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<title><![CDATA[Kin's quiet return a rarity among failed gadgets]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=kins-quiet-return-a-rarity-among-failed-gadgets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The resurrected Kin is back on Verizon, with some changes under the hood.(Credit:Verizon)Like any other business venture, gadgets fail--some quietly and others spectacularly.For Microsoft's Kin though, its return this week marks a rarity in the tech world: a product that, despite a strong push from its maker, simply didn't get off the ground, but is then brought back from the dead. No, it's not being touted as the hottest, newest phone by carrier Verizon, which a Microsoft exec once told The New York Times played a part in the device's sales woes the first time around. Rather, it's being offered up for sale alongside phones that did not meet such a quick demise.The real question is whether anyone in their right mind would buy a Kin now that it's back. Microsoft has very clearly moved on from the prospect of the Kin and focused its efforts on the further development ofWindows Phone 7, which launched stateside earlier this month and is headed to Verizon and other CDMA carriers next year. Windows Phone 7 brings things to the table that the Kin does not, like an app store, more hardware variety, and software updates that promise to fix bugs and add features like copy and paste. There's also a bigger issue, which is that the Kins that Verizon is now selling are dramatically different from than the ones that came out the first time around. Not in the hardware, but in the software.Neither Microsoft nor Verizon would speak to CNET about whether the new version included bug fixes, or the promise of fixing bugs if they cropped up, but a Verizon representative confirmed that features like the Kin Loop, Kin Spot, Kin Studio, and social-networking integration have all been removed, along with the automatic back-up feature that would sync media and other information up into the cloud. These were all things that separated the Kin from other feature phones.Because of these changes, Verizon is smartly positioning the Kin as a feature phone, as opposed to a smartphone. That's a far cry from the device's original introduction, which was somewhere in between the two. Arguably one of the Kin's weakest points was its steep data pricing, which came closer to the smartphone class. That's something Verizon has since remedied with a leaner data price that is half the cost of the one the Kin launched with, and can be had at a lower entry price. It's worth pondering if such a plan would have given the Kin more of a chance the first time around.Few other gadgets have made a return after being shelved. Many companies fix things from failed products and bring them back as new products with a different shell. Something like the not-even-launched Palm Foleo arguably ushered in the Netbook form factor.As for a true return from the dead, in recent years one of the best examples is Polaroid's digital film, which the company famously discontinued, prompting a group to produce its own replacement. Polaroid then surprised everyone by producing new instant cameras, though ones that used film from Fujifilm. The comparison might be a tad unfair considering Polaroid film enjoyed years of popularity prior to its demise (unlike the Kin), and that it was more a victim of a major shift in technology as film went from analog to digital. Still, some of the same parallels can be drawn with the Kin. Consumer buying habits have made a strong shift towards smartphones, as recent research from Gartner pointed out. Carriers have also attempted to make the transition a little easier with multi-tier data plans that can get users in the door for under $20 a month, as opposed to what was once the standard $60 or higher. While the Kin may no longer be in that tier of products, those spare Kin units may be snapped up during the holidays by people looking to get a feature phone with a decent music player. The simple answer for all this may just be that Verizon had a bunch of phones sitting in a warehouse somewhere. The new question is how long they'll stay there. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Home Energy Score program aims to boost retrofits]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=home-energy-score-program-aims-to-boost-retrofits</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration today launched of an energy efficiency program that will provide consumers with a home efficiency rating. Vice President Joe Biden, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and other officials announced that the initiative, called the Home Energy Score program, is now in pilot phase in ten communities. The DOE also announced a set of guidelines for home efficiency workers which provide specifications for high-quality work.The program is designed to encourage homeowners to make energy-saving upgrades and to jump-start the industry for home energy retrofits, Biden said in a statement. It will also include financing for homeowners and software that will let energy contractors give consumers the home efficiency equivalent of miles per gallon forcars.