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Motorola

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:08 +0000

Motorola on Monday announced the Cliq XT Google Android-based handset, a keyboard-less new handset that will use the Motoblur platform and be known as Quench overseas. The device, which uses a full virtual QWERTY and sports a rounded square navigational touchpad on the front, offers a new messaging feature called Swype for text entry. Judging from this promotional video, Swype is a drag-your-finger-around instead of tap type of input: The Cliq XT/Quench is Motorola s eighth Android device to date, and was announced at Mobile World Congress 2010. The handset is aimed at the same social media-meets-multimedia audience that the original Cliq was, and its new media player allows users buy and download music from a store as well as integrate third-party apps such as …

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Krusader

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:46 +0000

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Eating

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:46 +0000

Obviously dynaTrace takes performance very seriously as we preach to our clients that Continuous Application Performance Management is critical across the Application Lifecycle. The earlier in the Lifecycle you manage and get your performance under control the less you have to worry about actual problems later on when you ship your product.In the discussion I had with dynaTrace Test Automation Lead Stefan Frandl, he talked about how dynaTrace transitioned from traditional performance management to where we are now – which means: “eat our own dog food” and “live the dynaTrace Continuous APM message”.

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Using

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:46 +0000

If you prefer to live in the real world you will agree that the job situation in the US is not getting better any time soon. If there are any political pundit types out there who want to duke it out about the what’s and why’s of this situation that’s fine. I’m just stating a fact.

This reality of the times we live in is played out all the time across social media channels. In particular, LinkedIn is the recruiters haven of social media as headhunters who collect connections like the business version of baseball cards. Collect’em all and trade with your friends who need a new VP of something or other. Hey, I’ll trade a VP of Biz Dev for two Directors of marketing!

Of course, you can’t expect something as current and pervasive as extreme unemployment to escape the grip of Twitter. The social media powerhouse is still figuring out those revenue thingys while other are using it for more and more practical purposes (that generate a penny for the company).

The newest is TwitJobSearch. We learn more from the New York Times technology blog Bits.

In the last month, 340,000 jobs have been listed on Twitter, said William Fischer, co-founder of WorkDigital, which created TwitJobSearch, a site that searches Twitter for jobs.

The latest tool that job hunters can use to find openings is called JobDeck, a new product from TwitJobSearch and TweetDeck, a desktop Twitter application.

TwitJobSearch scans Twitter for job postings by paying attention to the context in which employment-related keywords appear. For example, if a Tweet links to a story about the construction industry losing jobs, that should not show up on the list. If a Tweet says there is a job listing for an assistant to the vice president, the search engine needs to categorize it under openings for assistants, not vice presidents.

There are many early success stories in using Twitter as a job search tool and recruiting tool. JobDeck even pulls job listings from LinkedIn. This all makes sense especially of you are looking for some help with social related activities since those using the service are already at least on the platform. It doesn’t stop there though as the opportunities for many different jobs are popping up on Twitter.

The article gave this quick sketch of a real success story.

On Jan. 7, Richard Barton, chief executive of the real estate Web site Zillow.com, fired off this Tweet: “Greg Slyngstad & I are cooking up a consumer internet startup. R U our founding CTO? Seeking smart, passionate team-builder.” (Mr. Slyngstad and Mr. Barton helped start Expedia together.)

“We were deluged with résumés,” Mr. Barton said. “It’s the most powerful recruiting tool I’ve ever used.”

He has also hired three Zillow employees using Twitter, including its new marketing director. Mr. Barton says Twitter is especially useful for job announcements because, unlike e-mail, recipients do not need to respond unless they are interested in applying or know someone who might be.

So if you are in the market for a job or are looking for new job opportunities don’t discount Twitter as a great resource. Just be ready to make that first impression in 140 characters or less.

