Saturday, December 3, 2011

SAP to pay $3.4B for SuccessFactors (AP)

SAP to pay $3.4B for SuccessFactors (AP)

SAP to pay $3.4B for SuccessFactors (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 10:29 AM PST

AP - SAP said Saturday it is paying $3.4 billion to acquire SuccessFactors, a software company specializing in human resources tasks. It is the latest move in the escalating rivalry between SAP and Oracle Corp., and underscores the increased interest in technology companies that deliver software over the Internet, or in the so-called "cloud."

Web an increasing tool to link campaigns, voters (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:06 AM PST

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, visits with former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara at their Houston home, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - As potential voters in New Hampshire and Iowa scan the Internet, they probably are seeing ads for Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama alongside deals for shoes and holiday gifts.

JolieBox Brings Beauty Samples by Subscription Service to Europe (Mashable)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:01 PM PST

Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: JolieBox

Yahoo! to bid for Bundesliga soccer rights: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 06:38 AM PST

Reuters - Yahoo! Inc plans to bid for rights to show online highlights of German Bundesliga soccer matches in the 2013/14 season, its head of German operations told a magazine.

Russians vote in election test for Vladimir Putin (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 12:52 PM PST

Reuters - Vladimir Putin's ruling party could see its vast parliamentary majority cut back in elections that began Sunday in the icy tundra and sparsely-populated swathes of Russia's far east.

Lenovo unveils three Android tablets in a range of sizes (Appolicious)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST

Appolicious - Lenovo is the latest manufacturer to reveal a handful of promising new Android tablets. They have wisely chosen to release three different sized tablets in order to maximize consumer appeal. Meanwhile, AT&T is preparing for the launch of the LG Nitro HD 4G LTE. It's a mouthful, but it's an attractive offer that will hit stores the first week of December. Expanding Android interaction with third party connected devices is the updated Sonos Controller app, tying your home entertainment system to your Android handset.

Survey: 90 percent of moms are Facebook friends with their children (Digital Trends)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST

Digital Trends - According to a study from the publisher of Parenting and Babytalk magazines The Parenting Group, nine out of ten moms are friends with their children on Facebook. After talking to over 1,100 mothers, the group discovered that nearly half of the respondents also adjust the security settings on their personal Facebook profiles to make sure the child can’t see inappropriate  pictures or video as well as certain status updates. The study also found that a third of mothers with children up to the age of 12 allow the kids to setup an online profile on the social network. Facebook’s internal rules and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act both prohibit the creation of profiles for children under the age of 13, but it’s difficult to police this rule across 800 million profiles on the social network.

Nook Tablet and Amazon Kindle Fire App Stores Compared (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 06:24 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - "This isn't anything like a formal study," technology expert Marco Arment wrote in his "Informal e-reader library comparison," "so take this with a grain of salt." But in his opinion, the Kindle and Nook have roughly comparable book stores, with Amazon.com's advantage not nearly as great as expected on the titles he searched for.

The Goldilocks tablet: Why Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire is 'just right' (Digital Trends)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:10 AM PST

Digital Trends - The Kindle Fire is reported to be the top tablet at Best Buy this year, and Amazon is expected to sell 5 million in the fourth quarter against an estimated 13 million for the iPad. While Apple’s iPad remains the clear winner, if these projections hold up, the Kindle Fire will be the first tablet to come this close to challenging it.

SAP offers $3.4 billion for SuccessFactors (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:46 PM PST

Reuters - Germany's SAP announced a $3.4 billion cash deal to buy U.S. web-based software company SuccessFactors, joining the scramble among technology firms to offer cloud-computing services to businesses.
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