The Glider

Google launches Chrome for Android, a mobile version of the popular, speedy Web browser used by more than 200 million people worldwide. It's in beta and only available for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Feb. 7 launched a beta of Chrome for Android, a mobile version of the popular browser that is used by more than 200 million people worldwide on the desktop. The catch is that it is currently only available for smartphones and tablets based on the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cr...

NEWS ANALYSIS: The long-rumored Apple television could be a sales hit in the coming years. And in the process, it might hurt Google and Android. - The amount of talk surrounding the Apple television has hit a tipping point. Almost every day, there is a new rumor that crops up about a possible feature, a launch date, pricing and more. There appears to be no end to the speculation in sight, and Apple, as it has done in the past, has relished ...

EMC's first PCIe NAND flash card puts a measure of storage directly into any server for speeding up high-transaction applications. - Storage, security and virtualization giant EMC had never encroached on the server business in the past, but it's now literally getting inside them, thanks to a new product it introduced Feb. 6. Completing a promise it made at EMC world in May 2011, EMC unveiled its first PCIe NAND flash card that ...

IBM announced enhancements to its XIV Storage System Gen3 including a new performance boosting solid state drive (SSD) caching option, and a new app to monitor their XIV storage from their iPhone. - IBM has announced several enhancements to its XIV Storage System Gen3 including a new solid state drive (SSD) caching option that can increase system performance by up to three times, and a new Apple iPhone app that lets users monitor their XIV storage environment from virtually anywhere. The IBM X...

RIM's renewed push for developers is basically an attempt to get them onboard with the upcoming BlackBerry 10. - Research In Motions BlackBerry DevCon Europe conference, which started Feb. 7 in Amsterdam, placed third-party developers front and center. Highlighting what he called RIMs “commitment to our development community,” RIM CEO Thorsten Heins told the developer audience gathered for his Feb. 7 key...

IBM has helped design and build a 900,000 square foot data center in India for Tulip Telecom. The companies say it is the largest data center in India. - IBM has announced that it has worked with Tulip Telecom to design and help build the largest data center facility in India to deliver new cloud and networking services. Tulip Telecom is a leading telecommunications network and data service provider in India. Its services reach more than 2,000...

Facebook will bank on mobile advertising to make money from mobile, and won't likely build out a mobile OS or market hardware (as some suspect), analysts told eWEEK. - When companies cite certain risk factors in their S-1 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it's expected they will list competitors in their space. Companies also like to list market uncertainties. Facebook, which filed its S-1 prospectus for a $5 billion IPO last week, listed...

One of the dreams journalists, high-tech watchers and pundits have is that a high-rising Internet darling files its S-1 statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, announcing its intentions to go public. The resulting filings reveal oodles of facts about the company's culture, fiscal results, its view on the competition and other details. Facebook effectively fulfilled the dream of many Feb. 1 in its filing to go public. Along with it, came the deluge of details the company had not been required to bare for the general public. These details include interesting facts, for example, that Facebook's revenues were $3.71 billion last year. Media pounced on the revelations, feasting on such tidbits as how many times Facebook used the word mobile 123 times, Twitter is mentioned twice, Microsoft five times and Google 14. Really, the record-keeping is exhaustive. eWEEK boiled down some of the key details and put them together here for our readers' leisurely perusal. Enjoy. - ...

Verizon Wireless will offer the Motorola Droid 4 an LTE-enabled, enterprise-savvy Android smartphone that's compatible with a Lapdock in time for Valentine's gifting. - Verizon Wireless will launch its newest Android smartphone, the Motorola Droid 4, on Feb. 10 for $200 with a new two-year contract. If nothing says love like 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) speeds and a 4-inch quarter-high-defintion (qHD) display with scratch-resistant glass, your Valentine is in l...

Apple's iPhone 5 will likely launch at some point this year, but so far, the technology giant hasn't said when that might be. Even so, the rumor mill has been suggesting Apple will follow last year's lead and try to launch the new handset at some point during the tail end of the summer or early fall. So far, several rumors have cropped up about the iPhone 5. Some say that the device will come in multiple flavors, appealing to those who want both larger and smaller displays. Others say Apple will offer up a single model that boasts huge improvements over its predecessor, the iPhone 4S. More still, say Apple will launch a nominally upgraded iPhone 5 that won't in any way shock or impress consumers. Simply put, the only people who know what the iPhone 5 will look like are those working at Apple. And as you might expect, not one of them is saying what the next device will be like. But that doesn't mean the iPhone 5 can't be improved upon. In fact, the device must be an improvement over its predecessor. - ...