When it comes to apps, the iPhone platform is now bigger than the Facebook platform, according to a report by Flurry , a San Francisco based mobile analytics company. The company says that today Apple's iTunes app store has over 140,000 applications in comparison to 60,000 apps available on the Facebook platform."Since the App Store launched in , 35,000 unique companies have released applications, which translates to 58 new companies launching apps each day," Furry said in its Smartphone Industry Pulse report for . It is quite amazing, considering that Facebook launched its platform over a year earlier than the iPhone platform and has more than 400 million users. 
Share:  When it comes to apps, the iPhone platform is now bigger than the <span class="company">Facebook</span> platform, according to a report by Flurry , a San Francisco based mobile analytics company. The company says that today Apple's iTunes app store has over 140,000 applications in comparison to 60,000 apps available on the <span class="company">Facebook</span> platform."Since the App Store launched in , 35,000 unique companies have released applications, which translates to 58 new companies launching apps each day," Furry said in its Smartphone Industry Pulse report for . It is quite amazing, considering that <span class="company">Facebook</span> launched its platform over a year earlier than the iPhone platform and has more than 400 million users. Tweet this 

Over the past few days I've watched this meme about the so called "geowars" ahead of SXSW gather steam, both in the blogosphere and on Twitter. And it's giving me a headache. For some odd reason, people believe that SXSW is going to be a full blown coming out party for location based services that will launch at least one of them into the stratosphere. 
Share:  Over the past few days I've watched this meme about the so called "geowars" ahead of SXSW gather steam, both in the blogosphere and on <span class="company">Twitter</span>. And it's giving me a headache. For some odd reason, people believe that SXSW is going to be a full blown coming out party for location based services that will launch at least one of them into the stratosphere. Tweet this 

The emergence of cloud based services such as Amazon's EC2 and S3 was the first sign of this big shift. Greg Papadopoulos (Sun) and Werner Vogels (Amazon) on stage at Structure 2009. Since then a lot has changed — and Structure has become a premier event for those of us who are deeply interested in Internet infrastructure and its business implications. 
Share:  The emergence of cloud based services such as <span class="company">Amazon</span>'s EC2 and S3 was the first sign of this big shift. Greg Papadopoulos (Sun) and Werner Vogels (<span class="company">Amazon</span>) on stage at Structure 2009. Since then a lot has changed — and Structure has become a premier event for those of us who are deeply interested in Internet infrastructure and its business implications. Tweet this 

Rupert Murdoch, the legendary founder of News Corp., has always had a love hate relationship with the digital world. Sometimes (read: during the bubbles) he loves it. Sometimes (read: during advertising recessions) he hates it. 
Share:  Rupert Murdoch, the legendary founder of <span class="company">News</span> Corp., has always had a love hate relationship with the digital world. Sometimes (read: during the bubbles) he loves it. Sometimes (read: during advertising recessions) he hates it. Tweet this 

Digg, the San Francisco based social media company, is dropping MySQL and instead betting its future on Cassandra, an open source data store. It's just the latest sign of the growing popularity of the software, which was developed (and open sourced) by Facebook to search through its inbox. While Facebook has since backed off Cassandra, Digg plans to open source all its work on Cassandra and champion the software's development and adoption. 
Share:  <span class="company">Digg</span>, the San Francisco based social media company, is dropping MySQL and instead betting its future on Cassandra, an open source data store. It's just the latest sign of the growing popularity of the software, which was developed (and open sourced) by Facebook to search through its inbox. While Facebook has since backed off Cassandra, <span class="company">Digg</span> plans to open source all its work on Cassandra and champion the software's development and adoption. Tweet this 

Where , a geo enabled local search and recommendation service by Boston based uLocate Communications has launched Where Ads, a hyper local advertising network. The company is launching the new network because the company believes that its access to carrier infrastructure gives it an ability to deliver hyper local and contextually relevant content and by extension highly targeted local advertising. According to Dan Gilmartin, uLocate's VP of marketing, the company has decided to scrap running generic ads (such as ones for ringtones and chat) on its app and replaced them with local ads (for local merchants that also include special offers and deals) they aggregated from partners such as Quattro Wireless, a company acquired by Apple. 
Share:  Where , a geo enabled local search and recommendation service by Boston based <span class="company">uLocate Communication</span>s has launched Where Ads, a hyper local advertising network. The company is launching the new network because the company believes that its access to carrier infrastructure gives it an ability to deliver hyper local and contextually relevant content and by extension highly targeted local advertising. According to Dan Gilmartin, uLocate's VP of marketing, the company has decided to scrap running generic ads (such as ones for ringtones and chat) on its app and replaced them with local ads (for local merchants that also include special offers and deals) they aggregated from partners such as Quattro Wireless, a company acquired by Apple. Tweet this 

A few days ago, Jay Adelson, chief executive officer of San Francisco based social media company, Digg , told me that his company now has hundreds of servers. And the size of its infrastructure was continuing to grow with its usage. And that is after the company has started to maximize its CPU usage after tapping the power of open source software such as Cassandra and Hadoop for data analytics and data mining. 
Share:  A few days ago, Jay Adelson, chief executive officer of San Francisco based social media company, <span class="company">Digg</span> , told me that his company now has hundreds of servers. And the size of its infrastructure was continuing to grow with its usage. And that is after the company has started to maximize its CPU usage after tapping the power of open source software such as Cassandra and Hadoop for data analytics and data mining. Tweet this 

Apple says it will start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on , for Wi Fi models. The Wi Fi + 3G models will arrive in late April. "iPad is something completely new," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 
Share:  <span class="company">Apple</span> says it will start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on , for Wi Fi models. The Wi Fi + 3G models will arrive in late April. "iPad is something completely new," said Steve Jobs, <span class="company">Apple</span>'s CEO. Tweet this 

Ex Six Apart CEO Joins Wolfram Alpha By Om Malik. Mar. 4, 2010, 10:15pm PST No Comments. 0. Barak Berkowitz, a veteran of Silicon Valley has joined Wolfram Alpha , an intelligent search engine by Wolfram Research, a Champaign, IL company founded by scientist Stephen Wolfram. 
Share:  Ex Six Apart CEO Joins <span class="company">Wolfram</span> Alpha By <span class="analyst">Om Malik</span>. Mar. 4, 2010, 10:15pm PST No Comments. 0. Barak Berkowitz, a veteran of Silicon Valley has joined <span class="company">Wolfram</span> Alpha , an intelligent search engine by <span class="company">Wolfram</span> Research, a Champaign, IL company founded by scientist Stephen <span class="company">Wolfram</span>. Tweet this 

Google for the past three years has been trying to upend the enterprise market's leading software suite, Microsoft Office, with its cloud based Google Apps. With cloud services now being widely adopted in the enterprise, the Mountain View, Calif. based company's offering is starting to pull ahead. 
Share:  <span class="company">Google</span> for the past three years has been trying to upend the enterprise market's leading software suite, Microsoft Office, with its cloud based <span class="company">Google</span> Apps. With cloud services now being widely adopted in the enterprise, the Mountain View, Calif. based company's offering is starting to pull ahead. Tweet this