Techmeme: Gain Access To Google's Infrastructure With Google App Engine (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

2:40 PM ET, April 8, 2008

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Introducing Google App Engine + our new blog — At tonight's Campfire One we launched a preview release of Google App Engine — a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. The goal is to make it easy to get started with a new web app …

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine — Our live coverage of the Google App Engine launch event is here. — Google isn't just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more. Tonight at 9pm PT they're launching Google App Engine (Update: The site is live) …

Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:

Google: Cloud Control to Major Tom — Google has just launched Google App Engine, “a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure.” This will allow startups to use Google's web servers, APIs, and other developer tools to build a web app on top of.

Discussion: Guardian Unlimited, STARTUP CHATTER, Matt Cutts, SmoothSpan Blog and Outside the Lines

Kevin Heisler / Search Engine Watch Blog:

Is Google App Engine HuddleChat a Campfire Rip-Off? — Of all the App Engine apps in all the developer joints in all the Google universe, Google walks into a land mine: HuddleChat. — There's only one problem: HuddleChat is a dead ringer for 37signals Campfire, the leading web-based group chat for business.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and The Last Podcast

Fred / A VC:
Can The Y Combinator Idea Turn Into A Movement?

Discussion: michael parekh on IT

Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
HuddleChat: Did Google Just Rip Off 37Signals?

Discussion: Download Squad and Web Worker Daily

Bret Taylor / Bret Taylor's blog:
Experimenting with Google App Engine

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb

Nick / Rough Type:
Google unlocks its data centers

Discussion: CNET News.com

Phil Wainewright / Software as Services:
Let the PaaS wars begin

Discussion: Dana Gardner's BriefingsDirect, Bungee Connect Developer … and deal architect

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Gain Access To Google's Infrastructure With Google App Engine

Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar:
App Engine: Host Your Apps with Google

Discussion: David Recordon's Blog, broadstuff and Techdirt

Jon Fortt / Big Tech:

HP's mini laptop packs a punch — The HP Mini laptop is aimed at the education market, but it could appeal to road warriors as well. Image: HP — Pick up HP's new $500 mini-laptop, and the first thing you notice is the aluminum casing. Though the thing weighs only about 2.5 pounds …

Discussion: Computerworld

James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
jkOnTheRun review- hands on with the HP Mini-Note UMPC

Discussion: TeleRead, NotebookReview.com, GottaBeMobile, Geek.com, Guardian Unlimited, Eee Site and The Mobile Gadgeteer

Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Magazine:
The Leader of the Pack? Hands-On Video of the HP 2133 Mini-Note

Discussion: LaptopMag.com, DigiTimes, dailywireless.org, Engadget, Tech Sanity Check, Technology Live, Gizmodo and Eee Site

James Sherwood / The Register:

Nokia confirms ‘iPhone killer’ handset in pipeline — Nokia has confirmed that it's developing a touchscreen-equipped handset to take on the Apple iPhone, and has shown off pictures of the upcoming phone to drooling onlookers. — The Finnish giant's handset is codenamed ‘Tube’ …

Discussion: last100, Engadget, InfoWorld and MacDailyNews

Bill Evans / Apple:

Final Cut Server Now Shipping — Apple® today announced that Final Cut® Server, a powerful software solution for media asset management and workflow automation, is now shipping. A scaleable server application, Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets …

Discussion: CrunchGear, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Macenstein, The Apple Blog, Apple Gazette, Insanely Great Mac and JD on EP

Jeff Smykil / Infinite Loop:
Final Cut Server finally shipping, one year later

Discussion: CNET News.com, PC World, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Computerworld Blogs and The Mac Observer

Therese Poletti / MarketWatch:

Yahoo seems headed the way of PeopleSoft — Commentary: Yang's fight against Microsoft seems futile at this point — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang has not resorted to boorish tactics like calling Steve Ballmer a sociopath or comparing him to Genghis Khan …

Discussion: Digital Daily, Silicon Alley Insider and Valleywag

Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Ballmer's Secret Weapon

Discussion: BoomTown, Tech Check with Jim Goldman and New York Times

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:

Wal-Mart Refunding HD DVD Players Bought On or After Nov. 1 — Wal-Mart is a little late to the HD DVD pity party, finally deciding to offer tokens to suckers who threw in with the dead format. Until April 30, they'll refund any HD DVD player bought after Nov. 1, as long as you've got the original receipt …

Discussion: TG Daily and Electronista

Emily Green / Wall Street Journal:
Dollars for HD Losers

Discussion: LAPTOP Magazine, iPod Observer, CrunchGear, Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog, Gadgetell and Engadget HD

Dave Winer / Scripting News:

Early notes on GoogleApps — The last few years when something new hits the tech blogosphere, I usually kick back and think while so many others scramble for position on Techmeme. I find that by doing this I can usually find the nugget that they're all missing, assuming it's an area I'm interested in …

Dennis O'Reilly / CNET News.com:

Put a finer point on your Gmail searches — The first application I open and the last one I close each workday is Gmail. — Even though I use the service's labels and filters to sort my mail, I often found myself scrolling through the 600-plus messages in my Gmail in-box to find the one I need.

Discussion: PC World

ChairmanMEOW / MEOW! Blog:

Sonopia Ceases Operations - Another Victim on the US MVNO Scene — (Disclaimer: I have been part of the journey of this company in 2006 until early 2007 as a bizdev consultant so this serves as a healthy self-criticism.) Sources familiar with the matter today reported that Sonopia …

Discussion: mocoNews.net, Open Gardens, Silicon Alley Insider, FierceMobileContent and Phone Scoop

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:

Unlocked iPhone Shopping Guide: World Tour Edition (AAPL) — Why can't Apple (AAPL) keep enough iPhones in stock in its U.S. stores? One theory: Because so many are being bought to be “unlocked” and resold overseas. — We've seen plenty of anecdotal reports of tourists leaving the U.S. full of iPhones (or trying to).

Discussion: Apple 2.0

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:

Clear Channel Radio Now Broadcasting 340+ HD Stations Compatible with iTunes Tagging via HD Digital Radio — Utilizes Company's Own Technology to Further Expand HD Radio Adoption — Clear Channel Radio today announced a milestone in the implementation of the HD Radio iTunes tagging feature …

Discussion: PC World and MacUser

Brad Linder / Download Squad:

Find new people to follow on Twitter with Twubble — Twitter's really no fun unless you have a few interesting people to follow. But what's the best way to find new Twitter users? You could look at the friend lists for the people you already follow, but that could take forever.

Discussion: Mark Evans, FaceReviews and SheGeeks

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