Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Manufacturing Release Launched
Author: John Duckgeischel
on September 2, 2010 - 7:18 AM
As iPhones, Android Phones and BlackBerry’s sell
by the millions, Microsoft reached a major milestone of its own this week for its
forthcoming Windows Phone 7 Smartphone platform. The
company plans for a multiple Window Phone
7 smartphones to be available in time for the coming 2010 Christmas shopping
season. The latest mobile operating
system from Microsoft features aggregated Web content and apps that are
organized into category specific Hubs that include “Games” or “Office”. “Windows Phone 7 is the most thoroughly
tested mobile platform Microsoft has ever released,” Terry Myerson, corporate
vice president of Windows Phone Engineering, blogged on Sept 1st. “We had
nearly 10,000 devices running automated tests daily, over a half million hours
of active self-hosting use, over three and a half million hours of stress test
passes, and eight and a half million hours of fully automated test passes.”
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SocialDesk Is Google’s 5th Acquisition In August
Author: John Duckgeischel
on August 31, 2010 - 12:33 AM
As August
draws to a close, Google made its 5th acquisition of the month with its
purchase of the Canadian social gaming company SocialDeck. "We started this company with the goal
of connecting friends through social games on all kinds of exciting new mobile
devices," SocialDeck wrote on the company’s web site. "We've been
amazed and humbled by all of the stories and experiences our customers (you!)
have shared with us." Recently
Google acquired other social gaming companies such as Jambool and Slide, and
has vested $200 million in Zynga which popular on Facebook. A week ago Google bought Angstro which makes
social-media applications, and it also recently purchased iLike, the
e-commercial visual search company.
Google has not disclosed its plans for the SocialDeck, however the
social focused acquisitions has fueled much speculation about Google’s plans to
expand in the social arena.
SocialDeck is known for a number of games that
include Pet Hero Puzzle, Shake & Spell, Shake & Spell 3D, and Color
Connect. The company distributed the
games through iTunes and made Shake & Spell available through Facebook and
Blackberry. The company offered both
free and 99 cent versions of their applications. The company also developed Spark, a
social-gaming platform that works on Facebook, iPhone and Blackberry to connect
players across social games.
Related
Links:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368513,00.asp
http://www.develop-online.net/news/35739/SocialDeck-buyout-next-in-Google-spending-spree
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3901371/Google-Continues-Social-Buying-Spree-With-SocialDeck.htm
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Apple's Game Changing Digital Wallet Just Around the Corner?
Author: John Duckgeischel
on August 20, 2010 - 11:27 AM
From recent
moves by the company, it appears that Apple may be working on another iPhone
based game changer. Apple has just hired
Benjamin Vigier, a pioneer in developing near field communication (NFC) devices
and systems. His prior job was product
manager at mFoundry where he involve with the development of their innovative
PayPal and Starbucks’ barcode centered mobile payment solutions and mobile
wallet applications with a large U.S. bank.
NFC technology allows consumer to transmit data over short distances to
payment terminals and wireless devices. According to a TechCrunch report, Apple currently
has testing under way for an “NFC-based mobile payments service that lets
consumers make payments to merchants and other consumers" that works with
credit and debit cards and iTunes accounts and iPhone options that will be
known as iPay, iBuy and iCoupons. Apple’s development of the smart mobile
payment solutions have progressed to the point where people have begun to
speculate on when it will actually happen.
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