Technology News

China Firm Dumps Google

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2010

An Internet company run by one of Asia's richest men said Tuesday it has ended its affiliation with Google Inc. as the American search giant stopped censoring the Internet in violation of Chinese regulations. Making good on threats made more than two months ago, Google began shifting its Chinese-based search functions to Hong Kong, a Chinese territory where companies are not legally required to censor Internet search results. TOM Online, a mainland Chinese Internet firm controlled by Hong Kong tycoon ...

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Adobe Launches Flash Builder 4

Source: PC Magazine
March 23, 2010

Adobe Systems on Monday announced the general availability of three development tools and a new service that helps Flash coders link to social networks. The new products include Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion Builder, Flex 4 Framework, and the Social Flash Platform Service. “Companies are under extraordinary pressure to keep their competitive edge," said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, Adobe Platform Business Unit. “The Flash Platform helps companies deploy business-critical applications to a wide audience, while ColdFusion Builder and ...

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WaTunes Gets out of Digital Distribution

Source: HypeBot
March 23, 2010

WaTunes is getting out of the flat fee digital distribution business. This will allow the company to put more emphasis on its music discover and social platform and its download store, WaTunes Marketplace. ON WaTunes' social platform artists can create a profile, embed widgets, and share music with fans. Certain artist services will be retained in the transition including selling unlimited mobile apps, ringtones, and licensing.

But Watune's departure from flat fee digital distribution also comes just days after ...

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Twitter and the Power of Keeping Things Simple

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2010

Sunday was Twitters fourth anniversary, according to a tweet from co-founder Jack Dorsey. Just four short years, and already Twitter has become a significant part of our lives.

To the point where people increasingly learn about news events first via the social network, and if a celebrity doesn't have a Twitter account it seems unusual. The tweet clock recently clicked over the 10-billion-tweet mark, and about 50 million of them are posted every day. I don't remember exactly when I ...

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13 Of the Brightest Tech Minds Sound off on the Rise of the Tablet

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2010

Neil Young CEO and cofounder, ngmoco

Cool and Connected Is the tablet a new mobile computing device? Well, yes, it is, by default. But what is most interesting to me as a gamemaker is the impact that it can have in the least-mobile entertainment venue the home. Aren't home games played on consoles? Yes. But for years, more and more players, especially teens, have been migrating to laptops and Flash gaming. The Web has become not ...

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How the Tablet Will Change the World

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2010

Everyone who jammed into the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on January 27, 2010, knew what they were there for: Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduction of a thin, always-on tablet device that would let people browse the Web, read books, send email, watch movies, and play games.

It was also no surprise that the 1.5-pound iPad resembled an iPhone, right down to the single black button nestled below the bright 10-inch screen. But about an hour ...

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Amazon Unveils Kindle Ipad App

Source: PC Magazine
March 23, 2010

Amazon on Monday unveiled its Kindle app for the tablet computers, including the iPad. “Tablet computers, including the iPad, are coming and with our free app, you'll be able to read more than 450,000 Kindle books," Amazon said on its Web site. The app will use Amazon's Whispersync technology to access the Kindle store, as well as synchronize bookmarks, notes, highlights, and the last page you read on the Kindle and Kindle-compatible devices like PCs, Macs, the iPhone, and the ...

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Google, Yahoo Object to Proposed Internet Censorship in Australia

Source: Michael Ricci
March 23, 2010

Censorship by China grabbed the headlines for weeks. But what of restrictions on Internet freedom elsewhere in the world?

Case in point: The latest country in the news for attempting to block objectionable content is Australia.The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Google, Yahoo and others have criticized government plans to force Internet service providers to make certain content inaccessible. Australia plans legislation this year that will blacklist certain sites. Google has gone on record saying the scope of ...

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