and Google.
Updates
to Hotmail include a new e-mail attachment size of 25MB, support for
viewing Dailymotion and Justin.tv …
Wipro and Oracle have launched a joint initiative to develop solutions for the recently announced next-generation Oracle Fusion Applications. – Wipro Technologies, the consulting, system
integration and outsourcing business of Wipro Limited, and Oracle have
announced a new joint development initiative on next-generation Oracle
Fusion Applications.
Wipro is a partner selected by Oracle Product
Development to be involved in this joint d…
Android users get ready: the guys over at Google have just provided the world with an updated version of Gmail for the Android. This new update is of immense benefit, as the smartphone’s updates and releases will no longer be tied directly to Gmail updates. The update will allow users to get to information in [...]
Microsoft is tweaking both Office Web Apps and Hotmail, introducing new features designed to attract and retain users who would otherwise choose similar applications from Yahoo and Google. – Microsoft is tweaking Office Web Apps and Hotmail, seeking to make further inroads
in the consumer cloud space.
Updates to Hotmail include Facebook Chat integration, the ability to track
packages within an e-mail without needing to navigate to the shipper’s Website,
a new e-mail attachment size …
Verizon Wireless unveils its V Cast Apps for Android application store, which will compete with Google’s Android Market for developers. Google declined to take the bait. – Verizon Wireless formally unveiled its V Cast Apps application store Sept.
21, opening a new rivalry with partner Google and its Android Market.
The No. 1 wireless carrier has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Google,
shipping millions of its Droid line of smartphones based on the search engine…
HP is optimizing its BladeSystem Matrix data center solution to help businesses create private cloud environments for their Oracle enterprise applications. – Hewlett-Packard is unveiling a private cloud offering based on its BladeSystem Matrix integrated data center solution that is designed specifically for Oracle applications.
HPs Private Cloud Solutions for Oracle Applications are designed to enable businesses to quickly deploy Oracle software, inclu…
Google has added two-factor authentication for Google Apps, allowing admins to require user passwords and additional verification from a user’s mobile phone. Google Apps also notched its 3 millionth business customer. – Google Sept. 20 said it has added two-factor
authentication for Google Apps, a move that should make the cloud collaboration
software more palatable for enterprises requiring greater security.
Two-factor verification is a boon at a time when
passwords are often the weak link in the security fen…
Apple’s App Store remains the mobile application market of choice for developers to get not only placement, but paid. Android Market is hampered by billing options, but Android users click on more ads. – Google’s Android operating system may be riding high in 2010, but Apple’s App Store remains the mobile
application market of choice for developers to get not only placement, but to
also get paid.
Application users who frequent Apple’s App Store download nearly twice as
many apps as those who go…
Since its launch, Google Apps Marketplace has offered some pretty impressive applications for us to take advantage of. We’re glad they brought us the Marketplace, so happy half-birthday (the Marketplace is now 6 months old). These third-party applications have allowed businesses to run more efficiently and for users to stay connected a little easier. The [...]
Motorola says its new MC75A0-HC Enterprise Digital Assistant for the health care field is rugged and disinfectant-ready for hospital environments. – Motorola has unveiled a new push-to-talk mobile device to withstand the drops and spills of a hospital environment. The Motorola MC75A0-HC Rugged Healthcare Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA) allows doctors and nurses to enter patient data at bedside in a hospital environment where despite their pre…
Verizon Wireless is inviting Android application submissions for its pending V Cast Apps store, putting it in direct competition with Google’s Android Market. – In a move that could further stoke the rivalry between Google and Verizon
Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier is asking for application submissions
from developers writing for the Android operating system.
Verizon earlier this month began accepting binary Android app submissions for V CAST …
Apps may be big news among developers, but a new Pew Research Center survey suggests that phone owners are slower to download and use apps on their devices. – Apps may be the current buzzword among developers and phone
manufacturers, but a new study from the Pew Research Centers Internet amp;
American Life Project suggests that only 35 percent of U.S. adults have apps
installed on their phones.
Of adults using cell phones, only 24 percent actually r…
There are many blackberry apps which business professionals can use to make their travel and living more hassle free.
Google Android, iPhone and BlackBerry owners know that summers a time for fun mobile apps: navigation programs for finding that new vacation spot, games and e-books for whiling away the hours once youre there, restaurant and event finders for nighttime. But now Labor Days upon us, and that means its time to head back to work. Fortunately, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry all offer apps for ramping up your productivity quickly& whether its creating a new to-do list, setting an alarm or syncing your files between devices. In a sign of all three platforms growing prevalence among business users and generally work-minded folk, their app stores have filled with an ever-broader variety of programs designed for just this sort of thing. The following apps are all free, although some offer for-pay versions with more features. – …
