Monthly Archives: July 2010
Symbian and Nitobi Team to Ease Cross-Platform Mobile App Development
In a move to help make it easier for developers to create mobile applications for any device, the Symbian Foundation and Nitobi have joined...
Open Source Software: All or Nothing at All?
Over the past year or so, there's been a lot of discussion in open source software circles around so-called open core software business models,...
Apple iPhone Activations Buoy ATandT Q2 Earnings
AT&T's second-quarter numbers once again highlight the importance of the Apple iPhone to AT&T's bottom line.During the quarter, which closed June 30, AT&T saw...
Google Offers Tags Free for 30 Days to Lure Businesses
When Google launched its Tags local business promotional service earlier this year, I expressed a little skepticism that people want to spend $25 per...
Droid 2 Launching with Android 2.2
Avid Android smartphone fans are busying themselves with finding out what operating system version will run on new devices, and it seems the Motorola...
AOL Android Apps, HTML5 Site Target Mobile Consumers
AOL July 22 moved to shore up its mobile offerings, launching two Google Android applications and opening a new smartphone portal and mobile Website.The...
Microsoft Revenue Will Benefit from Business Refresh: Analyst
Microsoft will announce its quarterly results July 22, and analysts are expecting the company to post revenue of $15.27 billion. If that number proves...
BAE Systems Lays Off 40 Engineers in Michigan
Aerospace and defense contractor BAE Systems confirmed earlier July 19 that it has let go of 40 engineering workers in its office in Sterling...
FTC Extends Intel Deadline to Aug. 6
The Federal Trade Commission will take at least another two weeks to work on a settlement with Intel over antitrust issues.Commissioners in a statement...
IBM’s $6 Billion RandD Spend Delivers Systems Efficiency
Leading up to the release of the new IBM mainframe, the zEnterprise system, eWEEK recently connected with Ambuj Goyal, general manager of the IBM...