October 25, 2010
Cortado Corporate Server Brings Desktop Functionality to iPad
As the Apple iPad becomes an increasingly popular device among business users, companies will have to think long and hard about how to properly integrate the tablet into their infrastructures. That’s where Cortado Corporate Server comes in; it lets businesses equip iPads with complete desktop functionality managed by a secure central management system.
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Adobe Introduces InMarket in AIR 2.5 Update
If you’re an app developer using Adobe AIR (a cross-platform runtime environment that lets you build apps using Flash, Flex, HTML, or AJAX), and looking for a way to expose your app to more people, Adobe’s AIR 2.5 update aims to help your cause. Called InMarket , this distribution service will allow developers to directly upload apps to mobile marketplaces, and receive 70 percent of revenue generated by their apps. InMarket is designed to work with app stores to allow for as wide a distribution as possible
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Adobe Introduces InMarket in AIR 2.5 Update
October 22, 2010
Business Bits: Small Business Collaboration, Social Media Management Tools, and More
Understanding Small Business Collaboration GigaOM analyzes the SMB Group’s small business collaboration tools study (which covered Google Apps for Business, HyperOffice, IBM LotusLive, Microsoft BPOS, OnePlace, Salesforce Chatter, VMware Zimbra and Zoho Business) and finds it too narrowly focused. So it offers its own take on the relationship between small businesses and collaboration applications. 5 Superior Social Media Management Tools As the popularity of social media continues to boom, so do the number of networks that you’ll need to update and monitor–it can be quite the undertaking
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Business Bits: Small Business Collaboration, Social Media Management Tools, and More
October 21, 2010
Join.me: LogMeIn Launches New Screen Sharing App
Today, LogMeIn launched join.me , which is touted as being a fast, simple, lightweight screen sharing tool. The application offers free online meetings for both personal and commercial use that supports up to 250 participants–with no registration, plug-ins or accounts required
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Join.me: LogMeIn Launches New Screen Sharing App
October 20, 2010
Canvas Partners With DataCollobrative for QuickBooks Apps
The death of paper in the office continues with today’s announcement of a series of Intuit QuickBooks smartphone apps. Data Collaborative worked with Canvas to create the Canvas QuickBooks Connector, a set of apps that eliminates the need for duplicate forms in the workplace and increase data gathering efficiency. Canvas and Data Collaborative are hoping that small businesses will use it to give field staff the ability to instantly enter data, rather than having to take their data back into the office.
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Canvas Partners With DataCollobrative for QuickBooks Apps
October 15, 2010
Business Bits: Build Online Exposure, Learn From Steve Jobs, and More
How to Build Inexpensive Online Exposure For Your Small Business So you’ve started a business and an accompanying Web site. Excellent! Now, how do you spread the word to the online masses? Go beyond simply sending tweets and Facebook updates with these exposure-friendly tips from American Express OPEN Forum .
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Business Bits: Build Online Exposure, Learn From Steve Jobs, and More
October 14, 2010
Sprout Social SRM Helps Businesses Track Facebook, Twitter Metrics
Sprout Social , a provider of social relationship management (SRM) services, recently announced the launch of its new Sprout Social SRM platform that combines several tools that businesses need to plan their social network presence.
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Sprout Social SRM Helps Businesses Track Facebook, Twitter Metrics
October 12, 2010
Campainger Personalizes E-mail Marketing with New Tools
E-mail marketing can come of as cold and impersonal due to cookie cutter templates. Campaigner looks to help small businesses better target their e-mail campaigns with today’s release of new segmentation and click-through overlay tools that are designed to foster greater response from recipients
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Campainger Personalizes E-mail Marketing with New Tools
October 8, 2010
Business Bits: Skype Business Tips, Secure Your Gmail Accounts, and More
5 Tips for Utilizing Skype for Business Purposes When it comes to business communication, Skype can be an invaluable tool. Mashable details five ways that you can use Skype in business matters that involve more than just voice chat. Ensure Your Gmail Account Is Secure Using Google’s Handy Checklist Want to make sure that your Gmail account is secure
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Business Bits: Skype Business Tips, Secure Your Gmail Accounts, and More
October 5, 2010
Business Bits: Lenovo ThinkServer TS200v Reviewed, How To Buy A Wireless Modem, and More
REVIEW: Lenovo ThinkServer TS200v Lenvovo’s latest server nabs our Editors’ Choice award for its easy-on-the-wallet $299 price point, good performance, power efficiency, and remote management capabilities. It may require more IT expertise to set up than competing products-and lacks physical security features-but it’s a good choice for small businesses that want big capacity.