(Credit:U.S. Department of Energy)After an energy audit, the software system will generate a label, called a Home Energy Score, that rates on a scale of one to ten how much energy a home uses and what the potential energy savings can be after upgrades, such as adding insulation, air sealing, and more efficient heating and cooling. Having a numerical score will show consumers how much money they spend on energy annually and make them more likely to invest energy upgrades, Chu said in a statement. Based on the findings of the pilot program, the DOE expects to roll it out nationally next year.Consumers can apply for up to $25,000 in PowerSaver loans through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which expects that 24,000 homes will qualify during a two-year pilot program, according to USA Today. This home energy retrofit program follows a $5 billion weatherization investment that was part of the stimulus package last year. Another effort is Home Star, nicknamed Cash for Caulkers, which would provide rebates to consumers for investing in energy efficiency retrofits. Home Star was a component to different energy bills considered by members of Congress over the past two years but has not yet passed. It also had a rating system and method for overseeing the quality of the work done by contractors. One of the challenges to the energy retrofit business is having qualified workers who can recommend valuable home efficiency work and then verify the results. An audit done by the DOE's Inspector General Office of Audit Services of the stimulus weatherization program in Illinois found &quot;substandard performance&quot; in the assessments, the actual weatherization work, and contractor billing. (click for PDF of report.) The Home Energy Score initiative, which came out of a report called Recovery Through Retrofits (click for PDF), will &quot;help take same of the guesswork out of making energy-efficient upgrades to our homes,&quot; the Consumers Union, the non-profit which publishes Consumer Reports, said in a statement.Consumers should realize, though, that energy-efficiency upgrade decisions are very specific to individual homes, said Matt Golden, the president of Recurve, which makes software and provides energy retrofit services. He added that the standards and codes that DOE are providing will be very useful to home efficiency professionals. Updated at 12:00 p.m. PT with changes throughout.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google Emails All U.S. Gmail Users About The Buzz Settlement a4a4 And To Say They&'re Not Getting A&nbsp'Dime]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[By now you may have heard that Google today settled a privacy lawsuit filed by a group of Buzz users. What&amp;'s sort of odd though is that Google actually emailed all U.S.-based Gmail users (Buzz resides within Gmail) to let them know about the resolution. And, apparently, also to let them know that they&amp;'re not getting a dime.Instead, the $8.5 million settlement money will be placed into an independent fund which Google says will support organizations working on privacy education and policy on the web. The search giant promises to do their part to help better educate users about privacy as well.Google&amp;'s email today starts with: &amp;''Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception&amp;8230'&amp;'' But at the bottom, you can see why they did this a4&quot; they had to. &amp;''This mandatory announcement was sent to all Gmail users in the United States as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.&amp;''Consider this a very public apology.Of course, none of this addresses perhaps the more troubling issue about Buzz: its usefulness, or lack-thereof. Below, find the full email. You can find out more about the suit here.Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we&amp;'ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users&amp;' concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before December 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on January 31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com.&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8212'&amp;8211'This mandatory announcement was sent to all Gmail users in the United States as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.Google Inc. | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway | Mountain View, CA 94043Also sort of funny, we&amp;'ve gotten quite a few tips about this email obviously, and a number of people are saying it went straight to their Spam folder. I checked mine a4&quot; sure enough, there it was. Nice filtering, Google.CrunchBase InformationGoogle BuzzInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are fleet sales the future of electric cars GE will take 25,000, please]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=are-fleet-sales-the-future-of-electric-cars-ge-will-take-25000-please</guid>
