1. 2011 State of the CIO: IT Is Fueling Growth Via Strategic Technology Investments  permalink

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CIO — While there’s no free-wheeling IT spending going on (unless you’re hiding that information), our annual State of the CIO research confirms the rumor: The Great Recession has indeed abated.

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2. Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay  permalink

Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch

Facebook's latest round of financing from Goldman Sachs at a $50 billion valuation , which is about the same valuation its shares are trading on SecondMarket , clearly puts it in the pantheon of the most valuable Internet companies. At $50 billion, Facebook is now worth more than Yahoo (which has a $22 billion market cap) and eBay ($37 billion), ...

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Facebook Now Worth More Than Yahoo And eBay 40 New APIs: Google, Facebook Analytics and PayPal Subscriptions   —  This week we had 40 new APIs added to our API directory including a social platform service, mobile push notification platform, random quote generator, file sharing and hosting site, digital asset management system, vehicle fleet tracking service, social media analytics platform, Google billing service and three ways to take payments and ...

3. Stream TV launches tablets with Android 3.0  permalink

Computerworld Mobile and Wireless News

Stream TV Networks on Monday announced seven Elocity tablets with 10-inch screens that will run Google's upcoming Android 3.0 OS.

4. Scot Finnie: Looking back -- and forward to a better year  permalink

Computerworld Mobile and Wireless News

Sure, it was the year of the iPad and all the tablets that followed. The consumerization of IT marches on. The advent of the tablet as a viable form factor could have far-ranging effects on IT, but last year all it really amounted to was just another successful Apple launch. 2010 also saw China become the country with the fastest supercomputers ...