Google TV becoming Android TV, and that’s a good thing
Posted by Michael Wolf, Thursday, May 16, 2013
I had heard the rumblings that those within Google were not happy with all the disparate TV efforts, and that there was an effort to begin to unify their TV efforts behind a more straightforward version of Android (with Google TV hooks becoming library options rather than the entire framework). With the announcements coming out [...] Read more »
Too many players = slow adoption of the mobile wallet
- Posted by Colin Gibbs, Thursday, May 16, 2013
Google said this week it has expanded handset support for its Wallet to include three smartphones from Sprint and one from US Cellular. But Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile continue to snub the system in favor of their own Isis. Read more »
IBM and MobileFirst: elephant or cheetah?
- Posted by Charles Brett, Thursday, May 16, 2013
One of the most important attributes of the mobile app world is the need to be able to iterate fast. IBM's MobileFirst portfolio might be the company's attempt to develop and manage a mobile solution, but it cannot ever be as fast as the market demands. Read more »
Understanding the SAP cloud strategy — or lack thereof
Posted by David Linthicum, Thursday, May 16, 2013
SAP has been the darling of enterprise software for many years, and dependence on it continues to this day. However, since the emergence of the SaaS space more than 10 years ago, and with the current rise of IaaS public cloud computing providers, SAP is getting some tough questions from its user base around its cloud-computing strategy. Read more »
- Posted by Stowe Boyd, Thursday, May 16, 2013
The move is partly because people still don't know what it means and partly because other factors are just as large. Read more »
SolarCity and Goldman Sachs create a $500M fund to finance solar leases
- Posted by Ucilia Wang, Thursday, May 16, 2013
SolarCity (s SCTY) has lined up Goldman Sachs (s GS) to create a $500 million fund to support leases for home and business owners, the companies said Thursday. Read more »
BlackBerry announces BBM for iOS and Android this summer
- Posted by Stowe Boyd, Thursday, May 16, 2013
Why did it wait so long? Read more »
Microsoft reportedly killing its own virtual currency (sorta) in Xbox points
- Posted by Michael Wolf, Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Now we can all just wait a couple years until the company -- seeing what Amazon and others are doing with their currencies -- tries to relaunch a new virtual currency effort. Read more »
Why Android has an edge in education
- Posted by Colin Gibbs, Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Google today unveiled a curated app store for students that features titles categorized by genre and appropriate age. The store -- coupled with an abundance of affordable Android tablets -- should give the search company a substantial edge as it takes on Apple in the schools. Read more »
A la carte TV a tough sell on the Hill
- Posted by Paul Sweeting, Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) Television Consumer Freedom Act bill, which would give consumers the option to buy channels on an a la carte basis instead of in tiers, got its first airing before the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday but it didn't find a lot of takers. Read more »
