Analysis Why Hasn't Google Put ChromeOS Out to Pasture? Google has been on a killing spree the last few months, whacking projects that are non-essential to the company strategy or that haven't caught on. Even though this has angered some users, Google is still stubbornly clinging to one of its biggest dogs to date: ChromeOS and the Chromebooks. Google announced the ChromeOS in July 2009, and finally… Enterprise Joe Brockmeier View comments
2011 in Review Top 5 Trends in Online Music For 2011 Music has been a huge part of the Web since the days when Geocities-hosted fan sites offered Nirvana MIDI files and 15-second clips of songs in WAV format. A decade ago, we saw the rise and fall of Napster, the remnants of which were recently sold yet again. From the ashes of Napster rose a new era of digital music, fueled in large part by the iPod… Play John Paul Titlow View comments
Advertising Online Ad Revenue Climbs to $7.9B In the U.S., revenue from online advertising is up 22% from a year ago, amounting to $7.88 billion, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC US). This is the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. The data are compiled directly from information from online advertisers, including data… Jon Mitchell View comments
2011 in Review Chrome & Mobile Safari on The Rise In our Top Consumer Products of 2011 list, we selected the Chrome web browser as our number 1 pick. Its market share has grown over 2011 and it's on track to surpass Firefox as the 2nd most popular browser on the desktop (exactly when it passes Firefox depends on whose statistics you read). Over 2011 Google has demonstrated, in both user numbers… Richard MacManus View comments
Products Talend Opens Up Data Integration Processes to the Community Here's an interesting predicament: Suppose your business' only problem isn't with the quality of the services your software performs, but just with getting all of its databases to work together. So you're not out to replace the software, and maybe that would be a bad idea anyway. Getting data and processes built for SAP, Siebel and Tivoli to… Scott M. Fulton View comments