Google announces business app store for Google Apps
Google announces business app store for Google Apps
Google is bringing the app store concept to business cloud computing, giving software developers a storefront for Google Apps customers.
The Google Apps Marketplace will allow Google Apps users to purchase third-party applications to run atop the Google Apps suite, said Vic Gundotra, vice president of engineering for Google. Developers will have to pay a one-time $100 fee to list their applications in the store, and Google will get a 20 percent cut of all applications sold through the store, he said. Read more
HP Touts Flash as Killer App Against Apple’s iPad
HP Touts Flash as Killer App Against Apple’s iPad
What will HP’s Slate Tablet have that Apple’s iPad won’t? It’s Adobe Flash, a key Internet technology that HP is touting as the key difference between the two platforms. And, HP is right, though how Flash support will translate into sales remains to be seen.
While Apple has its App Store to provide applications for iPad users and iTunes for content, Flash gives HP users access to Web content and apps that iPad users can only dream of. Adobe’s AIR provides a framework for developing applications for the HP Slate tablet and other devices that iPad also will not support. Read more
Zune HD photos may reveal Microsoft’s next move
Zune HD photos may reveal Microsoft’s next move
Anonymous tipsters have provided Engadget with promotional artwork depicting what may be Microsoft’s upcoming fourth-generation Zune MP3 player.
If the artwork is real and the rumors are accurate, we’re looking at a touch screen version of the Zune, sized slightly smaller than the iPod Touch, with a HD-resolution wide-screen display that reminds us of the Samsung P3. Read more
Apple App Downloads Approach 1 Billion
Apple App Downloads Approach 1 Billion
Apple is close to hitting 1 billion downloads from its App Store and plans on a prize giveaway for whoever downloads the billionth application that includes a MacBook Pro and an iPod Touch. In the free apps category, Facebook and Google Earth have been the most popular downloads. In the paid apps category, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D tops that particular chart. Read more
Apple To BlackBerry, RIM Hires Mac OS X Designer
Apple To BlackBerry, RIM Hires Mac OS X Designer
Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) is looking to boost the design and user experience of its BlackBerry smartphones by hiring a designer who worked at Apple and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT).
Don Lindsay will be RIM’s VP of user experience, according to Lindsay’s LinkedIn profile. Before being hired by the BlackBerry maker, Lindsay Read more