Techmeme: One Database To Rule The Cloud: Salesforce Debuts Database.com For The Enterprise (Leena Rao/TechCrunch)

10:05 AM ET, December 7, 2010

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Ina Fried / Mobilized:

Google's Andy Rubin Gives a Flash of Tablet Future — Although Andy Rubin's keynote at D: Dive into Mobile is scheduled for just before dinner, expect to hear a lot of talk about dessert. On the menu are Froyo, Gingerbread and perhaps even a hint of Honeycomb.

Discussion: Google Watch, IntoMobile, Fortune, Engadget, 9 to 5 Mac, THINQ.co.uk, Liliputing, Bits, GottaBeMobile, ArcticStartup Posts, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Electronista, eWeek, Guardian, Softpedia News and MacStories

Ross Miller / Engadget:

Motorola Android tablet prototype makes a cameo at D: Dive Into Mobile running Honeycomb — Google's Andy Rubin brought more than just a Nexus S in his bag of goodies tonight. On stage at D: Dive Into Mobile, the man has brought with him a prototype Android tablet from Motorola.

John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:

Google's Andy Rubin on Apple: “Everybody Is Embracing the iPhone” — Google and Apple may be fierce rivals in the mobile space, and they may have different visions of the meaning of “open,” but there's a mutual respect between the two companies that was in evidence tonight at D: Dive Into Mobile.

Discussion: Electronista

DigiTimes:

Foxconn to ship iPad 2 by the end of February 2011 — Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) plants in Shenzhen, China have recently been notified they will ship Apple's iPad 2 within the next 100 days with initial shipments to reach 400,000-600,000 units, according to sources from Taiwan-based component makers.

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

Google Nexus S preview — We're here at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco, and we've just had a chance to lay our ever-loving hands all over Google's latest wunderkind, the Nexus S. As you've probably already read and seen, the device is set to be the next flagship phone sporting a pure Google experience.

Discussion: Phones Review

Andy Rubin / The Official Google Blog:

Introducing Nexus S with Gingerbread — The very first Android phone hit the market in November 2008. Just over two years later, Android's vision of openness has spurred the development of more than 100 different Android devices. Today, more than 200,000 Android devices are activated daily worldwide.

Marin Perez / IntoMobile:
Google Samsung Nexus S pricing: $529 unlocked, $199 with two-year contract

Discussion: Geek.com, Engadget, The Seattle Times, LAPTOP Magazine and BBY.com

Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
First look: Android 2.3 Gingerbread tour in screenshots

Discussion: Engadget, CrunchGear, Zatz Not Funny!, Tea & Tech, Neowin.net, ThinkMobile, Android Community, Gadgetell and pocketnow.com

Sky News:

WikiLeaks: British Police Arrest Assange — Andy Winter, Sky News Online — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by British police over sexual assault claims in Sweden. … The 39-year-old Australian was detained by Scotland Yard officers at around 9.30am after he voluntarily went …

Discussion: PC World, News: News blog, CNET News, Mashable!, Help Net Security, TechEye, The Next Web, V3.co.uk, SAI, Associated Press and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »

Declan McCullagh / CNET News:

MasterCard pulls plug on WikiLeaks payments — MasterCard is pulling the plug on payments to WikiLeaks, a move that will dry up another source of funds for the embattled document-sharing Web site, CNET has learned. — “MasterCard is taking action to ensure that WikiLeaks …

Discussion: Netcraft, Fast Company, Guardian, Threat Level, AuctionBytes Blog, postfinance.ch, THINQ.co.uk and The Lede, more at Mediagazer »

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:

Facebook: We're Not Kicking Wikileaks Off Our Site — Classified document publishing website Wikileaks has now been kicked off of Amazon, Paypal, its DNS server and its Swiss bank account - but it lives on, including across hundreds of mirrored sites and is the subject for widespread discussion on Facebook and Twitter.

Discussion: The Social, Go Rumors, PC Magazine, Budi Putra, OSDir.com, CrunchGear and Electricpig.co.uk, Thanks:marshallk

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

One Database To Rule The Cloud: Salesforce Debuts Database.com For The Enterprise — Oracle has dominated the database market, especially following its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems. But today, its “frenemy” Salesforce.com will become more of a competitor with the launch of Database.com …

Discussion: SecurityWeek.Com, ReadWriteWeb, TechEye, The Register, PC World, VentureBeat and Between the Lines Blog

Adrian Covert / Gizmodo:

Google Maps for Android Now Faster, Smoother, in 3D and Works Offline — Google has just unveiled their new, refreshed Maps 5.0 app for Android, launching soon. What's new about it? Well, it renders buildings in 3D, loads faster, works offline and will automatically rotate the map according to the phone's compass.

