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Deals of the Hour / November 5, 2010, 6:39 am

AppMakr enables Private Enterprise iOS App Stores, with AppDrop

AppMakr today announced, "AppDrop" a painless Over The Air install process that allows enterprises to create private iOS app stores. AppDrop, when combined with an enterprise Apple Developer Account, allows an enterprise to create apps through AppMakr and ... (Source: Redorbit.com 2010-11-05T05:19:20Z)

Rumor Mill: LG to release 'Honeycomb' Android tablet in Q1

LG Electronics is getting its Android tablet plans back on track, according to a report, and will release an 8.9-inch tablet running the "Honeycomb" version of Google's mobile platform in the first quarter of next year. Citing an unnamed LG official, the ... (Source: FierceWireless 2010-11-03T13:14:09Z)

Mobile Application for SAP® Business One Available for iPhone

WALLDORF, Germany , Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Small businesses across the globe are increasingly turning to smartphones to run their business from any location, at any time. To enable small businesses to stay connected with their business and customer ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-11-04T09:45:22Z)

iPhone app plays flash video, but does it matter?

( Wired ) -- Maybe Apple approved Skyfire, an iPhone web browser that plays Flash videos, to prove a point: Flash is losing relevance. Despite widespread excitement over the first app to work with Adobe's plug-in, it turns out that Skyfire isn't very ... (Source: CNN 2010-11-05T12:07:21Z)

Sensing shift in business priorities, HP targets Instant-On Enterprise as new tech-enabled advantage

The rapidly evolving landscape for global business—and the consequent need for IT to relate differently to businesses so they together serve their customers in innovative ways—has to mean more than business as usual from technology suppliers. While a ... (Source: IT-Analysis.com 2010-11-04T06:10:37Z)

Ad Council Teams with Google, AT&T for Internet Safety Coalition

The Ad Council announced on Wednesday the launch of the Internet Safety Coalition , a collaborative effort to educate teens and parents about using the Internet in a safe and smart manner. "We know that targeted and consistent communications programs have ... (Source: PC Magazine 2010-11-04T20:29:37Z)

INSTANT VIEW 8-US Fed commits $600 bln to buy more bonds

NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve launched a controversial new policy on Wednesday, committing to buy $600 billion more in government bonds by the middle of next year in an attempt to breathe new life into a struggling U.S. economy. STORY ... (Source: CNBC 2010-11-03T19:19:13Z)

UK: Google was in 'significant breach' of data law

Google violated Britain's data protection laws when its Street View mapping service recorded data from private wireless networks, the country's information commissioner said Wednesday. The American Internet search giant will escape any fines, however, so ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-03T12:52:40Z)

Google Instant available on Android and iPhone

Nobody likes to wait. Google Instant is now available on Android and iPhone. Instant is a faster form of search that guesses what you're going to search for as you type and automatically loads full pages of results, one after another. Google says the ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-11-05T12:21:40Z)

Google's Chrome Smartbooks Have Already Lost to Apple's MacBook Air

Google says it will release a Google-branded Chrome OS smartbook in November to be followed a month later by Chrome OS netbooks from Hewlett-Packard and Acer. The Google-branded netbook would not be sold through stores, but through an online store similar ... (Source: YAHOO! 2010-11-02T19:06:05Z)

Ad Council Creates Internet Safety Coalition

Working with marketers, media and nonprofit organizations, the Ad Council has launched the Internet Safety Coalition to educate teens about online safety through a program called "Beware What You Share." Coalition members include AOL, AT&T, Comcast, Google ... (Source: Advertising Age 2010-11-04T14:53:11Z)

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway Intimate While Filming

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway sound like the hottest on-screen couple, and they were once upon a time--remember Brokeback Mountain? Jake and Anne are back at it for Love and Other Drugs, in which a not-so-perfect couple only works well between the ... (Source: Buzz Log (blog) 2010-11-04T20:58:15Z)

GSLO Funds Development of ApplePeel 520 for iPad

GoSolarUSA is providing the funding and tablets that Yosion needs to develop the new gadgets. The two companies have worked together closely since signing an option agreement in September. GoSolarUSA signed a profit participation agreement with Yosion last ... (Source: paidContent.org 2010-11-04T13:12:58Z)

HP unfurls Instant-On initiative

Network World - HP this week took the wraps off a new cross-company initiative that packages its hardware, software and services in an effort to help large enterprises reduce IT complexity and become more responsive to the needs of the business and ... (Source: Computerworld 2010-11-03T21:28:04Z)

New iPhone App from UCA

Where can you get the Reynolds Performance Hall's Broadway Series schedule, all the latest UCA news and sports scores, campus parking information, and hear the UCA fight song all at your finger tips? Only at the new UCA iPhone application. The University ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-05T06:23:45Z)

Jake Gyllenhall, Anne Hathaway 'Get Intimate' For 'Love And Other Drugs'

