Publishing Services Writing Helper Brings Editing Collaboration to WordPress As professional bloggers will tell you, the collaboration and archival process for editing posts is one of the most onerous parts of the job. Hey, writing is the easy part! Wordpress announced today that it is unveiling a set of new features to its platform called Writing Helper that should make the editorial process easier. Writing Helper is a… Dan Rowinski View comments
News VMware is a Virtualization Company - So Why is it Buying a Slide Show Service? VMware is a virtualization company, right? Then why did it announce yesterday that it is buying SlideRocket, a services company that helps people make their presentations look all snappy? The same reasons as last year when it bought Zimbra, the email services provider. Microsoft. Or because perhaps collaboration may be one of the biggest… Alex Williams View comments
Apps Appia Announces Pay-Per-Downloads for Developers Apple recently took actions to dissuade developers from participating in incentivized install programs, meaning programs that encouraged consumers to download new apps in return for virtual goods and other bonuses which could be used in mobile gaming and other apps. But while those changes may have negatively affected some companies' programs… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Android Android Developers Can Now Access Sales Reports Google has introduced a new feature for Android developers: merchant sales reports. These reports will show, in detail, the monthly financial performance of mobile applications and will be hosted in the Android Market Developer Console. Included in the reports is information from Google Checkout, including per-transaction details, device… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments
Google Talk to Your Computer: Chrome Listens and Translates (Through HTML) The latest stable release of the Chrome browser today contains a cool new feature: speech input through HTML. This means that you can talk into your computer's microphone, and your recorded audio will be translated to text and typed out for you. That's great for speech-to-text input in general - for the purposes of dictation and… Audrey Watters View comments