RIM to Apple: Bring it on!
It's the PlayBook vs. the iPad in a side-by-side video comparison Research in Motion (RIMM) has posted a YouTube video in which Apple's (AAPL) iPad compares unfavorably to RIM's new PlayBook tablet in...
View ArticleWhy rivals Google and Apple agree on HTML5
The two tech giants need to fend off rivals and each other to protect their growing app businesses. So why is the same open standard their weapon of choice? We've already debunked the mysteries...
View ArticleHow the Mac App store could blow up the software market
Every application developer from Microsoft to the shareware maker in the basement is watching to see how Apple's forthcoming OSX application store will change the dynamics of the software industry. By...
View ArticleAdobe's Flash isn't ready for Android Honeycomb tablets
Initial Android Honeycomb Tablets will ship without Adobe's Flash (and that might be good!). First spotted yesterday in the lower right hand corner of Verizon's (VZ) XOOM ad, Adobe's Flash will not be...
View ArticleMotorola XOOM gets Flash next week
The XOOM software experience seems to be coming piecemeal. Motorola's (MMI) XOOM, by most accounts, would be the best tablet you could buy right now if it weren't for Apple's (AAPL) year+ lead in...
View ArticleGoogle fixes Flash's security issues ahead of Adobe
Google's record on Chrome browser security is impressive, and that is important. Google (GOOG) today fixed the recent Adobe (ADBE) Flash Zero-day exploit in which a devious hacker could embed a...
View ArticleFatWire will help put Oracle in front of customers
Is Oracle getting into the acqhiring game? FORTUNE -- Oracle's (ORCL) acquisition of FatWire is all about the company putting itself in front of end customers. That is, it's more or less a retail...
View ArticleToday in Tech: Adobe layoffs, gives up on Flash mobile?
Fortune's curated selection of newsworthy tech stories from the last 24 hours. Sign up to get the round-up delivered to you every day. *Adobe (ADBE) is restructuring and laying off 750 employees in...
View ArticleToday in Tech: Can Netflix pull an HBO?
Fortune's curated selection of tech stories from the last 24 hours. Sign up to get the round-up delivered to you each and every day. * Yahoo (YHOO) has a new CEO in Scott Thompson, who served as PayPal...
View ArticleJudge rejects $324 million tech hiring settlement
A federal judge in California has rejected a $324.5 million settlement in an antitrust case targeting the hiring practices at tech giants Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe Systems. U.S. District Judge...
View Article5 e-commerce predictions for Black Friday weekend
‘Tis almost the season, what with Black Friday--or really, Black Thursday --just about two and a half weeks away now, more and more stores decked out in Christmas decorations and Jack Frost is nipping...
View ArticleHow important is it for a tech startup to be in Silicon Valley?
Answer by Auren Hoffman on Quora. Starting a company in the San Francisco Bay Area is becoming less and less important. Especially if you are starting a B2B business, there are a ton of great reasons...
View ArticleChile ‘quake and the Fed’s rate decision — 5 things to know today
Hello friends and Fortune readers. Wall Street stock futures are treading water ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether or not to raise interest rates, expected later Thursday. The dollar is...
View ArticleVW Update and Atlassian’s IPO — 5 Things to Know Today
Hello friends and Fortune readers. Wall Street stock futures are higher as European and Asian markets regain a bit of poise, but crude oil futures are struggling to stay above $37 a barrel after news...
View ArticleAdobe Mac App Accidentally Wipes Users’ Files
Adobe has quickly pulled an update for its Creative Cloud desktop app or Mac, which accidentally deleted some users’ files. Creative Cloud is the subscription-based umbrella for the cloud versions of...
View ArticleInterest Rates and Obama in Cuba—5 Things to Know for the Day Ahead
Hello friends and Fortune readers. Wall Street stock futures are lower, taking their lead from global stock markets that don’t like the sharp decline in the dollar that followed the Federal Reserve’s...
View ArticleBrexit Vote, Facebook Meeting, and NBA Champs—5 Things to Know for the Week...
Hello friends and Fortune readers. By Monday morning, the NBA will have crowned a champion and Facebook’s shareholders will be gathering for the company’s annual meeting, with votes concerning Mark...
View ArticleMicrosoft Is Teaming Up With This Major Software Maker in the Cloud
Microsoft and Adobe Systems have forged a new friendship in the cloud. On Monday, Adobe, the force behind Photoshop and Illustrator software packages, named Microsoft msft Azure the “preferred cloud...
View ArticleSalesforce Brings E-Commerce Software Into the Fold and Smartens it Up
Three months after completing its $2.8 billion acquisition of Demandware, Salesforce is officially bringing that company’s e-commerce software in-house to be re-branded as Salesforce Commerce Cloud....
View ArticleAdobe Seeks Respect for New Artificial Intelligence Tech
Add Adobe Systems to the list of software companies proclaiming themselves to be artificial intelligence powers. It’s in august company: IBM ibm , Microsoft, Salesforce crm are all wrapping themselves...
View Article