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IT News - November 16, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 16, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: TIBCO Software Inc., IBM, Facebook, MySpace

TIBCO Software Inc. launched a new academic initiative aimed at delivering a wide range of technology education benefits to colleges and universities around the world. The goal of the program is to help ensure the proficiency of students in relevant, emerging technologies and to generate high-value job skills that are in demand by organizations today. — CNN

IBM and the researchers at the University of Dundee School of Computing (UK) and the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine are collaborating to develop open source software technology tools to accommodate the needs of older workers to help them adapt to and remain productive in the changing workplace of the 21st century. — CNN

Facebook’s unique audience grew by 1.5 million people in October, according to a report released this week by Nielsen Online. That’s five times the rate of larger rival MySpace, which grew by about 300,000. — CNN

IT News - November 12, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 12, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: T-Mobile, Facebook, and Google

T-Mobile has invested €3.5 million in Arantech, a Dublin software firm that was this weekend named company of the year by the Irish Software Association (ISA). — Sunday Business Post

Don’t compare Facebook’s new ad system to anything you’ve seen on Google, television, or any other advertising medium you can think of. Compare it instead to Amazon.com (Charts, Fortune 500) or eBay (Charts, Fortune 500). That’s because, while advertising as we know it today may very well be a good profit engine for the social networking company, its new Facebook Ads program is also about e-commerce — that is, selling. — CNN

Google’s mobile plans, announced earlier this week, failed to generate the kind of consumer buzz and media frenzy that the iPhone launch did. Unlike Apple’s sleek, all-touchscreen device, Google’s Android isn’t a phone — it’s a mobile platform. — CNN

IT News - November 8, 2007

Published by Zornitsa Vodenska on November 8, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Facebook’s social ads, Microsoft’s server farm, Interwrite’s donation, Nokia and Vodafone’s web services, Yahoo’s mobile advertising strategy, AMD’s new high performance chip, Sony Ericsson’s new phone with Google maps and RSS feeds

Facebook has unveiled plans to target advertisements by injecting them into its members’ conversations, and now the popular online hangout must persuade its users to embrace the initiative. In addition, companies can now create their own pages on Facebook for free and tailor their pitches to the activities of users’ friends. – CNN

Microsoft will invest $500 million for a new “server farm” data center in a Chicago suburb in the latest investment to enhance its Internet services business, planning to include an element of Web services in each of its business divisions. – Reuters

Interwrite Learning donated 30 Interwrite Pads, Bluetooth-based wireless pads used in interactive classroom instruction, to support distance learning for teacher professional education in Southeast Asia. – T.H.E. Journal

Under a new agreement, Nokia’s Ovi platform–which includes music, maps, gaming and social networking–will be introduced on handsets for Vodafone next year. Handset giant Nokia will also produce a number of devices exclusively for mobile operator Vodafone. – The New York Times

Yahoo unveiled its strategy to make advertising on mobile phones as big a market as computer-based web browsers. The company will rely on three-way partnerships involving device makers, network operators and web services. — ZDNet

AMD is introducing a high-performance chip package that uses a technology commonly found in graphics processors, called parallelism, and applies it to general purpose computing. Called the FireStream 9170, the chip package is aimed initially at high performance computers (HPCs) like those used for climate research and oil exploration. But it could also be used more widely for tasks like video-editing and security tasks. – PC World

Sony Ericsson has introduced a “world standard” 3G USB modem, and has extended its relationship with Google by announcing its first mobile phone with Google Maps and RSS newsfeeds as standard. – PC World

IT News – October 26, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on October 26, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Facebook, Microsoft, HP, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

With its $240 million equity investment announced Wednesday, along with a commitment to expand its pre-existing relationship as exclusive third-party representative for advertising on Facebook, Microsoft has cemented its connection to the company Silicon Valley is obsessed with. — CNN

In 2008, HP will award nearly $7 million in cash and equipment to K-12 schools in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and to colleges and universities throughout North America (Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.). The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants. – HP

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today $8.3 million in grants to help public libraries in 10 states provide quality access to computers and the Internet. — All American Patriots

Microsoft has rolled its Office Live Workspace technology into Live@edu, the company’s portal, communications, and collaboration suite for higher education. — Campus Technology