IrfanView is a very fast, compact and innovative graphics viewing and editing program for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. It is free for non-commercial use and is on the Approved Software List. IrfanView is simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
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Yahoo! is taking the lead role in enabling the global mobile ecosystem to bring compelling mobile Internet experiences to consumers. Yahoo! delivers its services throughout the world from its own network as well as through partnerships with mobile operators and device manufacturers around the world. Yahoo! recently opened up the company’s mobile platform to allow the world’s developers and publishers to mobilize their own offerings.
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Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices, based on the Linux operating system, developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in a Java-like language that utilizes Google-developed Java libraries, but does not support programs developed in native code. Android has been criticized for not being all open-source software despite what was announced by Google. Parts of the SDK are proprietary and closed source and some believe this is so that Google can control the platform. Google will continue to make money from online advertising, but now seeks to extend this onto mobile devices.
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When Symbian was formed 10 years ago, it inherited a browser from Psion. In the following years, the ability to browse real Web pages became a key differentiator of smartphones as compared to feature phones, and so Web technologies have played an important role in the story of Symbian. At the time of Symbian’s formation, there was much debate in the industry on whether the future of personal and enterprise computing would be in thick or thin clients – that is, in rich client software running mainly on the phone, or software hosted on a network server with a fairly simple browsing terminal. Ten years later and we see AJAX blurring the gap between the notion of thin and thick clients with rich browsing terminals backed with colossal arrays of servers dishing out email, photos, twitters and Facebook messages.
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The phenomenon known as Web 2.0 is more than just the web today. Reaching far beyond the browser, this name for live, interactive, user-manipulable data has come to define RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) and RDAs (Rich Desktop Applications). These represent a new generation of Internet-compatible applications that can be implemented across multiple platforms on personal computers, as well as mobile devices (PDAs, smartphones, etc.).
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What is surprising is the dominance of Web and Web 2.0 brands. The verb ‘to google’ is now in most major English dictionaries and Google is easily the most popular access point for Web 2.0 services. It also displays all the characteristics of a Web 2.0 company by, for example, buying blogger.com, one of the largest blog services companies in the world. User-driven blogging is one of the primary examples of Web 2.0 services. Google also supports a raft of easy to use Web 2.0 tools such as Google Earth, Google Calendar, Google Sketch, Writely and so on.
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Applications manufacturers today offer tools that allow companies to reap all of the potential benefits of Web 2.0. Behind most of these initiatives lies a simple yet very promising idea for the corporate world. Without installing “in house” software (that is under the cloud computing format), companies can capitalize on these free on-line services for a series of activities requiring coordination or collaboration. These include organizing meetings, sharing contacts and documents, and creating communities. Furthermore, integration with social networks allows companies to get to know their clients and their preferences better in order to choose the ideal candidates. In this sense, it seems logical to assume that Web 2.0 will undergo a strong new surge due to its commitment to mobility, and specific applications are already coming out on the market.
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iPhone 2.0 software communicates directly with your Microsoft Exchange Server via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, giving users push email, contacts, and calendar. Exchange ActiveSync maintains a connection between Exchange Server and iPhone so when a new email message or meeting invitation arrives, iPhone is instantly updated. If your company currently supports Exchange ActiveSync on Exchange Server 2003 or 2007, you already have the necessary services in place to support iPhone 2.0 software—no additional configuration is required. If you have Exchange Server but your company is new to Exchange ActiveSync, review the following steps to enable Exchange ActiveSync.
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