Oracle Prepares to Enter PaaS Wars
Posted by PCWorld
Oracle may lay out how it plans to become a player in the burgeoning PaaS (platform as a service) market next week during a webcast event featuring CEO Larry Ellison and co-president Mark Hurd.
The company first announced Oracle Public Cloud at the OpenWorld conference in October. The Public Cloud header encompasses Oracle applications delivered as SaaS (software as a service) as well as PaaS features, including the Java Cloud Service and Database Cloud Service.
Oracle already announced the availability of Fusion HCM (human capital management) and CRM (customer relationship management) via the Public Cloud, but so far the PaaS components have remained available only on a "preview availabilit[...]
Continue ReadingThe company first announced Oracle Public Cloud at the OpenWorld conference in October. The Public Cloud header encompasses Oracle applications delivered as SaaS (software as a service) as well as PaaS features, including the Java Cloud Service and Database Cloud Service.
Oracle already announced the availability of Fusion HCM (human capital management) and CRM (customer relationship management) via the Public Cloud, but so far the PaaS components have remained available only on a "preview availabilit[...]
GameStop Rolls Out Android Tablets With Pre-Loaded Games To 1,600 Stores
Posted by TechCrunch
Diversification is the key to longevity. With that likely in mind, GameStop just announced widespread availability of Android tablets throughout its chain of retail stores. This comes after a 200 store trial that started last October. These aren’t ordinary Android tablets, though. GameStop is pre-loading the Samsung, Asus, Acer, and Toshiba with extra gaming titles such as Sonic CD, Riptide, the Kongregate Arcade app and a free issue of GameStop’s gaming mag, Game Informer. Thanks to these extras and with prices that are inline with other stores, GameStop actually has a chance to capture a bit of the tablet market[...]
Continue ReadingFast Track To A Facebook Phone — Buy INQ Mobile?
Posted by TechCrunch
As the heat around the “Facebook Phone” story gets higher, our thoughts turn to the days a couple of years ago when it emerged Facebook had been thinking about developing an actual phone. Back then, it transpired that Facebook was working with INQ Mobile on a smartphone. The phone duly emerged – the INQ1 – and did indeed have great Facebook integration. Even if it hasn’t exactly been a smash hit, it’s fared well enough. Indeed, HTC has also released their own “Facebook” phone, such HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa respectively. INQ’s runs on Google’s Android operating system, but with deeper Facebook integration.When asked about the INQ phone back in 2010, Z[...]
Continue ReadingSocial discovery at the Glimpse Conference
Posted by VentureBeat
This sponsored post is produced by Glimpse.
People. Products. Places. Three p’s you can discover using your social networks. Want to know how to uncover new ways to live, learn, share, decide and buy?
Find out by attending Glimpse, the first conference focusing on social discovery on June 6 in San Francisco. Readers of VentureBeat (a Glimpse media sponsor) receive $100 off the general admission price, making the conference a bargain at only $295.
What will you see at Glimpse? You’ll see panels moderated by the top thought-leaders in the space, from VentureBeat’s Dylan Tweney, Wall Street Journal’s Shayndi Raice and Bloomberg Businessweek’s Doug MacMillan.
You’ll see panelists, including Pan[...]
Continue ReadingPeople. Products. Places. Three p’s you can discover using your social networks. Want to know how to uncover new ways to live, learn, share, decide and buy?
Find out by attending Glimpse, the first conference focusing on social discovery on June 6 in San Francisco. Readers of VentureBeat (a Glimpse media sponsor) receive $100 off the general admission price, making the conference a bargain at only $295.
What will you see at Glimpse? You’ll see panels moderated by the top thought-leaders in the space, from VentureBeat’s Dylan Tweney, Wall Street Journal’s Shayndi Raice and Bloomberg Businessweek’s Doug MacMillan.
You’ll see panelists, including Pan[...]
Taptu breaks out of mobile, delivers an HTML5 news DJ app for the Web
Posted by VentureBeat
Fans of Taptu’s news DJ mobile apps will now be able to get their news fix from computers as well. The company today launched a new HTML5-powered web app that also synchronizes with all of Taptu’s existing apps — giving it a leg up on competitors like Pulse and Flipboard, which are still mobile only.
The Taptu web app will also allow you to easily share remixed streams of news with anyone on the web, even if they’re not Taptu users. And once new users catch a glimpse of Taptu’s slick web app, which also updates feeds in real-time, they could easily be tempted to sign up for the service as well.
“Taptu’s main advantage has always been our powerful search and aggr[...]
Continue ReadingThe Taptu web app will also allow you to easily share remixed streams of news with anyone on the web, even if they’re not Taptu users. And once new users catch a glimpse of Taptu’s slick web app, which also updates feeds in real-time, they could easily be tempted to sign up for the service as well.
“Taptu’s main advantage has always been our powerful search and aggr[...]
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