Android is the New Linux -And That’s Not a Good Thing
Google’s mobile operating system Android is the new Linux: open, free (aside from patent issues), and just a utility. It’s completely worthless as a brand in which to build upon. Unfortunately for Google, Android means different things to different companies. For HTC and Samsung it’s beginning to be a patent mess. And for Amazon, it’s just [...]
Read MoreAndroid Preferred Mobile App Platform Among African Programmers
The technology industry is growing rapidly throughout the globe, including Africa. One of most important jobs in the industry are programmers. According to a programmer survey conducted by Afrinnovator, Africa will be one of the regions to watch in terms developing technologies. The survey polled respondents from a number of countries including Kenya, South Africa, [...]
Read MoreBoxee Box To Land On November 10th
Loyal users of Boxee can rejoice as the Boxee Box will be released on November 10, 2010. Boxee is known as the first “social” media center which will continue to change the way people consume media. Boxee has the ability to work on several different operating systems such as Apple Macintosh, Linux, Windows and Apple TV (via a third party developer). Read inside for more details.
Read MoreGoogle Gives Microsoft Windows the Ax
Google recently announced it will no longer use Microsoft Windows as the company’s internal operating system. After Google’s computer systems were hacked in China, Google began earnestly transitioning employees from Microsoft OS to MAC and Linux operating systems. The China hack resulted in theft of valuable Google Intellectual Property. Microsoft admitted “vulnerability in Internet Explorer [...]
Read MoreSkype Brings Group Video Chat Into Beta
Skype has added a long awaited feature to it’s service – Group Video Chat. This new feature will let up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously and initially be free of cost. Find out more details inside.
Read MorePeppermint Linux Brings The Cloud To Your Desktop
Peppermint is a new Linux distribution that is tailored for the cloud. It’s not the first of it’s kind, but has a slightly different take on the genre. It will be made available as a private beta to a select group this week with plans to add more users next month. Unlike desktop-focused Linux distributions, [...]
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