January 19, 2011
Tablets to eclipse e-book readers
Register Hardware
Tony Smith shares IDC’s predictions of how tablet sales will fare versus e-book readers.
“Tablets will outsell e-book readers this year, and will continue to put even more distance between the two gadgets over the next two years. By 2012, tablets will outsell readers four to one. So says market watcher IDC, which is expecting sales this year of 17M iPads, Galaxy Tabs and co., and 10.8M Kindles and its like.”
Microsoft ships Dynamics CRM 2011 to cloud customers first
ZD Net
Peter Bright shares details about Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM 2011 product.
“Users of the cloud-hosted version of Microsoft’s customer relationship management software, Dynamics CRM, will be the first to get their hands on the latest version, the company has announced. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 will be available for on-premises deployment from February 28, but cloud customers can start using it (now). Highlights of the new version include a ‘next-generation’ Outlook-like client (as well as browser-based and mobile access), connectivity with SharePoint and cloud services, and real-time dashboards and analysis features to provide easy access to up-to-date information.”
Mobile App Market: $25 Billion by 2015
Read Write Web
Sarah Perez writes about the future of the mobile application marketplace.
“The mobile application marketplace will reach $25 billion by 2015, according to a new report from World Mobile Applications Market, a U.S.-based market research firm. It’s yet another confirmation of the huge worldwide trend that is the proliferation of app stores.”