<description><![CDATA[GE announced plans yesterday to make the largest purchase in the history of electric vehicles &amp;8212' 25,000 cars by 2015.The company said it will convert at least half of its 30,000-strong global fleet, and purchase 12,000 electric cars from GM, starting with the range extender Chevy Volt (pictured), which will start hitting dealerships next month. The purchases will be for its own fleet and for its Capital Fleet Services business, where customers can lease electric cars through GE.GE has a big stake in the future of electric vehicle infrastructure. The company introduced its WattStation electric vehicle chargerlast summer and has teamed with electric vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place to accelerate electric car adoption. In fact, the company estimates it will reap$500 million in near-term revenues from electric vehicle infrastructure alone. Siemens has fired back with a charger of its own and teamed up with Better Place rival Coulomb.GM&amp;'s Volt is an interesting choice for GE given that the Volt isn&amp;'t all-electric and the GM brand still suffers from some poor consumer sentiment, but it&amp;'s worth noting that GM does big business in fleet sales. In fact, fleet sales look like they&amp;'re going to be a key part of electric vehicle adoption. For GE, the Volt is a good, conservative baby step to electric vehicles. The car switches to gas power after going 25 to 50 miles on its battery, so drivers aren&amp;'t entirely dependent on the battery. Although startups like Coulomb are quickly rolling out more and more charging stations across the country, it&amp;'ll be awhile before there&amp;'s a full web of charging infrastructure in place nationwide.a4ABy electrifying our own fleet, we will accelerate the adoption curve, drive scale, and move electric vehicles from anticipation to action,&amp;'' CEO Jeffrey Immelt said in a company statement.Indeed, BusinessWeek has suggested that enormous orders from a heavyweight like GE could do a lot to push prices down and speed adoption. And this purchase underscores that fleets will be a big segment in electric vehicle sales. Corporate fleets sound a little less sexy than individual sales, but they make a lot of sense and are lucrative. Electric car startup Coda (whichlost its CEO last week) has said it wants to sell 14,000 of its electric sedans by the end of 2011 and expects 40 to 50 percent of those sales to go to fleets. It&amp;'s a strategy that almost every electric car player is pursuing.Coda has inked a deal to provide 100 cars to Enterprise Rent-A-Car and recently hired fleet salesexecutives with backgrounds from GE, Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler. Its higher-profile competitor, the Nissan all-electric Leaf, has also landed a deal with Hertz car rentals.Smith Electric Vehicles has done a steady business in fleet sales of its electric trucks &amp;8212' it&amp;'s been chosen by Frito-Lay to supply 171 electric trucks in the snack giant&amp;'s delivery truck fleet.Better Place is bringing an electric taxi program to San Francisco after the success of a similar pilot in Tokyo. With delivery services, the cars drive a fixed route, making it easier to manage charging. Since taxis typically can&amp;'t wait for charge time, Better Place is bringing its signature battery-swapping technology to the program, where depleted batteries are quickly switched out for fully-charged ones. (In fact, I wonder if Tesla&amp;'s much-anticipated Model S sedan in 2012 will target fleet sales.)By all accounts, electric vehicles still face a long road to adoption. One recent report forecast that electric and hybrid vehicles combined would only account for seven percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2020. And yes, there are some serious consumer education barriers when it comes to electric cars, plus lingering issues about battery lifetime and the higher cost of the car. But they&amp;'re still the most visible, sexiest facet of the cleantech movement, and GE&amp;'s purchase gives the segment a definite boost.Of course, not everyone&amp;'s on board with electric vehicles. Daimler&amp;'s CEO has called them overhyped &amp;8212' but also called for more government incentives to cut the price tag on electric vehicles.Companies are also trying to get a foothold in the Chinese market, where the government is heavily pushing electric cars and charging infrastructure rollout &amp;8212' to the tune of 5 million planned electric cars on the roads by 2020. Companies like the domestic carmaker BYD are surely poised to benefit, but other players like Nissan, Daimler and Volkswagen are also planning electric cars for the Chinese market.Next Story: Are enterprise sales headed for a free-fall this holiday season Previous Story: Failure to launch: Why Barry Diller&amp;'s IAC can&amp;'t innovatePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Coda sedan, electric cars, electric vehicles, Leaf, Model S, Volt, WattStationCompanies: Better Place, BYD, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Coda, Coulomb, Daimler, GE, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, VolkswagonPeople: Jeffrey Immelt          Tags: Coda sedan, electric cars, electric vehicles, Leaf, Model S, Volt, WattStationCompanies: Better Place, BYD, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Coda, Coulomb, Daimler, GE, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, VolkswagonPeople: Jeffrey ImmeltIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook fixes bug disabling female user accounts]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-fixes-bug-disabling-female-user-accounts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of