Too many friends: Bill Gates ditches Facebook
Bill Gates was a on a good pace to win the Facebook popularity contest
with friend requests that clearly outpaced the numbers of Facebooks
favorite tech journalist Leo Laporte. But accepting friend requests
from people Gates has never heard of apparently did not make sense for the
Microsoft co-founder. Will his marketing advisor agree?
Yahoo to search with Microsoft, report says
Microsoft and Yahoo may be close to announcing a major search deal this
week, according to a report published by Advertising Age. Yahoo will
reportedly use Microsofts Bing as search technology, allowing
Microsoft to increase Bing traffic as well as the technologys
credibility, while Yahoo may profit from a revenue share model as well
as an opportunity to sell ads on Bing.com.
Verizon to give developers 70% of App Store revenue
Verizon disclosed a few details about its Vcast application store
scheduled to debut in the fourth quarter of this year. The company is
using Apples App Store as a benchmark, and will hand down 70% of the
revenue to developers. But it promises a faster turnaround time and
Verizon says that it will not compete with other application stores,
but complement them.
Advertising woes hold back digital video market
The digital video market is set to struggle for a while yet, according to a study from Jon Peddie Research. But Adobe, Apple and Avid are holding their own.
iPhone app gives sex offenders no place to hide
A new iPhone application allows US users to check for nearby sex offenders anywhere in the US.
Microsoft offers EU compromise proposal
Microsoft has offered the European Union a compromise proposal in an effort to address competition law issues related to Internet Explorer (IE) and interoperability.
Microsoft retools Indie Games for Xbox Live
Microsoft has retooled its XNA Creators Club program. The project -
renamed Xbox Live Indie Games – offers new price points based on a
three tier system: 80, 240 and 400 MS Points.
Claws out in Splinter Cell snub catfight
A Ubisoft designer has insisted that the decision to designate Splinter Cell: Conviction an Xbox 360 exclusive was ‘purely business.’
Motorola looks to accelerate Android development
Motorola has launched a new application accelerator program for Android.
Chrome to get hardware accelerated 3D graphics
Google has begun building its O3D plug-in for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics into its Chrome browser.