Available this May, Oracle has announced the release of new applications which will put the company in close competition with SAP. Taking advantage of in-memory computing, applications available next month include Oracle SCM In-Memory Consumption Driven Planning, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Project Portfolio Management, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne In-Memory Sales Advisor. Other applications that will…
There used to be a time when Global Positioning System (GPS) was a technology exclusive to the military. Even when they opened it up for public use, only the really experienced navigators and travelers had any use for them. But nowadays, the technology became more mainstream and people started finding new uses for it. Like…
Revenues from digital advertising reached a new record high. In the yearly Internet Advertising Revenue Report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Q4 digital advertising revenues reached $10 billion, an increase of almost 15% from 2011 figures. Total revenues for 2012 were $31.6 billion in the United States of America. According to Kantar…
Rackspace recently launched its “mobile-ready” stack for developers which allow them to use the pre-packaged backend repeatedly every time they have a mobile project. According to John Engates, Rackspace CTO, the firm is including experience and expertise in its pre-packaged backend so that developers need not spend a lot of time in developing the backend….
Chris Kemp of Nebula is introducing the company’s computer device which can act like a command-and-control system for various traditional servers to consolidate the machines’ power. When plugged into Nebula One, servers from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, or Dell, Nebula One provides a means of control through a software console. Worth at least $100,000, any organization can…
In a recent gathering of developers, Twitter announced its updated iPhone and Android applications which will support its newly launched Twitter Cards. The cards introduce new contents like photo galleries, product information, applications which can be contained in expanded tweets. Aside from the Twitter Cards, Twitter can support deep-linking for mobile applications. This means that…
With just a little over a year into mobile advertising, Facebook is expected to at least corner 30% of the mobile display market this 2013. According to eMarketer, a market research organization, the social networking site can earn about $1 billion from its ad revenues for mobile phones alone. Being the second mobile advertisement publisher…
With the release of iPad mini and iPhone 5, Apple has caught up with Samsung during the last quarter of 2012. However, Samsung still retains the top 1 spot with 21.2% share on smart connected device shipments. Apple, on the other hand, is a close second with 20.3%. Total revenues were about $168 billion or…
Beginning April 12, T-Mobile will be selling iPhone 5 to its customers. Customers who want to avail of the offer will have to pay $100 plus $20 monthly for 2 years as equipment fee. Also, T-mobile has already announced its no-contract plans beginning at $50 monthly for single users. This offer includes data plans, data…
The latest addition to the roster of mobile apps millionaire is a 17-year-old boy in London by the name of Nick D’Aloisio. Yahoo was reported to have bought the mobile news app Summly for $30 million. Although the terms of the sale haven’t been disclosed yet, Summly creator D’Aloisio is touted to be Yahoo’s youngest…