Sunday, June 10, 2012

AppDynamics Delivers Performance Monitoring for Microsoft Windows Azure - along with my very own links review

Tech companies will always be making news - luckily for me personally as this is a tech blog. Who are we thinking about today?

In our first little bunch, why don't we check out the websites discussing Google and SEO:
- Google Gets Better At Detecting Hacked Pages, Adds Golf Search Feature & More from feedproxy.google.com
- Is Google A Monopoly Or Do People Just Prefer It? from www.webpronews.com
- Google's May Updates: Inorganic Backlinks, Page Titles, Fresh Results & More from feeds.searchengineland.com



iPad and Apple Inc. seemed to come up quite a lot too:
- Eventster Brings Crowdsourced Event Discovery To iPhone & iPad from feedproxy.google.com
- iPads Are Pushing Low-End Tablet Prices Still Lower: Report from www.eweek.com
- Apple Agrees to $2.25 Million Settlement Over Australian iPad Ads from www.webpronews.com







Next on the list are Facebook and Search engine optimization
- Are You Bored With Facebook? - "For some users, Facebook's "What's on your mind" question does little to provoke" - said www.webpronews.com
- Facebook Rolling Out App Center for iOS, Android and Web - feedproxy.google.com
- Facebook Beefs Up Security to Avoid LinkedIn's Fate - feeds09.technorati.com

Let's finish off with a look at Microsoft and Cloud computing.
- AppDynamics Delivers Performance Monitoring for Microsoft Windows Azure - "AppDynamics, an application performance management (APM) solution provider, has announced a new partnership with Microsoft that enables Windows Azure users to monitor and scale their applications in Windows Azure" - said www.eweek.com
- FAA Chooses Office 360: Microsoft One-Ups Google In Battle For Government Cloud Market - feedproxy.google.com

















Saturday, June 9, 2012

Virgin Mobile: No-Contract iPhone for $549, Plus $30-per-Month Service - plus my own links summary

Companies, technology, media ... it doesn't get much better than this does it?

One intriguing conversation starter has been Facebook and iOS. Let's see shall we?
- Brands Start Automating Social Media Responses On Facebook And Twitter from feedproxy.google.com
- Mashable Poll: Majority Says No to Under-13 Facebook Users from feeds.mashable.com
- Facebook Developers: FBML No Longer Active from www.webpronews.com



Microsoft has been receiving a lot of press too:
- Microsoft's Do Not Track Default in IE 10 May Break Rules from www.eweek.com
- Hey Bloomberg, HTC Corporation Is Not Being Shut Out By Microsoft from feedproxy.google.com
- FAA Taps Microsoft Office 365 to Jump Into the Cloud from www.webpronews.com

Twitter and Revenue were talked about quite a bit too:
- Twitter Rebranding: Bird's the Word, But No Words Allowed - "Twitter's rebranding is complete: the social network logo has gone to the birds" - said searchenginewatch.com
- Twitter Passes 400 Million Tweets Per Day - Most From Mobile - feeds09.technorati.com
- Twitter Monetizes Mobile Users as Facebook Stock Flounders - feedproxy.google.com

Let's wind up by checking out iPhone and Apple Inc.
- Virgin Group Mobile: No-Contract iPhone for $549, Plus $30-per-Month Service - "The high price of the phone comes with an upside: service will start at $30 per month" - said feedproxy.google.com
- iPhone 4S Coming To Virgin Mobile USA June 29 - www.webpronews.com





















Friday, June 8, 2012

Facebook Wants to Welcome Kids Under Age 13 to Social Network - as well as my very own links synopsis

Technology businesses are forever making news - fortunately for me because this is a technology blog. Who are we checking out now?

