As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the Globe and Mail to name a few. We scour the web for articles concerning, iPhone, iPad and android development, iOS and android operating systems as well as general articles on advances in mobile technology. We hope you find this useful and that it helps to keep you up to date with the latest technology developments.
- A Circle of Tech in Silicon Valley: Collect Payout, Do a Start-Up
The windfall from Facebook’s public offering may prompt some employees to leave, in what could be one of company’s lasting legacies — a new generation of tech tycoons looking to create or invest in, well, the next Facebook.
- Cisco Cautious Despite 22% Rise in Income
Cost-cutting measures aided profitability, but the company warned that it faced “a cautious” environment for corporate spending on information technology.
- Adobe Brings Photoshop Lightroom 4 to Mac App Store
Two months after the public release of Photoshop Lightroom 4, Adobe has now brought the software to the Mac App Store [Direct Link]. The release marks the most substantial Mac App Store release yet for Adobe, joining Photoshop Elements 10 Editor and Premiere Elements 10 Editor as well as the subscription-based Revel (formerly known as Carousel) in Apple’s online marketplace for OS X software.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 is priced at $149.99 in the Mac App Store, identical to Adobe’s suggested pricing for the boxed version, although Adobe also offers a $79 boxed upgrade version for users of previous Lightroom versions. Adobe also offers the boxed Lightroom 4 at a discounted $99 when purchased with one of the company’s new Creative Suite 6 bundles. Per its standard policy, Apple takes a 30% cut of purchases made through the Mac App Store.The Creative Suite package has of course been one of the major software titles users have been looking for to come to the Mac App Store, with Microsoft Office being another popular software package high on users’ wish lists. And while Adobe has not yet made the leap to offering any of the Creative Suite packages or even standalone applications from those bundles available through the Mac App Store, the addition of Lightroom is certainly a significant step for Adobe in the direction of offering higher-end titles through the marketplace.
- Qualcomm: We’re ready for quad-core ‘ARM’ race
Qualcomm says it provides dual-core chips that match rivals’ quad-core performance. And its own quad-core silicon is on the way.
- On-demand music gets own chart
The popularity of songs streamed on services like Spotify will be measured in a new weekly top 100, compiled by the Official Chart Company.
- Brad Spirrison: How One Venture Capitalist Compares Today’s App Economy to the ’90s
When pre-revenue startups with less than 15 employee, such as Instagram, have 10-figure exits in less than two years, it’s reasonable to ponder how today’s app economy compares to the dot-comedy of the late ’90s.
- Mars Rover Moving Again After Five-Month Winter
PASADENA, Calif. — The Mars rover Opportunity is on the go again. After spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the NASA rover…
- Microsoft bans Firefox on ARM-based Windows, Mozilla says
Raising the specter of last-generation browser battles, Mozilla launches a publicity campaign to seek a place for browsers besides IE on Windows devices using ARM chips.
- Judge rejects attempt to derail Google’s ‘fair use’ defense
Oracle and Google’s attorneys battle it out in the face of a potential mistrial on whether or not fair use can be even used as an argument in this lawsuit.
- VIDEO: X-rays probe world’s oldest ‘computer’
Scientists using X-ray imaging find out some of the secrets of the world’s oldest ‘computer’ – the Antikythera Mechanism.
- Idle home PCs raise charity cash
Efforts to turn PCs’ downtime into cash for charities
- Carmageddon comeback seeks cash
Notorious violent nineties video game Carmageddon is attempting a comeback with the help of a Kickstarter project.
- Guess Who’s Got A New App ‘Store’?
Facebook is taking a giant leap toward making app discovery a more user friendly experience. On Wedesnday, Facebook announced that it will open an App…
- Jim Steyer: Why I’m Talking Back to Facebook
Technology companies must take responsibility for their contributions to the challenges created by our 24/7 always-on culture and seize the opportunity to be part of the solution.
- Hands-on Boot to Gecko: Interesting, but far from baked
The makers of Firefox have a new baby on the way, a Firefox-driven mobile OS called Boot to Gecko. CNET’s Seth Rosenblatt shares his thoughts on the “Mozillaphone” after some hands-on time with the very rough, very in-development device.
- Brett Greene: Firefox Collusion Tracks the Companies Tracking You Online
With each click of the mouse we leave breadcrumb trails of our interests, needs and websites we stumble upon. But the majority of the companies that track us online and collect data on our activities never asked for permission.
- Evan Bleier: The Digital Ballpark Is Here to Stay
With the Internet churning out all these new ways for sports fans to consume information and connect with their teams, are the more traditional means of fan interaction, like attending a game or watching on television, going to end up like the XFL?
- What Apple Looks Like In Numbers (INFOGRAPHIC)
After Apple announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2012 on April 24, it became clear the tech giant won’t be slowing in growth…
- The Hard Drive Of The Future Is…
Recent microbe research found that a certain type of iron-eating bacteria has the ability to produce tiny magnets. Enter magnetic bacteria. Similar to the magnets…