Jake Gyllenhaal had no problem getting intimate with Anne Hathaway for his new film Love And Other Drugs - because they had already developed their onscreen chemistry while shooting Brokeback Mountain. The pair, who played husband and wife in the Oscar ... (Source: Post Chronicle 2010-11-04T13:12:58Z)

Anne Hathaway slips into a tight white dress for a euphoric night at Love Is The Drug premiere

Anne Hathaway traded the classic little black dress for a tight white number at the Hollywood premiere of Love And Other Drugs tonight. The 27-year-old actress put her shape on show in the figure-hugging frock, which featured lace inset detailing and ... (Source: Daily Mail 2010-11-05T06:38:04Z)

Twitter Promoted Tweets Show Up on Google Search

In a landmark move for both companies, Twitter's Promoted Tweets are now being served in Google real-time search results. This is the first time Google has allowed another ad network to display ads on its search engine. This is also probably the first time ... (Source: Softpedia 2010-11-04T10:35:29Z)

U.K.: Google Breached Laws

LONDON—U.K. officials ruled Wednesday that Google Inc. broke the law by collecting data from wireless networks for its Street View mapping service, reflecting growing scrutiny in Europe of the U.S. Internet company's privacy practices. (Source: Wirelessweek.com 2010-11-03T15:44:28Z)

HP unveils 'Instant-On Enterprise' for biz, govt

New Delhi: HP unveiled its vision for the "Instant-On Enterprise" – organizations that embed technology into everything they do in order to better address the rapidly changing needs of customers and citizens. HP also announced new integrated ... (Source: Financial Express 2010-11-04T23:42:53Z)

Stocks end at multi-month highs after Fed plan

NEW YORK: US stocks ended a volatile session modestly higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve detailed a plan to breathe new life into the struggling economy. Both the Dow and Nasdaq closed at levels not seen since 2008 while the S&P ended at a six ... (Source: Economic Times 2010-11-03T22:39:39Z)

Google Mixes Promoted Tweets Into Real-Time Results

Google has a market cap of almost $198 billion right now, and most of that money stems from the company's ability to sell ads. So congratulations are due to Twitter, which somehow sealed an ad-related deal whereby Promoted Tweets show up in Google's real ... (Source: WebProNews 2010-11-03T21:20:55Z)

Google Android Shipments Are Clobbering The iPhone

Google's Android absolutely dominated the iPhone in U.S. for third quarter shipments, research group Canalys reports . As you can see on the right, Apple shipped 5.5 million phones. But the OHA, or Open Handset Alliance, which uses Android shipped 9.1 ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-11-01T12:19:15Z)

US STOCKS-Markets rise on Fed; Qualcomm, Whole Foods up late

NEW YORK, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended a volatile session modestly higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve detailed a plan to breathe new life into the struggling economy. Both the Dow and Nasdaq closed at levels not seen since 2008 while the ... (Source: Reuters 2010-11-03T21:06:36Z)

Google Street View 'broke UK laws'

UK Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has revealed in a statement that Google Inc. broke UK laws by intercepting payload data from wireless networks while photographic UK streets. Google recently admitted that regulators around the world found ... (Source: Afterdawn.com 2010-11-03T23:08:17Z)

Ad Council Announces Internet Safety Coalition with AT&T, Google, IAB, Microsoft, The ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to educate teens about how to be smart about what they post and share online, the Ad Council announced the creation of a new collaborative initiative, the Internet Safety Coalition , developed to provide ... (Source: Newsblaze.com 2010-11-03T15:15:50Z)

BlackBerry suffers double hit: Android and iPhone take leads in the third quarter

In the smart-phone market, BlackBerrys got squeezed last quarter. Google Inc.'s Android overtook Research in Motion's BlackBerry as an operating system in the third quarter, and Apple Inc.'s iPhone surpassed the corporate stalwart as a handset, according ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-10-31T23:54:47Z)

Mobile Business Apps Flourish at IBM, Google

IBM engineer William Bodin needed a way to communicate easily with a team of developers halfway around the world. So he turned to an application, created by colleagues, that could be downloaded to his smartphone and that let him collaborate securely with ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-11-02T14:55:33Z)

RIM's BlackBerry and OS lose ground to iPhone and Android

In the smart-phone market, BlackBerrys got squeezed last quarter. Its maker, Research in Motion Inc., took a double hit: In terms of market share, Google Inc.'s Android operating system overtook that of RIM's, according to new reports on U.S. sales. And ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-11-02T01:33:49Z)

Promoted Tweets Come To Google Realtime Search

Google is now showing Promoted Tweets on its realtime search page. According to Search Engine Land , the deal will allow Twitter to post its Promoted Tweets adverts on Google's realtime search page, which can be accessed from 'Updates' on the left hand ... (Source: Itproportal 2010-11-05T00:40:09Z)

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