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Deals of the Hour / November 5, 2010, 7:40 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)

Facebook Deals combines Places, bargains

Facebook is going Places with retailers. Barely two months after it dove into the fledgling location-based services market, the social-media giant has made the mobile "check-in" application available to major merchants and thousands of small- and mid-sized ... (Source: USA Today 2010-11-03T19:04:54Z)

Doing A Deal - Cbeyond Did 2 - In the Cloud Again

Jim Geiger , chief executive officer of Cbeyond.has been adding building blocks to Cbeyond's menue of services for years .....Try this out..."Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice ... (Source: WHIR 2010-11-04T19:10:52Z)

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)

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)

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)

Business Deals Inked as France Tries to Woo China

Chinese President Hu Jintao got the red carpet treatment when he arrived in Paris Thursday at the start of a three-day visit. His French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy met him at the airport and their motorcade drove down the Champs Elysees. At an elaborate ... (Source: Voice of America 2010-11-05T12:50:18Z)

AETN Firms Up Worldwide Deals

NEW YORK: AETN International has wrapped up a slew of sales across Europe, Asia, Latin American and North America on titles such as Ice Road Truckers and the spinoff IRT Deadliest Roads . Package deals were confirmed with Chellozone for Hungary, the Czech ... (Source: World Screen News 2010-11-05T12:57:27Z)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Chile ratifies FTA with Turkey

SANTIAGO, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Chilean Senate on Thursday ratified a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Turkey signed last year. Chile became the first Latin American country on signing a FTA with Turkey, which represents an access to southeast Europe ... (Source: Xinhua News Agency 2010-11-05T01:23:06Z)

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)

President's deals may be too small to charm reluctant India

The Dispatch's public affairs team sates the appetites of political junkies with bite-sized portions of the news and what's behind it. Buckeye Forum Veteran political reporters examine Ohio politics in this weekly podcast. NEW DELHI - President Barack ... (Source: Columbus Dispatch 2010-11-05T13:26:05Z)

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)

France, China in $22.8b trade deal

PARIS — France announced $22.8 billion in deals yesterday to sell uranium, technology, and more than 100 Airbus planes to China, and the two countries also agreed to a sweeping strategic partnership on nuclear power. Chinese President Hu Jintao's three ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-11-05T09:22:43Z)

U.S.-Pakistan Ties Overshadow Obama's Trip To India

President Obama is likely to get a friendly but subdued welcome when he begins his visit to India on Saturday. Many Indians feel that the United States has neglected India, while cultivating strategic relations with its military rival, Pakistan. That ... (Source: NPR News 2010-11-05T09:08:24Z)

Summary Box: Sarkozy woos China during Hu's visit

EAST MEETS WEST: French President Nicolas Sarkozy wooed China's visiting president, Hu Jintao, Thursday with a red carpet welcome in Paris. In return, France won agreements for multibillion-dollar deals, including the sale of Airbus planes. PRELUDE TO G20 ... (Source: AP - msnbc.com 2010-11-04T17:44:58Z)

President Obama hopes to charm a reluctant India

N EW DELHI — President Barack Obama is beginning a lengthy trip to Asia with a visit to India, hoping that symbolism and charm rather than breakthrough agreements will be enough to illustrate the value Washington puts on the South Asian giant and its ... (Source: Boston Herald 2010-11-05T11:17:14Z)

M&A Navigator: Deal pipeline - 4 November

(M&A Navigator Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The following is a list of deals covered in detail by M&A Navigator this week: - US HEINZ CLOSES FOODSTAR ACQUISITION IN CHINA US food producer H.J. Heinz (NYSE:HNZ) has finalised the USD165m (EUR116m) cash ... (Source: TMCnet 2010-11-05T09:29:52Z)

Cbeyond acquires MaximumASP, Aretta in deal valued at $40M

ATLANTA - Cbeyond Inc . (NASDAQ: CBEY), a provider of IT and communications services to 55,000 small businesses across the country, has acquired the assets of  MaximumASP and its affiliated companies, as well as the outstanding stock of privately held ... (Source: Tech Journal South 2010-11-04T14:24:33Z)

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)

Facebook New Places App: Deals

The social media giant made the mobile "check-in" application available to major merchants and thousands of small/mid-size businesses in the United States. Facebook Deals purpose is to connect users of Facebook Places to deals/specials from: 24 Hour ... (Source: Newsblaze.com 2010-11-04T13:12:58Z)

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)

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)

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)

Regional stocks climb as U.S. dollar slumps

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Most major Latin American stock markets climbed Thursday, with resource-related stocks among the beneficiaries of a sliding U.S. dollar in the wake of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying plan aimed at bolstering the economy ... (Source: Marketwatch 2010-11-04T19:53:49Z)

The Other Location Shoe Drops: Facebook Deals. Will It Discount Rivals?

Today at Facebook's event in Palo Alto, CA, the company had a lot to say about their mobile platform. Yes, they had updates to their Android and iPhone apps. And yes, the company implemented a new single sign-on process. And yes, they unveiled a new ... (Source: TechCrunch 2010-11-03T18:21:57Z)

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