Google HP WebOS Opportunity Post MotoGoo With Google's takeover of Motorola, a lot of the focus has been on how it will affect the Android ecosystem. Google claims that nothing will really change and that Android will remain open and free to its partners. The major Android partners seemingly agree that the Google is doing the right thing to "defend Android." Yet, what is said by corporate… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
NYT LinkedIn Updates Mobile Apps LinkedIn has launched a major overhaul of its mobile apps for iPhone and Android, as well as a brand new HTML5 mobile Web app. It's a complete redesign, forgoing the larger grid of menu options in favor of four key sections: Updates, You, Inbox, and Your Network. The previous menu had too many choices, and some of the titles weren't intuitive… Social Jon Mitchell View comments
Announcements Build Your Own Google-like Data Center with Nutanix Nutanix today announced its Complete Cluster, a high-performance hardware-plus-software solution that enables companies to virtualize their datacenters at a fraction of the cost of traditional server and SAN infrastructure. If this seems like going back to dedicated computers and attached storage, well, it is, somewhat. Infrastructure David Strom View comments
Google Entertainers Experiment With Google Plus Did you know that both Kanye West and Jay-Z are on Google Plus? Each has less than 1,000 followers at time of writing, so chances are you didn't. Now that Google Plus is going mainstream, or at least experiencing rapid growth in user numbers, you'd think that entertainers of Kanye and Jay-Z's popularity would be using it. As we discovered… Social Richard MacManus View comments
Announcements Multiple Cloud Management Tools Announced Several vendors are increasing their feature sets to make it easier to manage multiple cloud environments and multiple VM hypervisors. This is just part of the natural evolution of the cloud and dealing with the facts of cloud life that multiple situations exist within corporations. The two announcements this week include updates from Nimbula and… David Strom View comments