Techno-News Blog

By Michelle Maisto, eWeek

Apple has completed the purchase of Intrinsity, a chip maker that worked on a high-power processor for the iPad, according to the New York Times. As Android-running smartphones such as the Droid Incredible catch up to the iPhone, Intrinsity may help Apple keep the iPad well ahead of competitors. Apple has bought chip maker Intrinsity, according to The New York Times, a move that could have a significant impact in the evolution of the company’s iPad tablet PC.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-Intrinsity-Buy-Could-Be-a-Boon-for-the-iPad-549666/?kc=rss

By Don Reisinger, eWeek

A year ago, Apple and Google enjoyed a strong relationship. Google CEO Eric Schmidt was sitting on Apple’s board and the companies were silent partners in a battle against Microsoft. Their goal at the time was to dominate their respective markets and join forces wherever they could to attack their shared enemy, Microsoft. The issues started when Apple rejected the Google Voice application access to the App Store. But rather than find an easy solution, the battle between the two companies ramped up as Jobs and Schmidt traded barbs. That resulted in Schmidt no longer sitting on Apple’s board and Jobs saying that Google’s “Don’t be evil” mantra is nonsense.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/10-Google-vs-Apple-Battles-to-Watch-108416/?kc=rss

by Chris Preimesberger, eWeek

HP may be looking at enterprise uses first and foremost as it integrates Palm’s IP into its product lines. Smartphone maker Palm, which never could find a way to outflank Apple and its phenomenally-selling iPhone during the last nine years, has decided on a graceful exit by accepting a $1.2 billion buyout offer from Hewlett-Packard. Palm sold only 408,000 phones last quarter; in contrast, Apple sold 8.7 million iPhones during the same time window. On the other hand, HP, the world’s second-largest IT systems provider, now re-enters a business in which it has had limited visibility and success: connected telephones. But smartphones aren’t the only thing for which HP is investing so much “cash on hand” in Palm.

 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/HP-to-Buy-Struggling-Palm-as-Ticket-into-Smartphone-Market-887833/?kc=rss

By Andrew Webb, BBC

The moment you walk into San Diego’s High Tech High you realise this is a school unlike most others. Teenagers are writing video games, filming sketches, using heavy duty power tools to build a boat – and then there are the robots. In pride of place is Daisy May, a waist-high machine that scuttles around, scooping balls off the ground and projecting them into a bin. “The way she skids replicates the way she would move in the semi-weightless conditions on the moon,” said one of her designers and senior year student, RJ Sheperd.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8631641.stm

by the BBC

The UK will spend over £1 billion on cloud computing by 2012 – twice as much as today – researchers predict. This would mean more consumers and businesses subscribing to web-based services, such as Google Apps. Cloud-based services currently account for around 7.5% of the £8 billion UK software market, according to research company TechMarketView. But others say cloud computing is hyped and will complement traditional desktop software rather than replace it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8644110.stm

by the BBC

Police in California have seized computers belonging to the editor of a gadget blog which was involved in the purchase of an iPhone prototype. Gizmodo had admitted it paid $5,000 to an unnamed individual for the next generation device, which was reportedly left in a bar by an Apple employee. Editor Jason Chen published photographs and videos of the phone last week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8645884.stm

By Farhad ManjooMay, Fast Company

 The lesson here is striking: Control matters. Privacy doesn’t. And as long as we’re secure in the knowledge that whatever cool, new Web toy can be turned off, we’re fine letting the world peer deeper and deeper into our lives.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/145/tech-edge-multiple-choice.html

by Mitch Wagner, Computerworld

Google Apps Gmail, like its equivalent for consumers, is fast, reliable and easy to use. But you need to think about the potential problems before relying on it for your business and personal mail.  Google Apps is the private-label version of Google’s Web-based office suite. The “from” address on your e-mail is your own domain, rather than Gmail.com. Google Apps includes Google Docs, Google Calendar, and more. It has an administrator interface for managing multiple users. Google Apps comes in a free version, or a $50 per user per year Premium version, with tech support and increased e-mail storage quotas.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15971/should_you_switch_to_google_apps_for_your_email

by Lifehacker

As excited as some of us still are about Google Wave (two of us wrote a book), Wave’s biggest problem remains: “What would I use it for?” With the app’s new wave templates, Google wants to guide you toward answers.  Now when you visit Wave, the New Wave panel (and the new wave button) offer options for starting waves using templates for common use cases. Gina and I highlighted some of our favorite, creative Wave use cases over at The Complete Guide to Google Wave, but the new templates offer a really helpful jumping off point for collaborating in Wave for common uses, like discussions, task tracking, meeting notes, document creation, and brainstorming. You can still stick with the default blank wave, but it seems like a step in the right direction to help new users get familiar with the tool.

http://lifehacker.com/5520823/google-waves-quick-new-wave-templates-guide-your-wave-use

by Nick Saint, SF Gate

Google has announced a major overhaul to Google Docs. Some Docs products have been tweaked, some have been completely redone, and a few new ones have been added.  Across the board, there is a lot of emphasis on collaboration in these updates. A lot of this actually looks just like Google Wave.  Obviously, the world has yet to get as excited about Wave as Google hoped.  Now, everyone who shares Google Docs is using Google’s real time collaboration whether they like it or not.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/13/businessinsider-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-google-docs-2010-4.DTL

by Brad McCarty, the Next Web

You see, The Seattle Times is one of those organizations that understands how social media and traditional news go hand in hand. When the story broke about four Seattle-area police officers being shot, the Times decided to not only follow the story on their site, but to also get their audience involved by opening a Google Wave for the story. The Wave allowed for real-time updates, not only from the Times staff, but also from readers. As users of the Wave dug through information across the Internet, evidence sightings, witness reports and school closings were given out immediately.

http://thenextweb.com/google/2010/04/17/google-wave-helps-journalist-win-pulitzer-prize/

by Chelsi Nakano, CMS Wire

Google made headlines yet again this week with their Docs overhaul. Referred to by some as the “Office killer,” the platform now features a new infrastructure that allows it to look and act much more like traditional word processing software. Meanwhile, mobile and social solutions are becoming as everyday as breathing.

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/enterprise-20-rollup-google-mobile-and-social-everything-007254.php

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