With all the new and shiny Web 2.0 applications coming out, one may easily be convinced that desktop applications are breathing their last breath. At least that’s what Google would like you to think about Google Apps, and it’s chances against rival Microsoft Office.
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News is just breaking that Cisco has agreed to aquire WebEx for $3.2 billion in cash. In 2006, WebEx generated nearly $50 million in profit on $380 million in revenue. They have $300 million or so in cash on hand, so the net deal value is $2.9 billion.Webex is still ubiquitous (I am asked to view a WebEx presentation almost daily), but it’s expensive and bulky. Read the more »
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American Idol knows they are going to have to work hard to keep viewers with this batch of singers. So they fought back with the most talked about part of American idol this week, and replayed the exchange between Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest again on Wednesday night. The scene from Wednesday had Melinda Doolittle bantering a bit with Seacrest before her song, complaining that the worst part of this performance round was “her dress and high heels.
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Mobile phone users are a ubiquitous sight in Japan, where people use the phones for everything from listening to music and downloading videos to sending e-mail and surfing the Internet. The total number of cellular subscriptions, at 100 million, represents about 78 percent of Japan’s population of 127.8 million. Read the more »
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