Saturday, May 26, 2012

Oracle Buys Vitrue to Add Cloud Social Marketing to App Portfolio - plus my own links review

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

Who shall we take a look at first? Well, it's Oracle Corporation and Facebook...
- Oracle Buys Vitrue, Inc. to Add Cloud Social Marketing to App Portfolio from www.eweek.com
- Oracle Likely Spent Millions Suing Google from www.cod4boards.com

Android has been getting a lot of press too:
- Google Android, Windows Malware Skyrockets in Q1: McAfee Report from www.eweek.com

Yahoo! and HTML5 were mentioned a good deal as well:
- 10 Blue Links Be Gone: Yahoo Axis Communications Offers Browser & Visual Search Experience - "A couple of weeks ago we had Bing Social, then came Google with Knowledge Graph and now Yahoo introduces Axis" - said searchengineland.com
- Yahoo Gets Into the Browser World With Axis - www.eweek.com
- Yahoo Debuts Axis, Their New (And Impressive) Desktop And Mobile Search Experience - techcrunch.com

What else? Well, International Space Station and Pacific Ocean were in the media a fair amount:
- International Space Station Successfully Grabs SpaceX's Dragon Capsule (Update: Berthing Complete!) - "At 9:56 AM Eastern this morning, astronaut Donald Pettit coaxed the International Space Station's gangly robotic arm into grabbing the unmanned Dragon capsule, marking the first time a private spacecraft has docked with the station" - said techcrunch.com
- SpaceX Dragon Makes History, Docks With the ISS [PICS] - mashable.com
- SpaceX's Dragon Docks With ISS [Live Feed] - www.cod4boards.com





















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Friday, May 25, 2012

Obama Campaign Ramps Up Fundraising Efforts In West Coast Swing - along with my blog posts summary

Which organizations have been moving and shaking in the realm of tech? Let's take a peek.

In our first little group, why don't we have a look at the sites taking about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney:
- Obama Campaign Ramps Up Fundraising Efforts In West Coast Swing from www.huffingtonpost.com
- US CTO Todd Park: Obama Has A Very High Geek Quotient, But It's All A Means To An End from techcrunch.com

Yahoo! has been getting a lot of press as well:
- Yahoo Apex Web Browser Thats Not A Browser Maybe from www.searchenginejournal.com
- Blue Links Be Gone: Yahoo Introduces Browser And Visual Search Experience "Axis" from searchengineland.com
- Yahoo Debuts Axis Communications Their New (And Impressive) Desktop And Mobile Search Experience from techcrunch.com







Google and Linux were talked about a lot as well:
- Goodbye Google+ People & Pages, Hello Knowledge Graph Box - "Google's Knowledge Graph has claimed its first "victim," if you will: The content box that showed "People and Pages On Google+" is gone" - said searchengineland.com
- 9M Users Strong, MapMyFitness Brings Check-Ins, Advanced Google Maps Integration To Fitness Tracking - techcrunch.com
- How the Filter Bubble Impacts Google, Bing Search & What It Means for SEOs - searchenginewatch.com



















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Thursday, May 24, 2012

SpaceX Launch: Falcon 9 Rocket Blasts Off Carrying Dragon Capsule To ISS (PHOTOS, VIDEO) - as well as my own links summary

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

One hot topic of conversation is International Space Station and NASA. Let's check it out shall we?
- SpaceX Launch: Falcon 9 Rocket Blasts Off Carrying Dragon Capsule To ISS (PHOTOS, VIDEO) from www.huffingtonpost.com
- SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket ..Finally from www.cod4boards.com
- SpaceX Dragon Launched Successfully [VIDEO] from mashable.com





What else is there? Well, there's People's Republic of China and U.S.:
- New York Hardware Buffs Weigh In On China, Embracing Niches, And How To Start Making Things from techcrunch.com
- China Says Pentagon Report Hypes Chinese Military Threat from www.huffingtonpost.com

Did you notice all the discussion about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? Here are the most interesting links:
- Memo To Media: Obama's Harsh Campaign Tone Is Not Actually A New Thing, Okay? - "Are President Barack Obama and his campaign taking a "harsh tone?"" - said www.huffingtonpost.com
- US CTO Todd Park: Obama Has A Very High Geek Quotient, But It's All A Means To An End - techcrunch.com

Let's finish up with a look at Yahoo! and United States
- Update: Someone Is Asking The USPTO To Invalidate Zuckerberg's News Feed Patent, But Yahoo Says Not Us - "One ideafloated when Ross Levinsohn took the reins as the interim CEO of Yahoo is that he might represent a kinder, gentler phase in the Internet company's contentious patent fight against Facebook" - said techcrunch.com
- Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal - searchengineland.com
- Yahoo and Ford Motors Present Plugged In TV Series - www.cod4boards.com













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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Motorola Won't Upgrade Some Android Phones - plus my links review

Technology corporations will always be making news - thankfully for me since this is a tech blog. Who are we thinking about today?

