Everyone’s downloaded all that ever needs to be downloaded
It’s peak app time, according to tech analyst Gartner, which claims the average user will never again download as many apps as they did in 2013.…
Ubuntu penguins strain to squeeze out bug backlog by mobe OS deadline
Will phone-flavoured Um Bongo be polished off in time for October?
Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical is rushing to finish the smartphone-friendly version of its distro for its 17 October launch.…
No luck at all for BlackBerry as Messenger apps launch stalls
Leaked Android build ’causes issues,’ is withdrawn
For BlackBerry, it seems, it never rains but it pours. On Wednesday, the woebegone smartphone vendor announced that its long-awaited BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) apps for Android and iOS would be made available over the weekend – but logistical problems have halted that launch for now.…
Oracle hides ExaLogic price cut
Old price lists prove price halved, so why has Big Red deleted the post announcing it?
Oracle has removed the blog post we noticed last week in which it announced the price of its Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software (EECS) had been cut from $US20,000 per CPU to half that price.…
Launchpads, catapults… what a load of – WAIT, there’s £15m for grabs?
Quango sprinkles cash on games, animation and trendy meeja types
Comment Techies and investors with bright ideas for commercial video, imaging and games businesses can apply for a slice of £15m this month – if they can wade past the quango-ese jargon of “catapults” and “launchpads”. It’s all intended to commercialise good ideas.…
Valve shows Linux love with SteamOS for gamers
Plans more announcements to pwn gaming industry
Games publishing house Valve is making three announcements this week about plans to expand its gaming business, and the first piece of news is that it’s launching a royalty-free flavor of Linux that can be used by hardware vendors for console systems.…
Circling the RIM: BB10 becomes chamber of horrors for BlackBerry
Excuse me – what’s a prosumer?
Analysis Friday’s writedown of almost $1bn of inventory confirms the launch of BlackBerry 10 mobile OS as one of the most catastrophic of modern times. Nobody, it seems, wants BB10 in 2013.…
App Store ratings mess: What do we like? Sigh, we dunno – fanbois
How do I know what to download if I don’t know what everyone else is doing?
Apple’s App Store has continued to display the odd glitch four days after it suspended all rankings for eight hours on Friday to allow for the smooth introduction of iOS 7.…
Apple TV update available after weekend tellybox-wiping snafu
Version 6 promises not to erase your Breaking Bad stash
Friday’s update to Apple TV, which was unceremoniously pulled over the weekend following stability issues, is back again – with iTunes radio and cloudy AirPlay support.…
Oracle talks performance, NoSQL, ‘internet of things’ at MySQL Connect
MariaDB who?
OpenWorld The MySQL Connect sessions may have been just a small part of the massive Oracle OpenWorld conference that they helped kick off this year, but the message from Oracle’s MySQL team is that the open source database is thriving and its community is as strong as ever, despite mounting competition.…