Posts Tagged ‘Headline’

Salesforce unveils Salesforce Chatter Developer preview

Technology.am (17 Mar, 2010) — Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company has unveiled the developer preview for Salesforce Chatter (http://developer.force.com/chatter), providing a select group of developers with access to the new social capabilities of the Force.com platform.
The company will also unveil Chatter DevZone – a Chatter-powered community where developers can share ideas, collaborate on building [...]

Seesmic purchasing Ping.fm social update service

Technology.am (Jan 04, 2010) — Seesmic, which makes Twitter and Facebook access apps, is buying Ping.fm, a service for updating several social services at the same time. Conditions of the agreement are not being disclosed. Ping co-founders Adam Duffy and Sean McCullough are joining Seesmic and will commence work on integrating their service into the [...]

Twitter acquires location tracker start-up Mixer Labs

Technology.am (Dec 27, 209) –The micro-blogging website Twitter is purchasing the location tracking start-up Mixer Labs for an unrevealed sum. Mixer Labs, founded by two ex- Google employees, creates an application for Twitter called GeoAPI.
Twitter chief executive Evan Williams said the transaction would permit Twitter users to demonstrate users where they are when they post [...]

Google’s Admob plans examined by US regulator

Technology.am (Dec . 24, 2009) — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked for additional information about Google’s strategy to acquire Admob, a company specializing in ads for small screens.
The search engine giant said previous month that it hoped to purchase the Silicon Valley start-up for $750m (£449m) in stocks.
Google’s group product manager Paul Feng [...]

Microsoft Loses court case, but Word expected to continue

Technology.am (Dec. 24, 2009) — First, the good news: No, users won’t have to turn in your copies of Office 2007; even now that Microsoft has lost its plea of the proceedings brought by the Canadian company, i4i. The lawsuit, a copyright fight over a feature few business users ever see, will cost Microsoft $290 [...]

Yelp discards $500 million Google bid

Technology.am (Dec. 22, 2009) — Google’s supposed $500 million bid to acquire local reviews site, Yelp, has been ‘rejected’, according to reports. The news leaked that the two companies had been in talks, at the end of last week and Yelp, is believed to have rejected the tech giant’s offer over the weekend.
Both Google [...]

Google fined over French books copyright case

Technology.am (18 Dec, 2009) — A Paris court has found Google blameworthy of copyright infringement in a judgment which could have consequences for its strategy to digitize the world’s books. The search giant is required to shell out 300,000 Euros (£266,000) in indemnity and interest to French publisher La Martiniere.
It was one amongst many to [...]

Net users warned of Koobface virus particularly on social networking sites

Technology.am (18 Dec, 2009) — Specialists are forewarning internet users against Koobface computer virus targeting well-liked social networking sites in the run up to festive season.
It is said that Facebook users are majorly at danger from a variant of the Koobface virus, which comes in masquerade as a Festive greetings video, hosted over the YouTube [...]

Biden reveals $2 billion in broadband grants

Technology.am (17 Dec 2009) — Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday is programmed to proclaim $2 billion in grants that will be used to assemble broadband networks in underserved communities.
The financial support, which is an element of the $7.2 billion that was set aside for broadband in President Obama’s $787 billion economic recovery transaction previously [...]

Google launches landmarks on India maps

Technology.am (Dec 17, 2009) — Google Maps has started offering driving directions in India by means of landmarks, rather than road names alone.
The trait might be rolled out in other countries, as there appears to be a call for it in some other countries too, Manik Gupta, product manager at Google India, said on Thursday.
By [...]