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Yes, it’s that time again. All the stories that were fit to print but we simply didn’t have time to get to this week: - cloud storage and document sharing startup box.net announced they’d received US$15million in funding. The startup’s CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie did not disclose the valuation for the round but said the funding [...] Image via Wikipedia Dow Jones have released their first quarter venture financing report showing an overall increase of 13% in deals YOY – raising US$7billion. Good news for the US where (perhaps not surprisingly) the majority of investment was made, although the average deal size in the US fell. China’s still performing well though, with an 35% increase [...] HP just finalized agreements to buy Palm for US$1.2 billion dollars, which equates to about $5.70 per share of common stock. This is pretty close to the price Palm was rumored to be shopping itself around at as of late, but it’s still a long way from where Palm was trading just a few months back. In [...] [see below for a Telstra rep's official response to the issue] As reported in a previous post, Telstra’s latest ’soon to be official but actually released early’ HTC Desire Smartphone is suffering from a lack of true GPS support (A-GPS works fine). Given we’re three days away from the full launch of the device on the 27th [...] Looks like Telstra’s good news over an early soft-launch for HTC’s Desire Android Smartphone might become somewhat tainted. Numerous stories of problems with the GPS functionality are starting to surface amongst early adopters. The problem relates to the unit not being able to get a ‘lock’ on GPS satellites. The A-GPS functionality (close approximation of your location [...] MeLLmo, Inc. has released the latest revision of its iPhone app, Roambi ES3 with support for 10 major corporate data sources including the newly upgraded Google Docs. Roambi ES3 adds new features for the iPad’s much bigger screen. And the company has rethought its app’s pie charts, spreadsheet, list and other visualization widgets to make maximum use [...] Microsoft today marked the official availability of the Windows Azure Platform in Australia by showcasing local customers and partners who are already using and benefiting from the company’s cloud-based development platform. The Windows Azure platform includes Windows Azure, SQL Azure, and Windows Azure platform AppFabric, and offers a flexible, scalable and familiar environment for developers to [...] Google has announced that it has rebuilt Google Docs from the ground-up. The result is a massive overhaul of Google Docs, including completely redesigned spreadsheet, document, and drawing editors, group chat functionality, and the ability to collaborate with real-time character-by-character mark-up, much like Google Wave.. The rebuilt Google Docs focuses on addressing some of the traditional issues with document [...] If so, the aptly named ‘Concept Feedback‘ may well be the place to go. The site allows you to post up mockup designs for websites, advertising, logos, posters – really any form of visual design – and receive feedback from the viewing public. There’s a premium option available if you really want your work to be [...] |
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