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App Bing takes ease on the Android smartphone

Gary Singer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:46:25 +0000

The mobile application search engine Bing is now available to mobile users equipped with a smartphone Android and Verizon subscription.

Bing does not ties with Yahoo. Microsoft has indeed released in the United States a free mobile application of its search engine for smartphones Google Android equipped with a subscription to Verizon.

Downloadable from the Android Market under the name Bing App, this new version of Microsoft’s search engine for the mobile internet has a home page similar to that used for computers.

Bing App loads still some nice features, like the Bing Maps mapping service and search tool Bing Voice Voice Search.The mobile application also has a feature to quickly locate wireless hotspots available.

Access to the various search tabs (Images, Videos, Shopping, News, etc.) Has been simplified and a series of practical services such as search for points of interest through geolocation (shops, cinemas, restaurants) is highlighted.Last December, Microsoft had already pulled out its mobile application Bing for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Firefox Home: Will Apple reject or approve? An analysis

Gary Singer — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:08:07 +0000

Firefox Mobile is not yet available in final release, but Mozilla has found another way to land in the iPhone and iPod Touch as it submitted application Firefox Home to Apple’s online store.

While the Mozilla Foundation denies it wants to develop a browser for an iPhone, it has just submitted the Home Firefox application for entry in App Store. Firefox Home is a free application that allows access to your Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and open tabs on your iPhone.”

In other words, data from Firefox on your computer is synced to the cloud after that Firefox Home is able to access some of that information, and open it in Mobile Safari.

To use this application users have to install Firefox sync on their PCS or laptops. Right now Mozilla is waiting for apple approval or rejection on this wonderful application. Hopefully apple will approve it because it is not a browser that will compete with safari and if at all it belongs to same league than also apple has given approval to opera mini so there is no logic to reject this great application.

Apple confronts antitrust investigation

Gary Singer — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:56:52 +0000

U.S. authorities can begin antitrust investigation into the corporation Apple, sources (Nnewspaper The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times ( FT)) According to them, officials suspect that Apple intentionally limits the development of programs for the smartphone iPhone, iPod player and Tablet PC iPad in choosing how to write software. In particular, for about a month ago it became clear that software developers for the iPhone cannot use Flash software company Adobe to support streaming video.
The investigation into the Apple, is likely to focus on the question of whether its operating system iPhone is closed ( ie, unavailable for use by third parties.), said the source FT. Although the decision to initiate anti-trust case has not yet adopted, it is unclear even who will lead the investigation – the officials of the American Ministry of Justice or Federal Trade Commission. The final decision on this matter will be taken within a week.

Meanwhile, the founder and CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs recently decided to publicly respond to attacks from Adobe. The official blog, he said: ” Adobe says that its Flash technology is open, and our – closed. In fact, everything is exactly the opposite. The wide availability of products based on Adobe Flash does not mean, that this technology is open: its future development depends entirely on Adobe, and access to it can only return this company. Operating System, which hosted iPhone, iPod and iPad, too ” proprietary “, recognizes Jobs, Apple, one is convinced that you want to use open standards for work-related devices on the Internet, and therefore preferred to HTML5, CSS and JavaScriptiP Technologies Flash.

Now migrate between Google and Microsoft

Gary Singer — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:39:49 +0000

Another chapter has been added to the ongoing cold war between Google and Microsoft. Google has come up with a new tool to give a big advantage to its enterprise business by this latest application that it offers.

Google is offering its corporate clients a tool that facilitates the transfer of mail and calendar information from Microsoft Exchange servers to Google.

In line with the Google Apps For Business (and Education) customers sync services with Outlook and Blackberries and it introduction of a migration tool for users of Lotus Notes last year, it has now come up with Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange.

The main attraction of the announced software is that it allows simultaneous data transfer in email, calendar and contacts, including IM and video conferencing to hundreds of users and not one by one as was being done until now. The applications come in two versions one is an internal version of the browser and the other corporate versions of the software for the users.

It is designed as a centralized tool, with this it will now be possible to make the whole process of migration while users are
working, so that they practically do not realize the changes that are being implemented.

