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Facebook has been blindsided by a lawsuit that could have triggered an upheaval in its ownership structure, or at least a massive legal fight — if it had been filed a few months ago, that is. Still, the modicum of legal uncertainty created by the case must be giving top executives at the social networking giant some concern.
The rumor mill continues to churn around the iPhone 4, particularly regarding the now-infamous “death grip.” As can be observed in many videos posted to YouTube and other websites, consumers are able to easily replicate a problem in which touching the metal band around the edge of the unit in a particular spot on the left-hand side causes reception bars to disappear and calls to be dropped.
Microsoft’s launch of its Windows Azure platform appliance included more than a handful of significant partners. On the end user side, eBay said it will use the Azure platform appliance to manage and deliver customer services. However, Microsoft also announced that Dell, Fujitsu and HP have signed on as infrastructure partners. Of these three, Dell’s involvement is the most intriguing.
Google’s new App Inventor for Android may be a dream come true for amateur programmers with big ideas for the next mobile app. Whether it will be as beneficial for professional developers, the Android Market or the platform in general, however, is much less clear. There’s the potential that the technology’s do-it-yourself approach could “dumb down” Android apps and flood the Android Market with inferior offerings.
Microsoft is set to release both the online and in-house versions of its new CRM package this fall. Along with the beta release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, the company will be opening an app store for third-party developers called “Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace.” That’s according to a company announcement made at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.