Who shall we look at first? So, it's Yahoo! and Revenue...
- Update: Someone Is Asking The USPTO To Invalidate Zuckerberg's News Feed Patent, But Yahoo Says Not Us from techcrunch.com
- Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal from searchengineland.com
- Alibaba Buys Back 20 Percent Stake From Yahoo for $7.1 Billion from mashable.com

Source: mashable.com




Steve Jobs and California seemed to come up a great deal too:
- 10 Quick Tech Links: Microsoft's So.cl Network, Amazon.com Taxes, 'jOBS' and More from techland.time.com
- Steve Jobs Honored in Star-Studded Webbys Tribute [VIDEO] from mashable.com

Motorola and Android were talked about a lot too:
- Motorola Won't Upgrade Some Android Phones - "Motorola has announced that only some of its Android-based smartphones will be getting updated to the latest version of Google's operating system, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich" - said www.cod4boards.com
- Google-Motorola Deal Gains China's Approval - searchenginewatch.com

Anything else? Well, Zynga and Twitter were in the press a fair bit:
- American Express Uses Zynga's FarmVille To Lure New Prepaid Card Users - "Zynga and American Express are back together again in a new deal that will give prepaid card carriers ways to earn extra Farm Cash" - said techcrunch.com
- Zynga, AmEx Program Offers Virtual Gifts for Real-Life Purchases - mashable.com







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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

EU Offers To Settle With Google Over Anti-Trust Claims - along with my very own links synopsis

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

Who shall we take a look at first? Well, it's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg...
- Married Mr. Zuckerberg, Business Man? from techcrunch.com
- Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg Updates his Relationship Status To "Married" from technorati.com
- Mark Zuckerberg Gets Married After Big Facebook IPO from www.cod4boards.com







Twitter and Traveller's Tales seemed to get mentioned a reasonable amount too:
- Updated Wii U Controller Design Leaked Via Twitter from www.cod4boards.com
- "Hashtag App" Lets You Follow Twitter & Instagram Hashtags In One Interface from techcrunch.com

The next topics I'll be covering are Orange County, California and Cannabis
- Several Thousand Pounds of Pot Confiscated Off the California Coast - ""Law enforcement authorities seized marijuana found off the coast of Orange County, California this afternoon" - said www.cod4boards.com

Serveral sites today were talking about Translating:
- The Translator app for Windows Phone is now available, where it will play nice as long as your smartphone runs on Windows Phone 7 and above from ubergizmo.com - Real Translator Jobs has been mentioned over at APTNproductions.com

To finish up we should take a short look at Google and Search engine optimization
- EU Offers To Settle With Google Over Anti-Trust Claims - "European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia issued a statement this morning offering "preliminary conclusions" of the EU's investigation of numerous antitrust complaints against Google" - said searchengineland.com
- Google Penguin Update Recovery Advice From Bing - www.cod4boards.com
- As The End Of Google Docs Draws Near, Google Asks Stragglers To Transition To Google Drive - techcrunch.com


























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Monday, May 21, 2012

Twitter Back Up In Pakistan After An Order From The Prime Minister - as well as my links review

The world of technology hardly ever stands still. Let's take a look at which organizations have been making news.

In our first little bunch, why don't we check out the sites discussing Facebook and Palo Alto, California:
- Facebook, Post-IPO: With Money in the Bank, Focus Now is on Mobile from www.eweek.com
- Facebook Shares Slide Nearly 10% To $34.35 On Second Trading Day After IPO from techcrunch.com
- Who Got Richer After The Facebook IPO? from technorati.com





Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and Twitter seemed to get mentioned rather a lot too:
- Twitter Back Up In Pakistan After An Order From The Prime Minister from techcrunch.com
- Pakistan Blocks Twitter, Citing 'Blasphemy' [VIDEO] from mashable.com

Microsoft and Google were mentioned a lot too:
- Microsoft Wins Patent Suit Against Motorola Android Handsets - "Technology giant Microsoft claimed victory this weekend as the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its final determination in Microsofts Android infringement case against Motorola, ruling Motorola violated a Microsoft patent related to ActiveSync, a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996" - said www.eweek.com
- Microsoft's So.cl Now Online - technorati.com

To finish up we should take a quick look at Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard University.
- Married Mr. Zuckerberg, Business Man? - "With a wedding ring on his finger and his company public, is Mark Zuckerberg ready to make Facebook produce more profits, not just more social connections?" - said techcrunch.com
- Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg Updates his Relationship Status To "Married" - technorati.com

















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