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App Testing From the Comfort of the Cloud September 07, 2009 
One area of cloud computing that has really taken off and generated a lot of interest is the development test and performance proofing of applications -- all from an elastic cloud services fabric. The build and test basis of development have traditionally proven complex, expensive, and inefficient. Periodic bursts of demand on runtime and build resources are the norm.
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Facebook Bows to Canada's Privacy Demands August 27, 2009 
Facebook will be overhauling its privacy policy following an investigation by the
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, which concluded that the social networking site's policies posed significant risks. The changes will affect Facebook's entire global user base.
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Trade-Offs, Evolution and the Truth About Mobile Phone Development August 25, 2009 
It has been said that a great user experience in mobile phone offerings is a combination of good engineering, marketing and graphical and user interface design. More importantly, it is about keeping the balance between all these elements. This is why the term "trade-off" is a recurrent one in the mobile phone industry.
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A Slip, a Slide, and a Bounding Bull Run for Apple August 19, 2009 
Buoyed by a bullish report on smartphones from RBC Capital Markets, Apple share prices shot up by more than $4 on Tuesday. Share prices of Research In Motion and Palm also rose. If RBC is right, we're in for a wild, high ride. If it's not -- hey, the iPhone is about to go into China, the next iPod touch will probably have new features, and perhaps an iTablet is on the way.
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IE6: Dead Browser Walking August 12, 2009 
Google's social network Orkut reportedly plans to phase out support for Internet Explorer 6, igniting a long-simmering debate over continued use of the 8-year-old version of the browser. The current version is IE8. Microsoft intends to maintain support for IE6 in conjunction with its support for Windows XP -- the OS that originally delivered it.
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Google Offers Testers a Sip of Caffeine August 11, 2009 
As if its widely acknowledged dominance of the U.S. search engine market is not enough, Google on Tuesday revealed that it's working on a next-generation architecture for Web search. The formerly secret project, code-named "Caffeine," is the first step in a process to improve the search engine in various areas, including indexing speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness, Google said.
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Microsoft Fires Starter Gun for WinMo Dev Contest July 28, 2009 
Microsoft has launched a competition to develop applications on the Windows Mobile platform, part of the company's effort to follow other mobile OS makers on the path toward a centralized storefront for all compatible mobile apps. The prize: a Microsoft Surface, which is a tabletop multitouch computer with special software, all worth about $20,000 at retail, according to Microsoft.
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How Long Can AT&T Keep Its Beloved Ball and Chain? July 24, 2009 
Empty pockets and tight budgets are in style this season, but it looks like Apple missed the memo. The company reported an unfashionably prosperous third fiscal quarter, growing its revenue nearly 12 percent year over year to $8.34 billion. Its gross margins shot up to 36.3 percent, compared to last year's 34.8.
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Don't Trade Customer Satisfaction for Call Center Efficiency July 24, 2009 
Increasing contact center efficiency has always been a clear path to cutting costs, regardless of economic conditions. Increasing productivity and doing more with existing resources are now more important than ever, but cutting call center costs does not have to result in poorer customer service.
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Google to Let 100,000 Surfers Ride Early Wave July 22, 2009 
If you want to splash around in Google Wave right now -- the search giant's new real-time communication/collaboration tool that received plenty of tech press hype during a May unveiling -- then you have to be a developer with access to the API. However, that will change on Sept. 30, when Google will let 100,000 curious users take Wave for a test swim.
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Palm's Mojo Risin' July 17, 2009 
Palm issued a public release of the Mojo software development kit for its new webOS operating system, in what could possibly be a response to leaks of the SDK in June. The SDK, given a limited release in April, had been slated for public release by the end of summer. Palm's take is that the public release follows the success of its early access program.
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Mobile Software Firm Strikes While the Market Is Hot July 16, 2009 
On June 10, Antenna Software completed the acquisition of Dexterra for an undisclosed amount, solidifying its position as a key player in the mobile middleware/platform space, with a sharpened focus on field force enablement. This market grab comes on the heels of Antenna's acquisition of Vettro's strategic assets in November 2008.
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Where Does Android Stop and Chrome Begin? July 14, 2009 
With Google targeting the netbook with both its Chrome and Android operating systems, which way should developers jump? Should they pick Chrome, the browser that will soon become an OS and is likely to face strong competition from Microsoft and Apple? Or should they go with Android, an OS that has so far been targeted mostly at smartphones, a category poised for strong growth?
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Automation: A Lube Job for a Sluggish Economy July 14, 2009 
Companies are now in the third stage of "economic downturn syndrome." Having passed through Panic and Denial, they're firmly in Acceptance. Panicky knee-jerk responses such as cost-cutting, layoffs, tightening budgets and resources are a thing of the past. Most companies have had a quick breather and segued to the stage of a more carefully considered response.
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App Testing at the Speed of Change July 08, 2009 
Adaptability is the name of the game in our fast-paced society. In order to remain on top, every company needs to adapt to the market in which it participates. Software and application developers -- actually, the entire IT department, if you want to get technical -- are particularly affected by this fast pace of change.
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Reductive Labs Snaps Up Cash, Pumps Up Puppet July 07, 2009 
Before he helped start Reductive Labs, CEO Luke Kanies was determined to improve IT systems management options to eliminate the repetitive tasks required to manage policies across networks, cloud computing systems, and virtual machine banks. In 2002, that direction led to the Puppet project, a system for automating admin tasks. The launch of his company followed in 2003.
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