Matt Hamblen / Computerworld:

Amazon to demo Kindle for the Web on Tuesday — Demo is one day after Google announces eBooks; Battle shapes up between two Internet giants — Computerworld - Amazon plans to demonstrate a new version of Kindle for the Web on Tuesday, one day after Google launched its Google eBooks and eBookstore strategy.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Electronista, SlashGear, BlogsDNA, Digital Trends and ITProPortal

James Kendrick / GigaOM:

Google Books for Android — a Review — Google opened its e-book store and released a reader app for Android today. Google Books is a typical no-frills app — common with Google's usual first efforts — but it handles the basic tasks of an e-book reader well.

Discussion: SAI, TeleRead, O'Reilly Radar, New York Times, MacStories and IntoMobile, more at Mediagazer »

Adobe:
Adobe Announces Adoption of eBook DRM by Google

Discussion: Adobe Digital Publishing

Alex North / Google Wave Developer Blog:

Introducing Apache Wave — One of the best outcomes from November's Wave Protocol Summit was a proposal for Wave to enter the Apache Software Foundation's incubator program. Apache has a fantastic reputation for fostering healthy open source communities that create great software.

Discussion: Techland, ReadWriteWeb, Softpedia News, SlashGear, SAI, Mashable! and Beyond Search

David Karp / Tumblr Staff Blog:

Downtime — Yesterday afternoon, during planned maintenance that was not intended to interrupt service, an issue arose that took down a critical database cluster. This brought down our entire network while our engineers worked feverishly to restore these databases and bring your blogs back online.

Discussion: CNN, VentureBeat, Data Center Knowledge, the Econsultancy blog, The Next Web, TechCrunch and Softpedia News, more at Mediagazer »

Dan Frommer / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
TUMBLR IS BACK!

Discussion: Mashable! and L.A. Times Tech Blog, Thanks:boodycw

Lizette Chapman / Venture Capital Dispatch:

Where A Google-Groupon Deal Would Have Ranked In History — Google's highly anticipated acquisition of Groupon appears to be dead in the water. But for anyone on the fence about whether today's sky-high valuations of tech companies are more than a little reminiscent of the excesses of the dot-com era, this might tip you over.

Discussion: Xconomy

Gmail Blog:

A Priority Inbox update: time savings, new features, and your feedback — It's been a couple of months since we first launched Priority Inbox. Since then, we've heard from a number of you who've found it helpful in combating information overload, and we've seen evidence of this in aggregate too.

Discussion: Download Squad, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Lifehacker and Ubergizmo

Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:

Playstation Phone controls spotted lurking in the Android Gingerbread SDK — L1. L2. R1. R2. If those aren't ringing any bells, you've really gotta spend some time with a Playstation. As any kid born in the last few decades could tell you without hesitation, those are the names given …

Discussion: Android Central, SlashPhone and Engadget

Kathy Kristof / CBS Money Watch:

Online Retailer Charged with Fraud, Threats — DecorMyEyes founder Vitaly Borker — also known as Tony Russo and Stanley Bolds — was arrested Monday and charged with defrauding customers of his online eye wear company and making repeated and violent threats to customers who attempted to return defective goods.

Discussion: TechEye, New York Times, Network World, blogs.chron.com, The Consumerist, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Examiner, SAI and Search Engine Watch

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
DecorMyEyes Merchant Vitaly Borker Arrested After NYT Piece On Google Rankings

Discussion: CNBC, PC Magazine, The Social and ITProPortal

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Android Hardware Button Order — The four hardware buttons — back, menu, search, home — are in different orders on different phones. The Nexus S buttons are in a different order than other Samsung Galaxy S phones — and in a different order than the Nexus One.

Discussion: Gadget Lab and Ben.geek.nz

Gavin Clarke / The Register:

Apache loses Java showdown vote to Oracle — Assume positions, brace for exit — Exclusive The Apache Software Foundation - one of tech's most influential open-source groups - is closer to quitting Java's governing body after losing a stand-off vote against Oracle on Java.

Discussion: Service-Oriented …

Rachael King / Business Week:

Here Come the Cloud Services Brokers — As companies start shifting computing tasks to outside providers in the cloud, intermediaries have emerged to help them do it. Systems Integrator Appirio has already made a name for itself — Flextronics (FLEX) Chief Information Officer David Smoley …

Discussion: BusinessWeek.com

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