Mojito - Yahoo! Cocktails - YDN:
The idea behind Mojito is that developers will be able to build JavaScript-based applications that can be run on a number of devices, and adapt to the unique problems of the mobile web — that is, low-powered devices with constrained and spiky network traffic. Rather than have to choose between building for the web, mobile web or native app frameworks, developers will be able to create hybrid apps that perform well in any of those situations.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Monday, April 02, 2012
10 hard truths developers must learn to accept
http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/10-hard-truths-developers-must-learn-accept-189620
From scope creep to bitrot to users with minds all their own, programming offers an array of bitter pills to swallow
Gartner Outlines Five Cloud Computing Trends That Will Affect Cloud Strategy Through 2015
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1971515
IT departments are clearly on notice here. Recent Microsoft-funded research by IDC showed that the use of cloud computing will result in millions of new jobs in the next five years. That's the good news. The bad news for IT is that whatever job growth there is will not come in IT. The automation that cloud computing provides will take on more of what traditional IT departments have done in the past so smart IT people need to get better acquainted with what services they can provide to their in-house end users, aka customers.
Spending on public and private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide from 2011 to 2015, according to a new study by the analyst firm IDC. The research, commissioned by Microsoft, also found that IT innovation created by cloud computing could produce $1.1 trillion a year in new business revenues.
Zoho launches Android, iPad apps for CRM
http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/zoho-launches-android-ipad-apps-for-crm/145158
Zoho is expanding its push into mobile applications on Monday, rolling out native Android and iPad clients for its CRM and project management software.
New Google Drive screenshot shows 5GB free cloud storage per user
http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/30/google-drive-5gb-free-cloud-storage/
Google's upcoming Drive cloud-storage service will reportedly offer each of its users 5GB of cloud storage for free, according to a screenshot from TalkAndroid.
In early February, we heard that Google would soon launch a cloud storage service similar to Dropbox, Box, Microsoft's SkyDrive, and Amazon CloudDrive. Drive's offerings will most closely resemble Dropbox, which gives users access to cloud-connected storage on smartphones, tablets, Macs, and PCs.
The Drive service will likely launch the first week of April, but Google has been super silent about anything concerning the project. The first leaked screenshot concerning Drive suggested 2GB of free storage like Dropbox offers, but now it looks like the service will give Google users 5GB of free storage, akin to what Box offers. Giving every user 5GB of storage would certainly make a splash with average users and businesses. It might attract users away from other offerings, especially if they already use Google Docs for collaboration and want to stick to one provider.
Drive has a long history with Google even though it never launched. In 2007, now-CEO Larry Page had worked internally with other Googlers on a service called "G Drive," but it was postponed indefinitely. During that same year, Dropbox was founded and has gone on to become one of the most widely used cloud-storage solutions with consumers, mostly because of its availability and ease of use across multiple platforms.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Magazines' Digital Circulation More Than Doubles - But Remains Small (Nat Ives/AdAge)
http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/magazines-digital-circulation-doubles/233771/
Fast-Growing Digital Still Just 1% of Publishers' Total — Magazines more than doubled their paid digital circulation in the most recent reporting period, but print remains the overwhelming majority of their business
Man vs. Machine: Could Facebook's people-sourced search beat Google's algorithm? (Drew Olanoff/The Next Web)
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-28/facebook-delves-deeper-into-search
On Feb. 1, a few hours after Facebook declared its intention to raise $5 billion in what will likely be the largest initial public offering in tech history, Mark Zuckerberg gave close followers of his company a potential clue to its future.Kickstarter Shares The Effects Of Its Blockbuster Season
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/B7fkevTtElA/
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Devs, here’s your 6 month window for mobile app success
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/CoKmTDKHtbU/
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