Qualcomm announces Plaza Retail
Qualcomm has announced their own mobile applications store named Plaza Retail.
This would be an alternative to the company’s own Brew developer environment which is currently used by Verizon Wireless and some other mobile service providers.
Qualcomm said that this new store would provide applications for a variety of devices powered with different mobile [...]
Now Dell is said to be making an Android notebook
Dell has been a smaller player in the netbook market as they have launched a couple of models in the recent times.
But the company is now said to be working on a Google Android based netbook model that could soon go on sale.
Dell has [...]
Google updates Gmail viewers for PowerPoint and Tiff files
Google has revealed that they are now using new viewers for PowerPoint presentations and TIFF format files.
They are now using the same viewer that is used to present Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
This viewer does not require the user to have Adobe Flash Player installed on [...]
Adobe Flash coming to a TV near you!
Adobe Flash technology is already very popular on mobile devices and computers.
It is available for a variety of platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux and several mobile operating systems.
Adobe has now announced that Flash is coming to television screens.
The company said that this format would [...]
BumperCar web browser for Mac updated
Freeverse Software has launched a new edition of their BumperCar web browser for the Mac platform.
BumperCar is designed with kids in mind. It comes with content-control and customization features so as to ensure that the kids do not end up on sites not suitable for their age.
It also features [...]
Adobe collaborates with Facebook over Flash
While Microsoft continues to sign new deals for their Silverlight technology, Adobe has joined hands with Facebook.
Facebook and Adobe are collaborating together to make it easier for developers to incorporate Adobe Flash in their applications.
Adobe said that they are now providing a new ActionScript 3.0 client library [...]
Google Android set to get Adobe Flash
Bsquare working on bringing Flash to Google Android.
Adobe has already announced that they too are working on a version of Flash for the Google Android mobile platform.
They are not alone now.
A market source stated: “Bsquare has been tapped by a global tier 1 carrier to port the [...]
Playboy magazines for free as long as you have Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft continues to expand collaborations with media companies to boost their Silverlight technology.
They have now collaborated with Bondi Digital Publishing and Playboy Enterprises. And they are now offering 53 back issues of Playboy magazines on the web for free viewing.
You can get access [...]
Microsoft Silverlight 3 beta showcased
US based software giant Microsoft has showcased the first beta of their upcoming Silverlight 3 technology.
This would be the first version of Silverlight which would run outside the web browser as well.
Microsoft said that with this latest edition, developers would be able to use threads within Silverlight apps to [...]
Opera Software makes available Opera Turbo for testing
Opera Software has finally made a test version of their recently announced technology Opera Turbo.
Opera Turbo is a server-side optimization and compression technology that is designed to deliver web pages faster to the end user.
It works by compressing and delivering the content to the end user. [...]
