The third Google Summer of Code Haiku contributor, hamish, posted his quarter term update on implementing OpenJDK:
Since my last blog entry I have mostly completed the implementation of the AWT/Java2D port. It is still in need of a lot of testing, but it is stable enough to run a lot of Swing apps out of the box.
Haiku OpenJDK
jEdit and SwingSet running on Haiku via OpenJDK
Haiku is an attempt to recreate—from scratch—BeOS as an open source project. This will allow the continued support and enhancement that was lost when Be, Inc.—the original creators of BeOS—closed up shop in 2001.
Peter Kafka reporting for AllThingsD:
Like the New York Times? Like Flipboard? Here’s a corporate mash-up for you: The Times’ subscribers will soon be able read the entire paper on the aggregation/recommendation app.
Whereas iOS already has the Magazine Store—where The Times app resides—not all mobile OSes are so lucky. By implementing their content into Flipboard, The Times is able to hit not only iOS and Android devices with a similar interface, but also other OSes in the future if Flipboard decides to build an app for them as well.
From the Verge:
The Sunday Times reports today that RIM is considering a plan to split its handset division and messaging network into two separate companies, and will sell off the struggling BlackBerry hardware business. The British paper doesn’t cite any sources in the report, but it says that Facebook and Amazon are both “potential buyers.”
Facebook and Amazon? I guess I could see Amazon as a potential buyer, but Facebook does not compute. Amazon could make sense if they were looking at building their own internal hardware team. The RIM employees could simply move from one hierarchy to another and continue with their daily grind; all but under different management.
While there have been rumors of Facebook creating their own phone, the existing mobile market is already heavily saturated with Android- and iOS-based phones. If Facebook were to enter the market, I believe they would follow Amazon’s lead and fork Android. And since Bing has Facebook integration, I wouldn’t be surprised if their maps app would be powered by Bing as well.
Another Google Summer of Code Haiku contributor, yongcong, posted his quarter term update on implementing cpuidle.
Haiku is an attempt to recreate—from scratch—BeOS as an open source project. This will allow the continued support and enhancement that was lost when Be, Inc.—the original creators of BeOS—closed up shop in 2001.
Just yesterday I posted a story where Nomura Equities Research issued a buy for Facebook. Their reasoning:
[…] But Facebook’s ace in the hole is what Nowak and his colleagues are betting on: The company’s deep treasure trove of user data […]
How would they use this data? My only guess was that they would create their own external ad network for use by sites outside of Facebook.com. It appears my guess was spot on.
According to Inside Facebook, it appears Facebook is already placing ads on Zynga.com. Facebook even notes the external ads in this Help Center entry.
