Showing posts with label AOL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AOL. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

How AOL Squandered WinAmp - plus my very own links overview

Which companies have been moving and shaking in the world of tech? Let's see.

One intriguing conversation starter has been Yammer and Twitter. Let's check it out shall we?
- It's Official: Microsoft Confirms It Has Acquired Yammer For $1.2 Billion In Cash from techcrunch.com
- Microsoft Must Integrate Yammer Without Stifling Its Innovation: Analysts from www.eweek.com
- Microsoft Gets Social With $1.2 Billion Yammer Acquisition from searchenginewatch.com



California has been receiving a lot of press too:
- Emmanuel De La Rosa, California Teacher, Arrested On Suspicion Of Hazing from www.huffingtonpost.com

Did you see all the talk about Verizon Communications and U.S.? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Verizon, T-Mobile Sign Spectrum Deal, Partly Pending Federal Communications Commission Approval - "T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless have entered into an agreement in which T-Mobile will purchase some Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum from Verizon and the pair will also exchange some AWS spectrum licenses, helping each to attain more contiguous blocks of spectrum and re-align spectrum in adjacent markets, T-Mobile said in a June 25 statement" - said www.eweek.com

Anything else? Well, AOL and iTunes were in the media a fair amount:
- How AOL Squandered WinAmp - "AOL bought WinAmp (and Nullsoft) for about $100 million" - said techcrunch.com
- AOL Celebrates Winamp's 15th Anniversary with Android Album Washer - www.webpronews.com









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Monday, April 30, 2012

Zuckerberg's Deal-Making Forcing Facebook IPO Delay? - along with my blog posts review

Which organizations have been shaking things up in the realm of technology? Let's take a peek.

In our first little group, why don't we have a look at the websites taking about Google and Android:
- Former Google Developer Says He Took Some Java Code Out of Android from www.eweek.com
- Google Planned to Subsidize $10 Unlimited Data Plans from www.webpronews.com

What else do we have? Well, there's Microsoft and Java application:
- Kaspersky Claims Apple Inc. is a Decade Behind Microsoft in IT Security from www.webpronews.com
- Apple 10 Years Behind Microsoft in Security: Kaspersky from www.eweek.com



Did you catch all the discussion about Facebook and AOL? Here's the most interesting links:
- Zuckerberg's Deal-Making Forcing Facebook IPO Delay? - "Facebook is reportedly pushing back its planned initial public offering (IPO) following a series of high-profile deals.Citing unnamed sources close to the company, CNBC is reporting that the company has moved its target date for the IPO from early to mid-May to as late as mid-June" - said searchenginewatch.com
- Microsoft Tried To Sell Bing To Facebook - www.webpronews.com

To finish up let's take a short look at Sony and Steve Jobs.
- Apple Is the New Sony? Not Likely, Many Argue - "Is Apple doomed to repeat the mistakes of technology giants like Sony in the aftermath of co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs' passing?" - said www.eweek.com
- Apple Sony: Why Apple Can Succeed Post-Jobs - techcrunch.com









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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Study: Apple's iOS And Mac Platforms Drive The Most Search Requests; Linux the Least, Says Chitika - along with my own blog posts review

Corporations, technology, media ... it's all good isn't it?

In our first little grouping, let's take a look at the websites taking about Apple Inc. and Revenue:
- Apple's "Mind-Boggling" iPhone Sales In People's Republic of China Bring Revenues To $7.9B There from techcrunch.com
- Highlights From Apple's Second Quarter Earnings Call from www.webpronews.com



What else do we have? Well, there's Microsoft and Linux:
- Study: Apple's iOS And Mac Platforms Drive The Most Search Requests; Linux the Least, Says Chitika from techcrunch.com
- Steam Native Linux Client Near? Gabe Newell Trashes Windows 8? from techland.time.com



Facebook and AOL were mentioned a lot too:
- Zuckerberg's Deal-Making Forcing Facebook IPO Delay? - "Facebook is reportedly pushing back its planned initial public offering (IPO) following a series of high-profile deals.Citing unnamed sources close to the company, CNBC is reporting that the company has moved its target date for the IPO from early to mid-May to as late as mid-June" - said searchenginewatch.com
- Facebook Reveals New Financial Data, Spends $550M for Patent Arsenal - business.time.com

To end we should take a short look at Google and Java application.
- Former Google Developer Says He Took Some Java Code Out of Android - "Google lawsuit in federal court over Google's allegedillegal use of parts of the Java code base in the Android mobile deviceoperating system has taken a couple of curious turns" - said www.eweek.com
- Eric Schmidt Testifies About Google's Use of Java - www.webpronews.com





















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Monday, March 19, 2012

The Big G Nexus Tablet Expected in May 2012 - with the best links of the day

So, it's time for another links roundup. I've dug up stuff on Google, AOL and Twitter.

OK, who's been talking about Google? It was technorati.com with their post entitled Google Nexus Tablet Expected in May 2012.

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What did they point out about Google? They said:
The launch of the new iPad from Apple this last week has been all that people could talk about when it comes to tablets
and went on to say
But those who aren t willing to shell out $500+ are hoping for other alternatives from Google and Amazon once again in 2012. Last year, Amazon rocked the tablet world with the ultra cheap $199 US Kindle Fire. It was by far the most successful launch any Android tablet had performed or the year, which ended up taking a little bite out of Apple s iPad market shares after it s launch


Next up it's a site that's been talking about AOL - AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo Kick Off Display Ad Deal.

They said:
The mnage trois in display advertising among Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL has started on schedule
... interesting ...
The three companies are now officially offering one another's unsold inventory


To finish we have Thumb Offers A Reality Test For SXSW Winners from techcrunch.com, focussing on Twitter. The wrote good quality stuff, particularly
Every year, before, during, and after South by Southwest, everyone's eager declare someone the winner of the conference
and
Then comes the inevitable backlash, with questions about whether Popular App X will ever catch on with "regular people" - or if it's just useful to techies who are constantly checking their iPhones in search of the next party
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Blinkx Replaces Truveo To Power AOL Video Search - and my other links of the day

So, it's time for the next links roundup. We'll be talking about AOL, Microsoft and Twitter.

Right, let's see who's been talking about AOL? It was techcrunch.com with their post entitled Blinkx Replaces Truveo To Power AOL Video Search.

What did they point out about AOL? Well...:
British video search company Blinkx saw its stock spike briefly this morning, following an announcement that it will power AOL's video search
and went on to say
AOL is one of the largest video destinations on the Web, with about 450 million video views per month according to comScore


Next up it's a site that's been talking about Microsoft - Windows 8 Dominated Microsoft's Week.

They said:
Microsoftsweek was pretty much all Windows 8, all the time
... sounds interesting ...
In midweek,Microsoft sent media an invitation to a Windows 8 Consumer Preview-themedevent at this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The meeting isscheduled to take place at 3 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Hotel Miramar, and its widelyexpected that the company will unveil the Consumer Preview and (perhaps) makeit available for download at that time.


Lastly it's SMW2012: Early Tweets From Social Media Week from www.webpronews.com, focussing on Twitter. Great things from them, particularly
You can follow the Twitter feeds and discussions from the event live yourself with the hashtag breakdown found in this earlier article
and
"A great thing about social media is it enables product users to give feedback. Sometimes that feedback is hard to hear." @thorpus #smwwdc
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