Daily Archives: August 12, 2011

Android Tablets Begin Chipping Away at iPad’s Dominance

August 12, 2011
Android Tablets Begin Chipping Away at iPad’s Dominance

Tablet computers running Android have collectively begun to challenge the dominance of Apple’s iPad, stealing 20% of the iPad’s market share in the last year, according to ABI Research. While no individual tablet, be it the Motorola Xoom or Samsung Galaxy Tab, comes close to challenging the iPad directly, all Android-based tablets combined are...

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Facebook’s Next Moves: Media And E-Commerce

August 12, 2011
Facebook’s Next Moves: Media And E-Commerce

With social ticketing, Zuckerberg could fill that seat next to him pretty quickly. See Also: Here’s What Normal People Really Think Of Google+ Zuckerberg Tears Into An Appmaker On His Facebook Wall Facebook Strikes Back Against Google Games Today, games make up the bulk of third-party apps on Facebook. But the company sees big opportunities...

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MacBook Air outdoing ‘ultrabooks’ on price and profit even before their launch

August 12, 2011

The ultrabook initiative launched by Intel is running into snags based on difficulties matching the price tag set by Apple’s MacBook Air, reports DigiTimes. Intel’s initiative has attracted manufacturers like Acer, Asustek and Lenovo, who are looking to find a way to produce thin and light notebooks that can compete with the MacBook Air,...

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5 Tools to Manage Code Tags in Websites

August 12, 2011
5 Tools to Manage Code Tags in Websites

How do you deal with all those Web analytics snippets, header tags for authenticating with various services (like Google Webmaster Central and Quantcast), A/B testing tags, etc.? Are you unsure which tags you still need, or what tags added by other collaborators actually do? Several services have sprung-up to try to solve the problem...

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Apple releases OS X Lion 10.7.2 and iCloud for Mac beta 7 to developers

August 12, 2011
Apple releases OS X Lion 10.7.2 and iCloud for Mac beta 7 to developers

Apple has today released a seed of OS X Lion 10.7.2 to developers, reports 9to5Mac. It has also released an update to iCloud for Mac, beta software that allows developers to test iCloud integration with Mac and iOS apps. The downloads are available on Apple’s Developer Site. The new Lion update, which is build...

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Can Android Ice Cream Sandwich Beat the iPhone 5 to Market?

August 12, 2011
Can Android Ice Cream Sandwich Beat the iPhone 5 to Market?

A couple of niche Android blogs have surfaced what they claim to be pictures and features belonging to the release of Ice Cream Sandwich, Android’s latest iteration of its operating system. For the most part, Ice Cream Sandwich appears to have general user interfaces updates and tweaks. That could be beneficial to Android as...

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New WP7 keyboard allows for quick typing in Japanese [Video]

August 12, 2011

As we have previously reported, the Mango update to Windows Phone 7 contains vastly increased language support. Also in Mango are a number of new keyboards to allow users to type in the added languages. A new video discovered today shows off how one of those keyboards will function, with a ‘flick’ motion that helps...

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Microsoft Bringing Hadoop Connectors to SQL Server

August 12, 2011
Microsoft Bringing Hadoop Connectors to SQL Server

Visit the CenturyLink resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how smart businesses harness the power of customer data to improve satisfaction and sales: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data. This week Microsoft announced its intentions to bring Hadoop to SQL Server and Parallel Data Warehouse...

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Google Plus is Turning Mainstream (Traffic Numbers)

August 12, 2011
Google Plus is Turning Mainstream (Traffic Numbers)

Six weeks after launching, the demographic make-up of people who are visiting Google’s new social network Google Plus is changing to become less focused on early adopters than it was at launch, says leading web traffic monitoring company Experian Hitwise, which posted the results of a 10 million person tracking study today. It will...

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Major scientific breakthrough: Electronic skin tattoos that are so, so cool

August 12, 2011

The mark of the beast Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/XVhChCLukEo/

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