The company is determined to overtake office productivity tools world with this utility. Quoting Google Apps product manager Abhishek Bapna “It’s really fast, and that’s what distinguishes it from other tools.” The tool works with Exchange 2003 and 2007 and is available to customers of Google Apps Premier and Education Edition.

The only place that it lacks is that it does not copy the task lists in the Exchange. Google’s intention with this tool is that more and more companies migrate to the Apps service as most businesses small and (especially) large use MS Exchange servers in-house for email and to store contacts and calendars shared among employees.

This utility allows to transfer all the data to the cloud-based Apps for Business in simple four step process.It is speculated that Microsoft is not far behind in developing a similar application to rival Google’s that allows its customers to take Exchange information easily to the cloud.

What is Google buzz ? understand with these four links

Gary Singer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:10:33 +0000

The Internet giant, Google launched buzz to grab social Web. Here we are trying to elobrate google buzz and taking the help of four links which will help you to understand google buzz in depth

1. When Google re-invents Gmail

“Google has learned the lessons of social media of Twitter” to change Gmail, said Tim O’Reilly, very enthusiastic in his blog high tech. There details of how Google Buzz (photo sharing, opportunity to “follow” other users …) read Google Buzz re-invents Gmail

2. Google shows its Facebook envy?

The desire to copy Facebook reflected in the latest invention of Google, said Liz Gannes on Gigaom. She regrets will keep users on its sites captives, rather than work with existing social networks. [Read: With Buzz, Google shows its Facebook envy]

3. A competitor to Facebook and Twitter?

The high tech blog Mashable offers a review Ad … and concludes: “We continue to rely on Facebook for years to come. [Read Google Buzz: What it means for Facebook and Twitter]

4. Conquering the mobile
Geolocation, sharing with friends on a laptop … Google buzz to get in on the system to settle on Android phones. A move welcomed by Christina Warren on Mashable.com.

ColorMagine@ App Store for 99 cents

Gary Singer — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:09:52 +0000

ColorMagine is at present available App Store for 99 cents: ColorMagine is an iPhone and iPod touch app for the purpose of digital coloring, the Application has been introduced in the App Store. Through this application created artwork can be saved to an embedded scrapbook or on to a photo library, and additional features include shake to undo, pan and zoom and a sliding cross hair. Jenny Horne said that “I wanted to develop a coloring app with a difference, to allow kids and adults alike to create their own images within the patterns. ColorMagine is simple to use and fun for everyone.”

ITunes: Apple offers 12 days for 12 free downloads

Gary Singer — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:14:27 +0000

Do you have an iPhone? Than apple has a special gift for you . On the site http://www.itunes12daysofchristmas.co.uk/ you can download not just songs, but also a video clip, an application or an episode of TV series and you can also select some of the best sales of iTunes.
The site says that the operation runs from December 26, 2009 to January 6, 2010. Each free download is only valid for 24 hours. To do this you need to install iTunes and create an iTunes Store account. This is what Apple calls the 12 days gifts, It’s a free app for the iPhone (and iPod touch)

Cisco now provides all time security feeds to iPhones users

Nancy White — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:02:26 +0000

Cisco has developed an app for Apple iPhone that puts the power of the Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) in users’ hands keeping them updated with the latest online threats.

Cisco named the app as Cisco SIO To Go. It enables users to personalize alerts to show only those security threats that could impact their network and provides added assurance that they are being protected by their Cisco security solution. It gives them real-time access to a wealth of actionable global security information irrespective of the place where they are.

It is powered by the Cisco Security IntelliShield Alert Manager Service and informs, protects and enables users to respond in real time to alerts and threats to the network. The application delivers early warning intelligence, threat vulnerability and proven Cisco mitigation solutions to users’ iPhones as they occur. It also provides unique IP and URL address e-mail and Web reputation look-up powered by the Cisco IronPort SenderBase Security Network and the Cisco SIO.

Launched on Friday Cisco SIO To Go will be available for free to be downloaded on iPhones through Apple’s App Store.