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Tuesday, 31st May 2011

VMware Acquires Enterprise Microblogging Company Socialcast

VMware announced today that it will acquire Socialcast, an enterprise microblogging and social network software-as-a-service. The move expands VMware's software-as-a-service portfolio, which also includes Zimbra, Mozy and SlideRocket. VMware is owned by EMC.

Enterprise Klint Finley comments

Killer Quora Thread is a Treasure Trove for Early Adopters

I'll admit I haven't been on Quora as much recently, in large part due to being unceremoniously blocked by the company for subscribing to an excessive amount of RSS feeds (but that's another story). However, today, I stumbled across a great Quora thread started by tech insider Robert Scoble. The question: "Which tech startups currently (June…

Sarah Perez comments

Bing Maps Rolls Out Some Impressive Changes to Its Streetside View

Bing has unveiled some changes to Bing Maps today that give users a much better view of the street. The newly improved Streetside feature in Bing Maps doesn't just show you the street, but lets you pan up and down it with a seamless, panoramic view of the surrounding location.

Audrey Watters comments

Pentagon Declares Cyberattack Act of War

Cyberattacks are part of the defense landscape and have been for a while. Among the more high-profile instances in the last year are the Stuxnet attack by the U.S. and Israel on Iranian nuclear facilities, the attacks by the Chinese government on Google and even a hack of a Pentagon project. Now, the Wall Street Journal says a…

Curt Hopkins comments

BlackBerry Developers Can Now Write NFC Apps with New SDK

RIM has released its BlackBerry Java SDK v7.0 into beta, which allows mobile developers to build applications for the new version of the BlackBerry operating system, BlackBerry 7 OS. Among other things, the SDK offers app developers device integration capabilities for access to the phone's features, including the magnetometer (compass), location…

Mobile Sarah Perez comments

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