Android "Comes Home" to Linux Kernel. Google android and Linux If Android is Linux's prodigal son, the two parties came a little closer to reconciliation recently with the release of the Linux 3.3 kernel, which merges Android back into the Linux mainline.
Despite all this geeky jargon, this is a change that could actually matter even to people who aren't programmers. Here are the details in plainer English, and why they're worth noting. First, let's start with a recap, in non-geek terms, of what happened: For a long time Android, for political and technical reasons, was developed independently of the Linux kernel itself. Android and Linux both sprung from the same source, and a lot of their code was the same, but the programmers behind the two projects were not collaborating directly. This situation was slated to change for the better back in December 2011, however, when the Android developers committed themselves to merging their code back into the mainline Linux kernel.
Nonprofit open source organizations booming. March 22, 2012, 8:00 AM — The Linux Foundation has received the most revenue amongst all of the free software and open source non-profits and directly pays its leader the most, but the highest compensation of any sort is still being received by Mozilla Foundation Chair Mitchell Baker, along with her CTO Colleague Brendan Eich.
According to the latest publicly available financial information, the Linux Foundation pulled in just over $9.6 million for their 2010 fiscal year, and after $9.1 million in expenses, generated $537,958 in positive cash flow for the year. Ebooks: a more civilised way of scribbling in the margins? Ask people how they bookmark and annotate the books they read, and you'll receive a range of answers.
Some people dog-ear, while others consider this a form of sacrilege worthy of serious punishment. Of those who dog-ear, some turn the top corner down, others the bottom corner up. Each of these may have special meanings: as a place-keeper, as a marker of progress, as a note for further study. And then there is the contested area of marginalia and underlinings. Pen? Ebooks are reinventing the way books are read and annotated. Facebook asserts trademark on word "book" in new user agreement. Facebook is trying to expand its trademark rights over the word "book" by adding the claim to a newly revised version of its "Statement of Rights and Responsibilities," the agreement all users implicitly consent to by using or accessing Facebook.
You may recall that Facebook has launched multiple lawsuits against websites incorporating the word "book" into their names. The eBook Backlash. Redefining Education in the Developing World. A new approach that builds relevant marketplace, entrepreneurship, and health care skills is needed.
7 signs that Android is faltering as iOS strengthens — Mobile Technology News. Evolving Android Malware Shows How Evil Apps Will Evade Google's Scans. Microsoft CRM Embraces iPhone, iPad, Android - Software - Enterprise Applications. Microsoft Dynamics CRM update will include native mobile apps for Windows Phone 7, iOS, Android, and BlackBerry devices.
Microsoft announced Monday that it will embrace rival mobile platforms and browsers with a planned second-quarter service update of its Microsoft Dynamics CRM application. "In today's hyperconnected world, customers need to be able to access their business-critical data on the device of their choice," said Dennis Michalis, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in a statement. That's not exactly new news to customers, but cross-platform support is something Microsoft has only slowly--and fairly recently--embraced as it has moved into broad cloud computing services such as Azure and Microsoft Office 365. The Dynamics CRM service update will include a new cloud-based mobile CRM service called Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mobile. Aakash tablet PC's production base will be diversified: Kapil Sibal - The Economic Times. PTI Feb 6, 2012, 09.22PM IST BANGALORE: The low-cost Aakash tablet PC will be made completely indigenous and its production base diversified, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said.
"We are now going to diversify production base and indigenise Aakash tablet. Mobile UIs: It's developers vs. users. Smartphone OS vendors have a problem.
For all their hype about their respective platforms and the amazing features of the smartphones that run them, let's face it: Barring the odd marquee feature such as Siri, all smartphones function pretty much alike. Publishers Sour on Tablets as Reading Platform, Survey Says. Coliloquy E-Book Demo at Dive Into Media (Video) - Peter Kafka - Dive Into Media.
E-book publisher Coliloquy is doing a bunch of interesting things: The start-up is trying to overhaul the traditional book royalty system, for one thing.
And it is built on an interactive platform that allows readers to influence the way their stories play out. But what really grabbed the audience at D: Dive Into Media was a good old-fashioned helping of sex, delivered with verve from co-founder Lisa Rutherford. No need to say much more to tease this, though we should point out that Coliloquy doesn’t work exclusively with erotica.