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Microsoft

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:02:40 +0000

Microsoft is a step closer to delivering the final version of the Windows 7-based version of its Embedded Standard 2011 product that is codenamed “Quebec.” On February 15, Microsoft made available to testers the Release Candidate (RC) version of Windows Embedded Standard 2011 — a product the company has decided to renamed Windows Embedded Standard 7. The RC is available to select testers via the Microsoft Connect site, according to an email sent to those testers on February 15. Windows Embedded Standard is targeted at OEMs and specialized device makers who want to build platforms and applications that use various Windows components. In other words, it is the componentized version of Windows 7. Microsoft delivered a first test build of the product in …

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Google

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:20 +0000

Google’s launch of Buzz on Tuesday, widely seen as an attempt to outdo Facebook, succeeded all right — in the way it ran roughshod over users’ privacy. The sheer volume of complaints over this issue forced Google to tweak privacy controls for Buzz users. Why is it that while Google was building Buzz, it didn’t bear in mind the repeated run-ins Facebook has had with its users over privacy concerns?

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New

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:10 +0000

Asus kicked off the netbook craze about 18 months ago with its original Eee PC, and now the line has graduated to Windows 7 and a multi-touch, swiveling screen that turns the T101MT into a tablet PC. The T91 was the first Eee PC that worked as a convertible tablet, but it had a smaller 8.9-inch screen and ran Windows XP, which of course lacks multi-touch capabilities. The T101MT comes with a 10.1-inch LED-backlit screen that works with the bundled touch-based software as well as PenWrite technology for stylus-based interaction. It sports the Intel Atom N540 CPU, though it sadly doesn’t pair that with Nvidia Ion graphics platform. You can get it with 1GB or 2GB of RAM, a 160GB or …

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Looking

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:02:30 +0000

I’m pleased to report that Vordel today announced “a record increase in annual revenues and net income for 2009 with overall revenues up almost 80% on the previous year.Vordel added an additional 32 enterprise customers to its global user base validating Vordel’s position as the premier provider of SOA and Cloud Governance products”.If you read down through the news details, you can see that a key offering for Vordel in 2010 is the Cloud Service Broker.We are now seeing the category of the Cloud Service Broker begin to emerge, and it is as exciting as the early days of the XML Gateway.

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MWC

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:02:22 +0000

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MWC 2010: Symbian reveals fully open-source S^3 build
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The Symbian Foundation has officially announced Symbian^3, the first build of the smartphone platform to be fully open source, and said it is on track to …
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Possible

Ovidiu Liuta — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:02:36 +0000

The folks at Apple just need to wake of in the morning to create news of all sorts that could shape the online world in many ways. First, there’s the talk about some profits in Q1 that would make any company happy (The company posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share). There’s all the hubbub about the announcement of their new tablet device on Wednesday which is apparently the worst kept secret in quite some time.

Now comes the rumor that in the next 18 months the iPhone should be available on most major carriers thus breaking away from its AT&T exclusivity contract (read: stranglehold) that has been the bane of many iPhone users existence. If this is truly the case then there may be some considerable change on the Verizon, oops, I meant horizon.

This makes sense for Apple since the other rumors are that Android devices are a real threat to the iPhone dynasty. eWeek reports

Is Jan. 27 the day Apple introduces its anticipated tablet — and AT&T’s exclusive relationship with Apple’s iPhone comes to an end?

According to Hot Hardware, which cites an “inside source,” the latter is seeming likely — though news of which additional carrier or carriers will gain access to the iPhone is still unknown.

Verizon Wireless has been rumored for some time to be on line for an iPhone — a scenario that analyst have called a positive one for Apple — while others have said that Verizon may also be first in line for the Apple tablet.

The move would entail Apple releasing either a CDMA-based version of the iPhone, or a single, updated iPhone that could run on both networks.

No matter what the scenarios that are played out there are plenty of people who are right on the edge of moving to some Android device but have been holding off in hopes of the iPhone escaping the bondage of its AT&T deal. Everyone wants to see it happen except, of course, AT&T. Whether the network criticisms of AT&T are real or not there could be an exodus to other networks if the iPhone can be had someplace else.

For me this may delay my plans to move away from the BlackBerry to an Android device on Verizon. This kind of a result could be just as much of a reason for Apple to make this happen than anything else. If they could slow the adoption rate of the Android smartphones with just the prospect of the iPhone showing up on other networks then that in and of itself is a victory.

So if you are an iPhone user would you jump ship to get on another network if the iPhone were there? And for you folks like me who are not currently an iPhone user what are your plans for the next smartphone you purchase?

If this happens then this should be very interesting for everyone from users to marketers. Your take?

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