Google is officially introducing AdWords Express, a faster and simpler way to start advertising online in under five minutes. Google first launched this product as Google Boost last October for a small number of local businesses. Since then, they’ve continued to improve the product and enabled all U.S. businesses new to online advertising to reach customers with ease.
Read MoreJust a week and a half after releasing a third beta of iOS 5 to developers, Apple has put out yet another version of the software. The company delivered the fourth beta of iOS 5 for developers to test their apps on. It's the first version of the software to make use of the over-the-air software updating feature that lets users update to newer system software without plugging into iTunes. Previous versions of the beta required that users first download the appropriate version of the system software, then run it as a full restore.
Read MoreAdobe Systems Incorporated kicked off the Photoshop & You experience at 550 Sutter Street in San Francisco. Open to the public through August 6, Photoshop & You is a place for visitors to explore the innovative world of digital imaging with leading photographers, renowned teachers, industry influencers and the Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop Elements teams.
Read MoreGoogle has announced that they are going to discontinue Google Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox 5.0 and newer versions. That's true that many Google toolbar features like searchbox, spell check, etc are built into Firefox but what about other useful features like Page translation, Auto-fill, Page sharing, Gmail notifications, etc?
It must be excruciating to design a new version of an already mature operating system. How do you add enough new stuff to attract upgrade customers — without junking up the works? And how do you revamp enough things to make the upgrade exciting — without alienating people who don’t like change?
Google announced in a blog post that the company will discontinue its Google Labs efforts. Bill Coughran, Google's senior vice president for Research and Systems Infrastructure, said the company has learned a lot by launching very early prototypes in the Labs. But he added that the company's "greater focus is crucial if we're to make the most of the extraordinary opportunities ahead."
Read MoreAdobe Systems Incorporated announced that CQ5 from Adobe was recognized as a Leader in “The Forrester Wave: Web Content Management For Online Customer Experience, Q3 '11” report. The independent report evaluated 10 Web Content Management (WCM) products across approximately 115 comprehensive criteria such as overall strength of vendors’ current offerings, a clear product strategy and vendor market presence.
Read MoreAdobe Systems Incorporated announced that it has acquired EchoSign, a leading Web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation. EchoSign’s pioneering electronic signature solution will be a key component of Adobe’s document exchange services platform for reliably exchanging documents for universal access, review and approval.
Read MoreAdobe has released public betas of the next generation of both Adobe Flash Player, and Adobe AIR, highlighting how the essential browser plug-in and cross-platform runtime component share similar code and technologies. The most notable new feature is found exclusively in Flash Player 11 Beta: support for 64-bit browsers.
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