Monthly Archives: September 2010
SaaS Cloud Computing Company Joyent Raises $15 Million
Joyent is a smart computing solutions company that has raised $15 million in Series C funding. Joyent plans to expand international operations using the funding. Joyent is a platform-as-a-service cloud computing technology company.
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Categories David Young, Joyent
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IBM Acquires OpenPages
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has agreed to buy OpenPages. OpenPages designs risk-management software. The acquisition enhances IBM’s analytics portfolio companies. The financial details were undisclosed.
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Categories IBM, International Business Machines, OpenPages, Rob Ashe
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Dilbert Knocks On Social Media [COMIC]
“As the marketing manager for social media, my job is to use these two words a lot” states the square in a Dilbert comic. Scott Adams has hit it right on the money. Whenever I attend social media meet-ups, people talk mainly about Facebook and Twitter too. [Holy Kaw]
Categories Dilbert, Facebook, Scott Adams, Twitter
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The Nikon D7000 DSLR Packs A Lot Of Features For $1200
The newly released Nikon D7000 DSLR camera has a 16.3 megapixel sensor with 39-point autofocus. The camera also has dual card slots and ISO that is up to 25,600. Not bad for only $1200. The D7000 is a successor to the D90.
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Categories Nikon, Nikon D7000
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LG Announces Android-Powered Optimus One P500 and Optimus Chic E720
LG has announced the specifications about their new Optimus series smartphones: the LG Optimus One (LG P500) and the LG Optimus Chic (LG E720). Both phones are powered by a 600MHz CPU and comes with Android 2.2. The phone also has a 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen, GPS, WiFi, and both support GSP Quadband / HSDPA 3G wireless connection. The Optimus One has a 3 megapixel camera and the Optimus Chic has a 5 megapixel camera. The LG Optimus One is available in 90 countries through 120 partners and will be available in most of Europe this October and then followed by other EMEA and Asia-Pacific countries. The LG Optimus Chic will be available in Europe this November and will be available in Asia-Pacific shortly after. [Slashphone]
Israel Meléndez Sells @Israel Twitter Username For Six Figures
Israel Meléndez has sold the @Israel Twitter user name for a six-figure sum. Back in 2007, Israel created a Twitter account under his name and this year he was approached by the state of Israel. The sale went through even though Twitter has a state policy of preventing username “squatting.”
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Categories Chaim Shacham, Israel Meléndez, Twitter
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Google Promotes Voice Search In A New Series [VIDEOS]
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has created a couple of videos as part of a promotion for the new voice search capabilities for smartphones. Users can search keywords on Google just by saying them out loud. The input method is called Voice Actions for Android. Below is the series of videos:
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Categories Android, Google, Google Android
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HTC Announces Android-Powered Desire HD and Desire Z Smartphones
HTC scheduled a press conference to announce two new Android-powered smartphones. They announced the Desire HD and the Desire Z mobile phones.
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Categories Android, Google, Google Android, HTC, HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire Z
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Twitter.com Gets A Redesign
Earlier this week Twitter announced a new version of Twitter.com at the company’s first-ever major press conference at their San Francisco headquarters. The new Twitter.com has launched for several users and will have a global roll out very soon. The new Twitter.com splits into two columns, each that fill half the page.
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Categories Evan Williams, Twitter
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Nokia Announces 3 New Symbian^3 Smartphones
Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) has announced 3 new Symbian^3 smartphones at the Nokia World event earlier this week. The 3 new phones include the Nokia E7, the Nokia C7, and the Nokia C6.
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Categories Nokia C6, Nokia C7, Nokia Corporation, Nokia E7
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