This weekend I was in New York before this weeks SYS-CON iPhone Developer Summit and I happened to look into the Apple Store on 5th Ave.
The new application makes use of a femtocell's ability to detect home presence, sending someone a reminder message as soon as he or she arrives home. ip.access' "fridge notes" service works on any SMS capable handset, but the new iPhone version actually displays the messages on a virtual fridge, allowing the recipient to manage them just like real fridge notes. The message, which can be composed and sent using Facebook, can be unpeeled, moved to a corner of the fridge door, or removed altogether if the message is no longer relevant.
Before the registrar at Stanford writes me a cease and desist letter, let me state that I am not a student at Stanford. Rather I have downloaded the 17 lectures and 3 supplemental sessions of the CS193P course entitled iPhone Application Development from Open Stanford. According to an article published on the Stanford web site [...]
I thank you very much for taking the time to bring to everyones attention the mess in Bodrum and the lack of action from the Mayor of Bodrum, Kocadon. I live in Chicago and have a summer/retirement home in Yalikavak and I have to admit I have been amazed at how much the Mayor of Bodrum is getting away with. He is only available for photo shoots and media blitz but when it comes to hard work the man is a ghost...
As a speaker at the upcoming AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo, June 22-23, in New York City, I just received an email from Lindsay over at SYS-CON Events, that I can invite three guests with full conference passes to attend the two-day iPhone Developer Summit. She just informed me about the coupon code "iPhonespeakerguestexpo" (case sensitive) that I can use to invite three guests with. I am not planning to bring anyone with me from Sydney, Australia, so here it is for you to take advantage of. The registration page can be found here. If you have any registration problems, you can contact Susan at 201 802 3020 or by email events (at) sys-con.com. See you in New York City on Monday! --Yeshim
In a major upgrade to its software as a service (SaaS) that connects companies with their field workforces, Argentina’s Movimiento ATM has integrated the Perst™ Lite all-Java embedded database from McObject® in client software for roaming employees’ BlackBerry, Nokia and other popular smartphones. The integration keeps users more up-to-date through faster data access, and also enhances client software reliability. Perst Lite also slashed the development time of Movimiento’s new Salesforce Solution product by replacing “homegrown” data management code with a proven commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded database system, Movimiento's general manager said.
Imagine a data center chock full of heterogeneous equipment and running hot. That should be an easy exercise since they all are. But now it’s important to stop the waste and reduce energy consumption. Where do you start? Well, it might be nice to whittle the problem down to size and figure out what in that sea of servers and whatnot are the biggest offenders.
This morning I got to the Apple Store in London's Regents Street at 07:10am, to be greeted with a line of over 50 iPhone addicts already eager & waiting.
Today is the day that we will see, if there will be a repeat of the same rush to own an iPhone 3G S, as previous releases of the iPhone experienced.
The new functionality in Evernote 3.0 was achievable thanks to technologies made available in the iPhone 3.0 software, such as the iPhone Clipboard, MapKit, CoreData and others. The iPhone Clipboard allows for advanced integrations between Evernote and other iPhone applications. MapKit was used to create the new Map View, which plots notes on a map and filters them based on map zoom level. CoreData allows the application to display a smooth-scrolling list of thumbnails for tens, hundreds, or thousands of notes without requiring the user to reload the page.
Today is the day that iPhone OS 3.0 is available to the masses for download... On May 6th 2009, after a few rapid cycles, iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5 was released for general consumption, still within the iPhone Developer Program and under NDA. Though the big news that accompanied it, was that Apple would no longer be accepting any iPhone or iPod touch applications that were not compatible with iPhone OS 3.0.To quote Apple's email... "Beginning today, all submissions to the App Store will be reviewed on the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0. If your app submission is not compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, it will not be approved."
Founded in April of 2009, AdWhirl has quickly become the leading open ad platform for iPhone developers, with over 1,000 publishers and more than one billion ads served per month to iPhone and iPod Touch users through otherwise free applications. AdWhirl offers both advertisers and publishers the ability to leverage targeted and personalized advertising in more than 160 countries.
OpenXava 3.1.3 is a framework to develop Java Enterprise applications in a different way: OpenXava avoids MVC. It's a JPA Application Engine in that you provide only your POJOs annotated with JPA and you obtain an application ready for production.
