Twitter has just announced that it will begin sending email notifications to users when they’re retweeted by someone they follow or when someone favorites one of their tweets. Until now Twitter has given users the option to receive email notifications when they receive a direct message or when they get a new follower. Last...
I didn’t start using a mobile device to rock me some of that sweet, sweet sissy bounce until I got my Android smart phone last year. I figured I’d need such a device to do justice to the music. Little did I know I could have done it with grandma’s candlestick telephone. According to...
Mobile workers just don’t put the phone down, according a new report from iPass, which provides Wi-Fi and 3G network access to enterprise clients for use by their employees. The company surveyed more than 3,500 people from 1,100 large corporations worldwide and asked them about their mobile device work habits. The results may not...
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the white paper about how Intel Xeon processors help organizations get unprecedented levels of performance. Rackspace is offering a hosted desktop virtualization service with Citrix that has a...
Symantec, the computer software security giant, has announced that it will be acquiring enterprise-class eDiscovery management platform maker, Clearwell Systems for $390 million. Symantec is probably best known for its widely proliferated (perhaps even ubiquitous) Norton security products, but of late it has been making a play at eDiscovery platforms, a strategic move, considering...
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German software vendor Software AG has bought San Francisco-based Java-performance expert Terracotta with the goal of creating a cloud application platform to rival those from Software AG competitors such as Oracle, VMware and IBM. Unlike many competitive efforts, however, Software AG will rely heavily on the open source products that Terracotta has built and...
Kindle e-book lending service Lendle has added an interesting new feature to its service today: the ability for users to earn a little money when they lend their e-books via the site. Most users will be credited $.50 for every e-book lent, and patrons – those who’ve supported the site with a one-time $25...
Our first batch of Startup Battlefield presentations is available for you to watch. Click on through for the “Disrupting Search and Discovery” range of companies and let them shock you with their brash disregard for search paradigms. The companies in this group are Do@, Rexly, Weotta, Skylines, and Deja. Do@ is a search engine...
The TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Alley audience choice winner today is Happy Toy Machine, which allows you to design and create plush toys online. The site allows adults and children to customize their plush toys by colors, size, body parts, shape, type, build and more. When you are satisfied with your design, you can actually...