Google Latitude is on the iPhone now. No, it is not a native app, but a web app that runs in the foreground like every other third-party app of the iPhone. Why is it so? Because, Apple said so. Yes, at least that is what Google’s official blog post seems to paint:

“We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought would be best for iPhone users. After we developed a Latitude application for the iPhone, Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve maps tiles.”

Tech-experts look at this “avoid confusion with Maps” statement from Google as a bit strange as Google, if needed, could have found the means to build Latitude into Maps. Many in the Silicon Valley opine that Google might have built a native app for the iPhone, but since Apple did not want it, may have made a web one instead.

Google Latitude on the iPhone

So, it looks like Apple has dictated a decision to Google, and Google has listened to it. Maybe once-upon-a-time Apple board member and current Google CEO Eric Schmidt played a role in accepting Latitude as a web app. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

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Microsoft’s Zune HD is on the way towards a success launch this September. It is hep, happening and no less trendy than behemoth Apple’s favorite music child, the iPod Touch. Above all, it is on a head-on combat with the ubiquitous little iPod. So, is the party over for Apple iPod Touch, finally? Well, not really.

Zune HD maybe piping hot from Microsoft’s inventory, but it has arrived two years late compared to the iPod Touch. If rumors are true, Apple’s iPod Touches will have cameras soon. What will be Zune HD’s fate then? Difficult.

Zune HD vs. iPod Touch

However, all this does not rule out Zune’s advantages. Zune HD indeed scores higher in many things than the iPod Touch.

Zune HD’s Advantages
Zune HD is a sleek, portable media player with HD (High-Definition) Radio tuner and organic light-emitting touch screen. It has a version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as browser andl features HDMI connection for streaming videos to HDTV, Wi-Fi connectivity and HD video accelerator. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

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Now that Cloud Computing has become a rage in the technology world and everyone has started talking about it, let me tell you what it actually means. Definitions apart, Cloud Computing basically involves delivering hosted services over the Internet.

Termed as the Next-Gen computing, Cloud services include Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). This is otherwise called “Everything as a Service”.

Benefits of the Cloud Platform include:

• Shared, multi-tenant infrastructure
• Virtualized and dynamic
• Scalable and available
• Abstracted from infrastructure
• Higher-level services
• Pay-as-you-go facility

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