FileMaker Inc’s. Bento for iPad is a great companion app to its Mac version of the software, as well as a solid stand-alone solution. And at US$4.99, it’s a great buy.
The app is based on Bento for iPhone with enhancements to make the most of the iPad screen. Bento for the iPhone and iPod touch was pretty good, but the software reaches a whole new level of usability on the bigger screen of the latest Apple device.
Read MorePalm has started handing out “golden handcuffs” to the key executives who’ve not already jumped ship, in what could be the run up to an acquisition announcement, reports “The Register” (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/19/palm_handcuffs/).
One key executive who’s already left is Michael Abbott — the man credited, in large part, with creating WebOS, the article adds. His last day will be next week, as explained in a Securities & Exchange Commission filing from Palm.
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SMEStorage, the multi-cloud data access provider, has released the first beta of a Mac Cloud Drive (http://www.smestorage.com/?p=static&page=clients_and_tools#Mac), which enables up to 10 commercial storage providers to be accessed directly from a virtual drive in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
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Apple has bumped Google out of first place as Silicon Valley’s most valuable company. With the total value of its publicly traded stock at US$224 billion, up 107% from a year ago, Apple now has a market capitalization greater than all but two companies in the U.S, Exxon Mobil and Microsoft, reports the “Silicon Valley Mercury News” (http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_14900422?source=rss&nclick_check=1).
Read MoreMillennial Media (http://www.millennialmedia.com), an independent mobile advertising platform, said today that mobile connected devices like the iPad and Sony PSP displayed more than 20% of the giant ad networks’ ad impressions in March, a trend that could have far reaching impact on mobile advertising as these devices grow more popular.
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