iPhone envy? IBM launches $100 million mobile research intiative
Maybe Big Blue has a bad case of iPhone envy. IBM said today it is launching a $100 million major research initiative to take mobile technology for businesses and consumers to new heights over the next five years.
The company said it wants to deliver simple, easy-to-use services to the millions of people who have bypassed using the personal computer as their primary method of accessing the Internet.
IBM notes that 83 percent of the world population… Continue Reading
Austin game event: Sun Microsystems tailors its services for online games
Sun Microsystems is at the Austin Game Developers Conference this week, pitching developers on its latest R&D effort, Project Darkstar – an open-source server platform for massively multiplayer online games, social networks and virtual worlds.
This isn’t the first time a company has created a platform that developers can use to create MMOs and virtual worlds; in fact, it’s a market that might be described as having more lions than gazelles. IBM is among those promoting… Continue Reading