female Facebook users started reporting on Twitter this morning that their Facebook accounts had been inexplicably disabled. Facebook confirmed the incident a little later, stating that the cause was a bug in the system and that it had been fixed, with affected user accounts being reactivated.Users first started noticing the bug sometime around midnight (PST), using Twitter as a platform to share their annoyance. &amp;''My facebook account was disabled for reasons unclear. Liking a story on CNN Sharing a link about Nicolas Cage Serious crimes!,&amp;'' wrote user raeracquel, characteristic of many others who were puzzled as to what behavior led to the incident.After his wife&amp;'s account was affected by the bug,Kansas-based designer Brian Ford noticed that all users who were complaining seemed to be females or those associated with females. &amp;''Most of the accounts have been disabled for being a4Ainauthentica4, and several people are reporting that they can only get it back by uploading a a4Agovernment issueda4 photo ID. Sketchy,&amp;'' Ford added.A little later in the evening, Boy Genius Report received an acknowledgement of the bug from Facebook, with the following statement:Earlier today, we discovered a bug in a system designed to detect and disable likely fake accounts. The bug, which was live for a short period of time, caused a very small percentage of Facebook accounts to be mistakenly disabled. Upon discovering the bug, we immediately worked to resolve it. Ita4a4s now been fixed, and wea4a4re in the process of reactivating and notifying the people who were affected.The company seems to have followed up on its promise, and users are beginning to see their accounts reactivated. Additionally, a scan throughTwitter&amp;'s search for &amp;''facebook disabled&amp;'' finds no new users complaining.While the incident only affected a very small minority of users, it&amp;'s not a good sign that a social network most users rely on so heavily in their lives could be so easily affected by a trivial bug. If the incident wasn&amp;'t so widespread, it&amp;'s unclear how Facebook would have dealt with it. As Ford noted, &amp;''Facebook provides no way (to) actually contact someone, or submit a report about the issue.&amp;''Next Story: Third fund for Union Square Ventures looks likely, but size is always an issue Previous Story: What October&amp;'s drop in video-game sales meansPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Bug, hackCompanies: FacebookPeople: Brian Ford          Tags: Bug, hackCompanies: FacebookPeople: Brian FordSid Yadav is a contributor to VentureBeat. He currently studies computer science and psychology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is also the creator of Memiary, a micro-diary utility. You can reach him at sidyadav@gmail.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @sidyadav.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft mobile executive Joe Belfiore won&'t talk numbers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[I could write a long post about all the things that Microsoft executive Joe Belfiore, director of the Windows Phone program at the software giant, said at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco.But it&amp;'s mostly stuff you&amp;'ve heard before. Far more important was what he didn&amp;'t say: How many phones Microsoft has sold since Windows Phone 7&amp;'s splashy launch last month.Without sales figures, Microsoft&amp;'s mobile hype is all talk. The company never hesitates to brag about how many Windows operating systems licenses it&amp;'s sold, after all.Great haircut, Joe. Now get some numbers and you&amp;'ll really be styling.Next Story: Google Chrome has 120M users, getting speed boost with &amp;''Crankshaft&amp;'' and Instant Search Previous Story: Chrome OS launch coming in mid 2011, but Google starts pilot program nowPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: D: Dive Into Mobile, mobile operating systems, Windows Phone 7, WP7Companies: MicrosoftPeople: Joe Belfiore          Tags: D: Dive Into Mobile, mobile operating systems, Windows Phone 7, WP7Companies: MicrosoftPeople: Joe BelfioreOwen Thomas is the executive editor of VentureBeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why is Intel so coy about its new netbook and tablet group]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=why-is-intel-so-coy-about-its-new-netbook-and-tablet-group</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Intel has quietly formed a new business unit dedicated to tablets and netbooks, the New York Times reports.It will be spearheaded by Douglas L. Davis, the current head of Intel&amp;'s embedded and communications group. Obviously, it&amp;'s meant to help the company gear up for the ever-growing tablet and netbook markets. But the real question to me is, why is Intel being so quiet about thisIntel already has a significant presence in the netbook market &amp;8212' its Atom chip is practically ubiquitous among netbooks. But with tablets, it hasn&amp;'t been so lucky. The iPad, which sparked the latest tablet craze, runs Apple&amp;'s A4 processor based on ARM technology, a rival chip-maker to Intel. ARM&amp;'s processors have helped usher in the new wave of touchscreen smartphones, so it&amp;'s not a