| The mobile App Internet wags the IT dog In new research, Forrester sizes the App Internet market and says the mobile app market will have a profound impact on the entire IT delivery system. Ted Schadler provides some key takeaways for... Read more | News from ZDNet | | | Can RIM's Playbook sustain an Android Parallel Universe? According to a recent video posted on various BlackBerry fan sites, there has been "confirmation" that the RIM PlayBook will be compatible with Google's Android. Read more | | Screenshots: Google's new global menu redesign Google is redesigning one of the most seen menu bars on the web: its own. A cleaner, simpler interface to resonate that of its ever increasingly popular browser, Chrome. Read more | | What would YOU like to see in Windows 8? There's an increasing amount of Windows 8 related chatter out there, and it seems likely that we'll see the first beta during the second half of this year. So, with that in mind, we've probably... Read more | | The OEMing of SaaS: build or buy? Many enterprises deliver applications as-a-service to their customers, partners, suppliers or employees. Should they build these 'private' SaaS instances from scratch, or buy in a third-party... Read more | | iPhone 5 bezel leak supports 4-inch display rumor Speaking of leaked Apple bezels, 9to5Mac has also posted a picture (from a a Chinese reseller, natch) of what it believes to be a bezel from the iPhone 5. Read more | | Apple preps SMB play: Seeding an enterprise move? Apple is reportedly setting up an effort to target small and midsized businesses via a program called JointVenture. The model should work out nicely and cultivate more business users for Apple. Read more | | Enterproid divides work and personal on Android devices, fires at BlackBerry Entreproid launched Divide, a mobile platform that allows users to maintain two separate personal and professional profiles on a single device, which, for right now, is only available to Android... Read more | | Microsoft's new Answers site stumbles Microsoft launched over the past weekend a redesigned version of the Microsoft Answers site. So far, the "new and improved" version has been largely down for the count. Read more | | Top 7 Android Twitter apps There are a lot of Twitter apps for every mobile platform, and the Android Market is full of them. These are my picks for the top Twitter apps for the Android platform. Read more | | White iPad 2 coming? 9to5Mac has posted an image of what it believes to a photo of a white bezel for the iPad 2 Read more | | The numbers are in. 62% say Facebook DOES indeed cause friends to fight. I honestly have to say I was surprised at how universal the problem of Facebook fighting seems to be. Read more | | Facebook for BlackBerry 2.0 includes chat; Kills lucrative 'chat market' segment Facebook for BlackBerry 2.0 will include chat instant messaging, killing off an already lucrative segment of the application market. Great for the end users, but it's bad news for application... Read more | | Facebook: Liking is now just Sharing The Facebook Like button has been updated to become more like the Facebook Share button, essentially making the latter useless. Read more |
|  | | About this newsletter | The Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my top stories, opinions, reviews, user polls, and hand-picked stories of the day. Jason Hiner
TechRepublic Editor in Chief
|  | | | My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner |
|
It's Birthday Time!! Happy belated Birthday to youuuuuu... Happy belated Birthday to youuuuuuu...
