mashable:
We’ve been matching up popular web services, applications and mobile apps against each other in heated one-on-one battles here in our weekly Faceoff Series. Last week Microsoft Office bested Google Docs in a head to head race for the title of office suite champion.This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle (Read More)
Mashable!:
Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked for your favorite news reader.Is your favorite app or service not represented in the list? Let us know in the comments! And to make sure y (Read More)
Mashable!:
In the month or so since Twitter started rolling out its Twitter Lists feature, a number of web and Adobe AIR based clients have added support for it.However, we haven’t seen any native Twitter apps support Lists. Today Realmac Software released Socialite Beta 3 for Mac OS X, including, among other enhancements — basic list (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label "Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series. - Ed.Over the last two weeks, we've made improvements across Google Apps, some geared for individuals, others meant for business customers.Green Robot icon in G (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web.Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium OS. We are doing this early, a year before Google Chrome OS will be ready for users, because we are eager to engage with partner (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Ever since Google started talking about its Google Chrome OS, developers, competitors, and observers have been wondering why Google needs two operating systems: Android and Chrome OS. At today’s chrome OS briefing, Google was asked whether Chrome OS would support Android apps. The answer is no. Of course, as Michael pointe (Read More)
Mashable!:
Back in July, Google made a move that long seemed inevitable when they announced the impending launch of their own operating system: Chrome OS. Since then, details on the project have remained sparse, other than that it would be lightweight (like the Chrome web browser), open source, and initially focused on the emerging n (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Microsoft announced the availability of Silverlight 4 in beta at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) today. Some of the new features include more fluid animations, Webcam, microphone and printing support, 200 percent faster start times than Silverlight 3, deep zoom and multi-touch support and more. It now also su (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
I'm pleased to announce we just added a stocked gallery of site templates in Google Sites. Anyone can browse the public template gallery, and businesses using Google Apps each have a private area where employees can share site templates with coworkers.The rate that businesses are adopting Google Sites has surpassed our expe (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Back when I was a teenager my parents had a simple rule – I had to be home by midnight. There was a doozie of an exception, though. If I was drinking they didn’t want me to drive, so all I had to do was call home, tell them I was drinking and I could stay over at a friend’s house. You can imagine that my parents pretty much (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Perhaps the most annoying thing about Twitter as a platform is that it’s nearly impossible to find people you may know through third party apps. Essentially, you have to know their Twitter handle already to find them, or rely on some other more convoluted method rather than just say, looking them up by name. Soon, that won’ (Read More)
TechCrunch:
As the iPhone is increasingly used by businesses, more large companies and startups are providing customized productivity apps to serve this community. Roambi, which launched a free app earlier this year, allows for data in spreadsheets and documents to be easily viewed on the iPhone in customizable charts and graphs. MeLLm (Read More)
CIO.com - Applications:
While companies are starting to seriously look at the hosted applications from Google and Microsoft, the latter's incumbent status gives it a leg up, according to some CIOs. (Read More)
Official Google Blog:
Last week the Google Apps for Education team headed to Denver for EDUCAUSE 2009 where the higher education community meets annually. It was at this conference three years ago that we first unveiled Google Apps for Education. Since then, we've witnessed staggering growth in the world of cloud computing in education. Lots has (Read More)
Mashable!:
Just over a year ago, Apple launched the iPhone App Store, giving countless developers the ability to create dynamic apps on the iPhone mobile platform. And while over 100,000 apps have been created already, it hasn’t been all sunshine and roses between Apple and 3rd party developers. Multiple iPhone app bannings, inconsi (Read More)