Oracle buys cloud marketing platform Vitrue
Just a day after rival SAP AG announced its latest "cloud" deal, software maker Oracle Corp. said Wednesday that it is buying Vitrue, which helps companies manage marketing campaigns on social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook and others simplify Android game distribution
It seems everyone wants to make Android app installs easier than ever, and that especially goes for games. After Amazon revealed their Test Drive feature for trying Android games before you make a purchase, Facebook is offering more details on their plans for making Android game installs as convenient as possible. Already redirecting a user to the Google Play marketplace link when accessing a game through their mobile App Center, Facebook will also add a “Send to Mobile” button on the browser version. ...
Ancient Plant Revived After 30,000 Years
The plant in this picture dates from the Pleistocene Age, 30,000 years ago, before agriculture, before writing, before the last Ice Age. And while it’s not accurate to say the plant itself is that old, scientists in Russia say they regenerated it from frozen cells...
Can Windows 8's Apps Beat the iPad's?
USA Today, American Airlines, Slacker and others have made beautiful Windows 8 apps.
QWIKI: What Is Instagram?
!function(c,e){var b,a=c.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];if(!c.getElementById(e)){b=c.createElement("script");b.id=e;b.src="//s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.4/embed.min.js";a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a);}}(document,"qwiki-js"); It’s likely that you’ve started to hear people talk a lot about Instagram, or what has now become known as the “billion-dollar app.” Yes, back in April Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion. So what is so special about the app and how...
Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO
Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week, selectively informed clients of an analyst's negative report about the company before the stock started trading.
