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It’s no secret that the iPhone App Store is a walled garden. Mobile platform developers like Apple have several ways to control what can run on their devices: Prohibit plug-ins like Flash, cripple the Java they run, or simply limit the installation ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
12 Aug 2009
When a SaaS application gets popular enough, features matter less and the underlying ecosystem matters more. There’s a tipping point at which network effects outstrip software features. When that happens, users get the benefits of additional ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
1 Jul 2009
Not in an I-can’t-check-my-messages kind of way, but in a fundamental, inboxes-will-never-be-the-same-again kind of way.
With every birthday reminder, bill confirmation, new friend, direct message, password recovery, and mailing list, the content of ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
24 Apr 2009
Back in the desktop software era, magazines ran software reviews in which the side-by-side comparisons of features took up an entire page. Buyers used these reviews to shortlist vendors, trying to anticipate which features they’d need over the next ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
25 Feb 2009
Elastra today unveiled an updated cloud strategy that aims to tackle one of the biggest challenges of cloud computing: How to move applications smoothly between in-house infrastructure and clouds like Amazon’s EC2. If the strategy works, it could pave ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
25 Feb 2009
When Google first released App Engine as a “Preview Release” last April, developers had relatively little computing power. Only a few apps got Google’s permission to grow beyond the free computing quotas, including BuddyPoke, Lingospot, Mentalfloss and ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
24 Feb 2009
That’s a lot of data. Having millions of people with cameras taking a picture at the same time gives Photosynth a lot to work with. I’m going to make an educated guess how much.
That’s 38 Gigabytes of pictures Photosynth could have to chew on if this ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
20 Jan 2009
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I think this is a great development that naturally flows from the growing importance of the social web to businesses. Social Media is expanding to becoming a central part of several business functions across the enterprise including sales, customer ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
16 Jan 2009
Identi.ca’s plans to build an open-source alternative to Twitter got a vote of confidence this week with an investment from the VCs at Montreal Start Up. While the amount of the financing wasn’t disclosed, Montreal Start Up Managing Partner John Stokes ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
14 Jan 2009
Joyent today announced it has agreed to acquire Reasonably Smart, a fledgling cloud startup based on JavaScript and Git, for an undisclosed amount. While on the surface it might look like simple industry consolidation, Reasonably Smart’s technology ...
From ALISTAIR CROLL,
GigaOM,
14 Jan 2009