In our first little group, let's have a look at the websites taking about Google and Revenue:
- Google Introduces Offline Maps For Mobile, Claims A Billion Users Globally For Maps, Earth from feeds.searchengineland.com
- Google Announces Massively Improved 3D Views For Google Earth, StreetView Backpacks & Offline Maps For Mobile from feedproxy.google.com
- Google Ups Ad Rotation Period to 90 Days, Offers Opt Out from searchenginewatch.com





What else do we have? Well, there's Facebook and iOS:
- Facebook Wants to Welcome Kids Under Age 13 to Social Network from searchenginewatch.com
- Party Rockin' On Facebook: Disrupt Winner Shaker Hits North America With Club 53 Launch from feedproxy.google.com
- Facebook Children from feeds09.technorati.com



Twitter and Milwaukee, WI were brought up quite a bit too:
- Scott Walker Death Threats Flood In On Twitter - "Death threats actually started to roll in on Twitter!" - said www.webpronews.com
- Twitter User Insights for Marketers [Study] - searchenginewatch.com

To finish up we should take a look at Canada and United States
- Fab Expands To Its 20th Country: Canada; Now On Track To $140M In Sales By Year-End - "Fab.com's international expansion continues, and this morning, the social shopping site is arriving in its 20th market: Canada" - said feedproxy.google.com
- Google Flight Search Comes To Canada - www.webpronews.com





















Thursday, June 7, 2012

Cisco, Google, Facebook, Others Prep for IPv6 Day - as well as my blog posts summary

Which organizations have been shaking things up in the realm of tech? Let's see.

In our first little grouping, let's check out the sites taking about Sony and Intel:
- Sony's E3: Games, Games, Games from feedproxy.google.com

AT&T and iPhone seemed to come up quite a bit too:
- HTC One X Slated For June 10 Release At AT&T, Pre-Orders Start Now from feedproxy.google.com

Next on the list are Google and Google Analytics.
- Google Announces Massively Improved 3D Views For Google Earth, StreetView Backpacks & Offline Maps For Mobile - "At a press event in San Francisco this morning, Google announced that it will soon feature far better 3D maps in Google Earth.The company also announced that Google Maps for mobile will soon feature offline caching" - said feedproxy.google.com
- Gooey Search: We Can Make Google Search Better - www.webpronews.com
- Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Among Big Web Powers Joining IPv6 Day Push - www.eweek.com

Anything else? Well, Facebook and Twitter were in the media a fair bit:
- Cisco, Google, Facebook, Others Prep for IPv6 Day - "However, this year is for realonce tech companies like Facebook, Google, Akamai, Cisco Systems and AT&T make the switch to IPv6, they wont turn it back off" - said www.eweek.com
- Facebook Ads: Nobody's Really Persuaded to Buy Stuff - www.webpronews.com
- Facebook Children - feeds09.technorati.com





















Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Toshiba's New 21:9 Widescreen Ultrabook Is All About Entertainment - along with my very own blog posts synopsis

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

In our first little group, let's have a look at the websites discussing Mitt Romney and Barack Obama:
- Romney Campaign Makes Third Spelling Gaffe in a Week: It's 'Offical' from feeds.mashable.com
- Mitt Romney-Marco Rubio Ticket 'Would Be An Insult To The Hispanic Community': David Axelrod from www.huffingtonpost.com





Xbox has been receiving a lot of press too:
- E3 2012: Internet Explorer 1 Hits Xbox 360 This Fall from www.webpronews.com
- Xbox 360 "Kinects" You With Media With New Voice Features from feedproxy.google.com

Did you see all the discussion about Samsung Group and United States Cellular? Here are the most interesting bits:
- Samsung Galaxy S III Smartphone Heading to 5 U.S. Carriers - "The Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone is headed to the United States with five different wireless carriers competing to offer the device from the worlds top-shipping phone-maker" - said www.eweek.com
- The Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate Is Cheap, Fast, And Eco-Friendly: Launches June 10 At AT&T - feedproxy.google.com

Anything else? Well, Toshiba and Intel were in the press a fair bit:
- Toshiba's New 21:9 Widescreen Ultrabook Is All About Entertainment - "So is the case with Toshiba's Satellite U845W, which oddly sports a display aspect ratio of 21:9 on a 14.4-inch display" - said feedproxy.google.com
- Toshiba Unveils First-Ever Laptop with 21:9 Screen [HANDS ON] - feeds.mashable.com