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Business Bits: Lenovo ThinkServer TS200v Reviewed, How To Buy A Wireless Modem, and More
October 1, 2010
Business Bits: Namesake, The Impact of Facebook’s "Like" Button, and More
Welcome to Business Bits, a collection of hot business technology links from around the Web that will help your company be more productive. Namesake Aims to Be Facebook for the Self-Employed GigaOM profiles Namesake, a Los Angeles-based startup that borrows elements from Facebook and Twitter, but adds a professional twist.
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Business Bits: Namesake, The Impact of Facebook’s "Like" Button, and More
July 28, 2010
HDC-TM650: Panasonic Announces Another (Japan-Only) 3D Camcorder
Panasonic caused a splash in the blogosphere yesterday when it announced the world’s first consumer 3D camera, the HDC-SDT750 , for the American market (release in October). The device was announced [JP] today in Japan as well, but Panasonic made some changes. And it showed another model, too, the HDC-TM650 (pictured), which hasn’t been announced for other markets thus far.
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HDC-TM650: Panasonic Announces Another (Japan-Only) 3D Camcorder
Panasonic Reveals Its Consumer 3D Camcorder, The HDC-SDT750
Panasonic, not content to only release new still cameras and normal camcorders this week, has revealed the 3D camcorder we’ve been looking forward to for some time now. It’s called the HDC-SDT750
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Panasonic Reveals Its Consumer 3D Camcorder, The HDC-SDT750
Is This The End For The Army’s “Pain Ray”?
Among the many advances in military technology, perhaps one of the most unwelcome was the “Active Denial System,” a super-short-wavelength radiation weapon that caused intense pain in whoever it was aimed at, be it enemy combatants, protestors, or geese . Enemies of the technology cited its ripeness for abuse when calling for it not to be deployed, but it was sent over to Afghanistan anyway… until just recently, when they took it back. The only reason given for its removal was a terse quote from Colonel Shanks, Chief of Public Affairs for ISAF: The ADS was not used and was shipped from Afghanistan
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Is This The End For The Army’s “Pain Ray”?
Rumor Has $350 PS3 Move Bundle Heading Our Way
When the Playstation Move was announced , we learned the basic prices: $50 per controller, $100 for a controller plus the Eye and a game, or $400 for a fully kitted-out PS3 with Eye, Move controller, and game all included. Seemed a decent deal, but they didn’t mention how much storage you’d be getting in the console package.
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Rumor Has $350 PS3 Move Bundle Heading Our Way
Panasonic Has Two New Camcorders: Small And Extra Small
I recently reviewed the Toshiba Camileo H30 , a functional camcorder with a traditional body style, and concluded that these would continue to sell for a few more years just on the strength of being familiar objects.
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Panasonic Has Two New Camcorders: Small And Extra Small
Toshiba Lays Out Three New 2.5” Hard Drives
Toshiba Storage Device Division has released a new line of 2.5” mobile drives . These 7200 RPM SATA drives are designed for the more demanding user and are optimized for “demanding performance, power consumption, and durability requirements.” Three total drive lines have been released, each offering a slightly different role in small-form-factored computing. There’s the MKxx61GSY, which is made for high-end notebooks, gaming machines and mobile workstations.
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Toshiba Lays Out Three New 2.5” Hard Drives
Privacy-Conscious? Hear An Airhorn Every Time Google Detects You
I doubt anybody is going to keep this Firefox plugin installed for very long (the point is made after a few minutes), but big red boxes and airhorns blasting you in the face are a good way of saying “HEY.
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Privacy-Conscious? Hear An Airhorn Every Time Google Detects You
Apparently, You Can Still Solder Together Your Own Computer If You Really Want To
Back in the dark ages, it used to be if you wanted a computer, you built it yourself. And I don’t mean order the parts and put them together, I mean soldering the chip sockets into a breadboard and assembling all the bits by hand
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Apparently, You Can Still Solder Together Your Own Computer If You Really Want To
July 27, 2010
Official Nikon D3100 Announcement Expected August 19th
We’re expecting to get official word on the D3100 next month; Nikon is currently planning a press event the week of August 16th-20th in Europe, which is pretty typical. It’s expected that there will be two events, one to announce the launch of new Coolpix cameras, and one to announce the launch of the previously rumored D3100, as well as some new lens.
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Official Nikon D3100 Announcement Expected August 19th