Posts In Category News

Read Write Web: Adobe Announces Open-Source Collaboration with Sourceforge

on July 15, 2010 by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

Today, Adobe announced an expansion of its open-source activities and a collaboration with Sourceforge, called “Open@Adobe.” “Open@Adobe is a site aggregating Adobe’s openness programs, which includes source code hosting, such […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: New App Reveals How Smart, Rich & Frugal Your Neighbors Are

on July 14, 2010 by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

Last week we told you about a new iPhone application from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) that brought its popular ArcGIS software to iOS devices. The app leveraged […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: A Business Intelligence Tool for Those Who Want More Than a Spreadsheet

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

Tibco has launched a business intelligence tool designed for the small business market that it is making available for free over the next year. TibcoSilver Spotlight is part of Tibco’s […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: Chatroullete Expands to Location and Channels

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

Chatroulette, the face-to-face random video chat service, is growing slightly less random. The service is adding Localroulette, for location-specific chats, and Channelroulette, for specific topics. Given the surge of interest […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: How Andreessen-Horowitz Picked Its First Cloud Investment

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

On Monday, the cloud application management service Okta announced that it had secured a $10 million series A investment earlier this year led by Andressen-Horowitz. Okta allows companies to control […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: Best Small Cities to Live, According to CNNMoney & Gowalla

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

We wrote before of “location as platform.” How much more rich can location-based apps make the mobile experience? CNNMoney and Gowalla are hoping, much. They’ve partnered to make Money’s yearly […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: Opera 5.1 for Android Outpaces Safari in Side-by-Side Comparison [VIDEO]

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

Back in April when Opera Mini was released into the AppStore, as an iPhone user I naturally downloaded it and checked it out. Yes, some pages loaded faster, but navigating […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: Why Press Releases Aren’t Always the Best Way to Get Press

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

75% of journalists find well-targeted, well-written news releases useful, according to a recent survey by Oriella PR Network, an alliance of 15 PR agencies from around the world. As Jeremy […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: How the Old Spice Videos Are Being Made

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

How do you take the social web by storm in a day, winning over even the coldest of hearts and gaining international aclaim – with commercials? A team of creatives, […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: Validation of the Social Enterprise: Atlassian Raises $60 Million

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

Atlassian has raised $60 million from Accel Partners, the venture capital company that has funded such companies as Facebook, Dropbox and Etsy. The funding is one of the most sizable […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: BlackBerry 6 Preview Features Social Feeds and New Browser

on July 12, 2010 by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

RIM has released a video preview of the company’s forth coming BlackBerry 6 OS. The preview showcases a touch based interface, new social features likely powered by technology RIM […]

Read more...

Read Write Web: How Do You Define "Startup"?

on by WalterCron in News, Comments Off

What constitutes a “startup”? Is it the age of a company? Its size? Its funding? Its profitability? Its position in the industry? Steve Jobs often speaks of Apple’s “startup” culture. […]

Read more...