There's plenty of talk about web apps and their future. Google would have you believe that you're not going to need much more than a web browser soon enough, in fact, it wants to get rid of the operating system entirely. But the fact is, web apps today rarely come close to what traditional desktop software can offer.
Amazon just shot past both Google and Apple and launched the cloud storage, music locker and streaming service that cloud adepts have been waiting on for years. The concept is simple, though putting it in practice is nothing of the sort, you get 5 GB of free storage and you get to listen to your songs, the ones you bought from Amazon or uploaded from your computer, on any PC or Android device, anywhere you have an internet connection.
If there were any doubts that Google Chrome is heading straight to tablet devices, they should be dispelled by the recently introduced on-screen keyboard for Chrome. It's only available for Chromium and it's not clear if it's live yet but it's a clear sign.
Google has managed to convince Java's creator James Gosling to join the company after he left Oracle earlier. He was employed by Sun, which created Java, when it was acquired by Oracle. Google is known to get a hold of tech superstars who enjoy very flexible responsibilities at the company, so the move is not that surprising.
Amazon launched a cloud storage and a music locker service earlier today, taking lead in the race to offer such a service to users. The product may not be revolutionary, but it can certainly be useful and, since it's free, it's probably going to gain quite a few users 'converting' many to the cloud in the process.
Cheezburger Network, the company behind popular blogs such as I Can Has Cheezburger, Fail Blog and many others, has acquired Know Your Meme, a wiki of sorts documenting internet memes as they happen.
Google has updated its Commerce Search tool, which enables online retailers to improve their site search, and has added quite a lot of new features and tools only available on its own site until now, like Instant Search and product availability.
HTC sets new standards with the Desire HD, which was at the time of launch one of the first Android smartphones to feature such a large 4.3-inch touchscreen display.
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has filed a second complaint against Apple with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that the company is infringing even more Nokia patents with its mobile phones and portable music players, as well as with its tablets and computers.
As expected, Alltel has started to take pre-orders for the HTC Merge 'world phone,' although the carrier is yet to announce a shipping date. The smartphone is priced at $124.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year agreement.
It's been almost 3 years since Symbian S60 5th Edition, now known as Symbian^1, made its way onto the mobile phone market, but the platform hasn't changed too much in the meantime.
A new flavor of the popular BlackBerry Messenger is now available for download via the BlackBerry App World for all those fond of the application, namely BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.2.12.
Alphonso Labs, the team behind the popular news reader Pulse, has just announced the update of the Android version with new content sources and improved sharing with social feeds and news discovery features.
Best Buy’s mobile broadband service for computing, Best Buy Connect, has just announced that it offers 4G mobile broadband connectivity service on a wider range of devices available through the Best Buy stores around the country.
Popular homescreen replacement application for Android devices, LauncherPro has just been updated to 0.8.4 and is now available as a free download from Softpedia.
The range of 4G LTE-capable devices available for Verizon Wireless customers should expand starting with March 31st, as soon as the company makes the Verizon USB551L modem made by Novatel Wireless available for purchase.