Soon the smart phone world will be changed because of the of iPhone OS 3.0. and the possibility of the integration of applications with a wide number of 3rd party hardware accessories. We all love our iPhone’s and also all the applications available on it, whether it’s Shazam, Monkey Ball or Facebook. iPhone is simply irresistible . The next release of the iPhone OS software brings with it even more fun but will also bring some very useful facilities.
Boulder, CO. Managed Methods Inc. (www.managedmethods.com ) the leader in SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) visibility and SOA runtime governance today announced the availability of their SOA management and runtime governance product JaxView 5.0. While providing full support for SOA and Web service management for the IT operations, JaxView 5.0 expanded runtime policy enforcement features such as expanded service virtualization and visibility into intra-container message communication.
Based on nearly two years of research and hundreds of client engagements, the IBM Smart Business cloud portfolio is meant to help clients turn complex business processes into simple services. To accomplish this, Smart Business brings sophisticated automation technology and self-service to specific digital tasks as diverse as software development and testing; desktop and device management; and collaboration.
Figuring that the cloud may be the “most significant shift in technology since the outset of the Internet,” IBM is moving to ensure it gets its piece of what could be a $66 billion business in three years.
The Google Apps Reseller program includes resellers, consultants and independent software vendors that sell, service and customize Google Apps Premier Edition for their customers. Etelos received training, support and deployment services from Google, as well as access to APIs for integrating Google Apps into their customers' business operations. Etelos is able to retain a close relationship with their customers in order to provide additional service and support. The businesses receiving Google Apps will benefit from the additional attention to their specific needs. For more information on Etelos marketplace and syndication programs, please visit www.etelos.com and to learn more about the Google Apps Reseller program, go to http://www.google.com/a.
I have set up a number of conglomeration sites in the last week, which I thought I would share with the interested. One relates to books, one to articles, and one to speaking.
The first is FiledBy, at http://www.filedby.com/author/bill_sempf/. It is a managed site with books of mine that are still in print. Neat concept, and I look forward to using it.
The second is SpeakerSite. Set up by my friend Artie Isaac, it is a conglomeration of a lot of speakers on different topics. My site is http://www.speakersite.com/profile/BillSempf and I have posted a video to my recent cloud computing presentation. After my C#4.0 presentation Tuesday, I'll post a video to that too.
The third is Ulitzer. This one is pretty cool. Back in 2000 -2001 timeframe, I wrote a numbero f articles for Sys-Con media. After I started my contract with MSDN I kinda dropped off their map, but I didn't lose touch with the people involved. Now, it turns out they are a big power in publising for cloud computing, along with their other assets. Anyway, they have these customizable author sites, and mine is http://williamasempf.ulitzer.com/. I'll be adding articles and linking up this blog to it shortly.
Anyway, I usually just write about technology, and this is not specifically VB technology, but it is cool use of the media so I thought I would share.
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With IBM taking major initiatives in the cloud computing arena this week, it is timely that SYS-CON Events recently announced that IBM WebSphere Director of Product Management Dr. Kareem Yusuf will be delivering a keynote on cloud computing and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23 in New York City.
We now have just 6 days until the start of SYS-CON's iPhone Developer Summit in New York's Roosevelt Hotel. During the now two day event, there will be nine presenters as well as exhibitors, such as Sybase. Now for the next two presenters on my list...
Dell now has ~$10 billion in its jeans to spend on an acquisition or two. It raised another billion this week selling bonds. That’s the second time in two months it’s sold debt, not something it’s done much of in years past. It also has IBM’s poached M&A chief David Johnson, but since IBM sued him to enforce his non-compete he’s off “studying the company” while a court decides if and when he can practice his skills.
Introduced in 1995, Java has firmly established itself as a mature mainstream programming language for enterprises. The Java platform security model has evolved over the years to meet new requirements, and today enterprise Java developers have a large number of APIs and services to choose from to fulfill their security needs.
A global, multiple data center, open-source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research, Open Cirrus was started last summer by HP, Intel Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. The goal is to “promote open collaboration among industry, academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in data-intensive, Internet-scale computing,” the founders say.
If Oracle hasn’t been exactly forthcoming with its reportedly three-year plan for Sun, it’s because it’s still trying to figure out exactly what it is. Like what it’s really going to do about the Sparc chip, for instance. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who’s orchestrating things even if co-president Chuck Phillips is nominally in charge of integration from the Oracle side, is reportedly determined to exploit the cloud phenomenon and turn Oracle-Sun into a cloud-based company by making sure he’s got Oracle’s whole software stack on network-based appliances built by Sun.