big surprise to see the company&amp;'s technology finding success with tablets, which generally run smartphone operating systems.Perhaps Intel feels embarrassed that it&amp;'s taken so long for it to put significant resources behind tablets. It&amp;'s not as if the company has been lazy &amp;8212' it&amp;'s upcoming Atom processors will allow for ultra-thin netbooks and are more than capable of powering modern tablets. But until now, Intel has lacked a group dedicated specifically to focus on tablets and netbooks, which may give off the impression that it doesn&amp;'t really consider itself a contender in those markets.a4ANetbook shipments will be heading north of 100 million and wea4a4ll all soon will find out what kind of market potential there is for tablets and these increasingly popular hybrid designs,a4 Intel spokesman Bill Kircos told the New York Times. a4A It makes sense for us to sharpen our focus on these friends of the PC, and Douga4a4s experience running a similar and very successful embedded division makes him the right guy to lead the group.a4Indeed, Intel could be criticized for not looking ahead enough to predict where smartphones and tablets would go &amp;8212' a move which led to the company missing out completely on the smartphone CPU market.The company has long relied on the success of Microsoft Windows to help sell computers running its processors. And while Microsoft&amp;'s cash cow OS may help sell netbooks, it&amp;'s not going to help Intel much when it comes to tablets &amp;8212' just look at the underwhelming HP Slate running Windows 7. But don&amp;'t count Intel out of the tablet game yet. The company is currently working on porting Google&amp;'s Android OS to its x86 architecture &amp;8212' which would allow Android to run on Intel Atom-powered netbooks and tablets.Even though the new tablet market is still young, it&amp;'s clear that touchscreen mobile operating systems adapt much better to the tablet form factor than a lumbering desktop OS like Windows. (It&amp;'s worth noting that Windows Phone 7 also runs on ARM processors. If Microsoft were to pursue tablets with that platform, Intel would effectively be shut out again.)Intel is now positioning itself to take on the likes of ARM and Qualcomm when it comes to tablet chip dominance &amp;8212' a fight which is due to heat up next year. Hopefully with its new business group, Intel can manage to get back into the tablet game.Next Story: Facebook CIO: Salesforce&amp;'s database.com won&amp;'t replace Oracle Previous Story: Is Nathan Myhrvold&amp;'s Intellectual Ventures becoming a patent troll (poll)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Atom, CPU, Intel Atom, iPad, netbooks, processors, tablets, WindowsCompanies: Apple, Arm, Google, Intel, Microsoft, QualcommPeople: Bill Kircos          Tags: Android, Atom, CPU, Intel Atom, iPad, netbooks, processors, tablets, WindowsCompanies: Apple, Arm, Google, Intel, Microsoft, QualcommPeople: Bill KircosDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why RIM needs Android apps on the PlayBook and beyond]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shilpa</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Research in Motion is reportedly working on software that would allow its upcoming PlayBook tablet to run Android applications, according to Bloomberg.The move would give PlayBook users access to Android&amp;'s 130,000 apps. That&amp;'s one of the smartest  things that RIM can do for its unproven tablet, and it would also  bolster any future phones running the PlayBooka4a4s QNX operating system.  Being able to run Android apps would give RIM access to  one of the best aspects of Googlea4a4s OS without adopting it entirely. And  consumers wona4a4t just be stuck with a small set of launch apps on the  PlayBook.RIM was reportedly considering using Googlea4a4s Dalvik Java software weeks ago, but according to Bloomberg it chose not to due to patent  disputes between RIM and Oracle, the owner of Java creator Sun  Microsystems. The company is now developing its own internal solution,  which may be ready by the second half of the year.RIMa4a4s  devices will also be able to run Android apps in a more secure  environment than typical Android phones. BlackBerrys are widely known  for their security, and RIM is expected to bring that same level of  protection to the PlayBook and future devices &amp;8212' something IT  departments will greatly appreciate. The Android apps will most likely  work in a virtualized software environment that wona4a4t give them direct  access to device resources.Google  would also benefit greatly from having its apps available on another  platform. It will still gather mobile ad revenue on those apps, which is  Googlea4a4s main source of revenue from the freely distributed Android OS.Next Story: LED company files for $150 million public offering &amp;8211' is this the year for cleantech IPOs Previous Story: How to turn R&amp;038'D work for Uncle Sam into a real businessPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, apps, Blackberry, PlayBook, tabletsCompanies: Google, RIM          Tags: Android, apps, Blackberry, PlayBook, tabletsCompanies: Google, RIMDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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