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If you’ve followed the mobile scene in the last 6 months, you probably heard about Android--the first complete, open, and free mobile platform. Android offers a free software development kit (SDK) for Java developers with key built-in features such as an integrated browser (Webkit), SQLite datastore, GPS, and a full stack of platform essentials missing from many mobile systems.
Salesforce and Google Apps...its here! Salesforce.com and Google unveiled the next significant step in SaaS with the unity of CRM and office productivity. They call it Salesforce for Google Apps. Google’s on-demand Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Docs, spreadsheet, and presentation applications is already a best of breed suite that is threatening the dominance of Microsoft Office. The addition of an award winning CRM solution further legitimizes Google Apps as an enterprise productivity solution.
What do you think of when you hear the words ”Java applet?” For most, this brings to mind slow, buggy, useless little applications that run in the Web browser. They are the quintessential Web 1.0 way to add interactive features to a Web page, and they largely failed to catch on. Newer, faster technologies such as Flash and Ajax—and better browser support for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript standards—relegated Java applets to the dust bin of Internet history. Or did they?
Imagine surfing the web and finding a site that looks and behaves exactly like yours...the one you spent a lot of time and a lot of money designing and building. Your web site has been stolen! How did this happen and what can you do?
I thought this was extremely funny, but, then again, I have a strange sense of humor. George should write for The Onion.