Products Poll: Do You Want to Use Chrome OS? Google's vice president for Chrome engineering, Linus Upson, believes that 60% of businesses could immediately switch to Chrome OS and put corporate system administrators out of work. At least that's what The New York Times reported he said, though the paper didn't quote Upson directly. But would YOU want to use Chrome OS for your work? Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Browsers Consumers Under 35 Ditching Browser for Apps, Study Shows Consumers under 35 - that is, those in Generations X and Y, the latter also referred to as "millennials" - tend to prefer using mobile applications over Web browsers on smartphones, as compared with older mobile users, a new study shows. Data collected by market research and consulting firm Parks Associates, found that this young demographic is… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Messaging Services IM+ Brings its Popular Mobile Chat Client to the Web IM+, the multi-platform chat client that runs on nearly every type of mobile phone, has found its way onto the desktop. The company has been beta testing a Web-based version of its popular app since August and tomorrow is taking it out of beta. Mike Melanson View comments
mobile Can Developers Get Into Acer's New "Alive" App Store? Last week, hardware manufacturer Acer announced its Alive store, a single place to buy apps for all Acer platforms, including its newly announced Android and Windows tablets, plus its PCs and smartphones. The store, which launches in December in the UK and Italy, will begin rolling out to other markets ?worldwide in Q1 2011. With Alive, users… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Internet of Things Your Life is the App: RunKeeper Gets Funding From O'Reilly RunKeeper, an app described with terms like mobile, social, fitness and quantified self, has raised $1.1 million from forward-looking investors O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), the organizations announced this morning. RunKeeper lets users track their exercise experiences over time and share their performance metrics with friends. The… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments