March 11, 2014
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Just the other day, I gave five reasons why Microsoft should embrace Android for its smartphone operating system. Little did I know that on that same day Microsoft Open Technologies would open source the Office 365 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Android. With this SDK, developers will be able to let their Android applications access SharePoint lists, folders or Exchange calendar, contacts and emails.
March 11, 2014
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The Xen Project, once a Citrix project, and now a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, announced on March 10th the release of the Xen Project Hypervisor version 4.4 with enhanced ARM support. For both datacenter and cloud production managers this is big news. Xen is a very popular server-level virtualization program.
Xen brings its virtualization goodness to more ARM chipsets. More>
March 10, 2014
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Google just got serious—really serious—about taking on Microsoft Office, and Office 365 in particular. In a blog posting on March 10th Prajesh Parekh, a Google marketing lead, wrote “we’re offering a $15 referral bonus for each new Google Apps user you refer.”
Google gets serious about office apps: Offers $15 for referrals. More>
March 10, 2014
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The audience and the judge have spoken in our recent Microsoft and Android debate and they agreed with me that Microsoft/Nokia making Android phones is a smart move. But, can Microsoft give Samsung a run for its money as a top Android company? I think Microsoft might have a real chance of doing just that.
Five reasons Microsoft could become a top Android smartphone company. More>
March 7, 2014
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As usual, NetMarketShare has Internet Explorer (IE) as the most popular Web browser with a global marketshare of 58.19 percent in February 2014. That represents a minute decrease from January’s 58.21 percent. Its rival Web browser measurement company, StatCounter, on the other hand, has Chrome as king of the world on the browser mountain with 43.82 percent of February’s market. This is a slight gain from January’s 43.67 percent. The one thing that both agree on is that the most popular Web browser wars have become trench warfare: The top browser’s marketshare aren’t moving.
March 6, 2014
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More than nine out of ten IT hiring managers plan to hire Linux professionals in the next six months.. That’s great news… if you’re a Linux pro.. If you’re not, you’re out of luck. But The Linux Foundation wants to help you.
On March 6th, the Linux Foundation announced it’s building a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) program with edX, the non-profit, online learning platform launched in 2012 by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Professional online Linux classes for all – and the first one is free. More>