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There’s an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal about Big Data in Manufacturing.  Manufacturers are now leveraging sensors and scanners throughout the factory floor to collect data about everything from screw turns to temperature and humidity in an effort to improve quality.  My favorite part is actually this line: In the past, some of that data had to be typed in, creating the risk of errors. This is the future of software: invisibility.  The days of us sitting in front of a computer typing in data are numbered.  With the cost of data collection, storage, and analysis all plummeting, the software of the future will gather data seamlessly from your activities.  You will no longer have to tell your software what to do — it knows.  You will no longer have to put in strict relationships between data (this email is for this order) — it can figure it out. On... (more)

Has Google Android’s Open Source Business Model Failed?

Yesterday’s WSJ.com video “Tablet Wars: How Are People Using Tablets?” had a shocking statistic: 98% of the web traffic from tablets comes from Apple’s iPad.  Further, most of mobile commerce is from Apple’s iPhone: Translation: No matter what the sales figures for Android, people just aren’t using them.  This is a far cry from the early days, when many thought that an army of Android mobile devices would slay Apple’s mighty iPhone: Source: dailypicksandflicks.com Most importantly, if this is true, then Google’s Android strategy has failed. Google’s strategy with Android is ve... (more)

Looking for Java/OSGI, Javascript/CSS/HTML5, and MongoDb Developers

We’re looking for developers who’d like to work with on server-side OSGi Java, client-side Javascript/CSS/HTML5, and MongoDB database back end applications.  (See opentaps 2 framework.) If this sounds like as much fun to you as it does to us, please contact us right away!  We’re really flexible and can accommodate part-time or full-time, remote or on-site. ... (more)

opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM Quarterly Update

In this edition of the quarterly update, I’m happy to tell you about the: opentaps 1.4 Release New opentaps.org website, forum, and training video store opentaps-Magento integration Development goals for opentaps 1.5 A proof of concept for opentaps 2.0 based on OSGi, Spring dynamic modules, and maven Amicon Technologies and IntegratingWeb join opentaps as opentaps Partners opentaps in China opentaps 1.4 is Released opentaps 1.4 was officially released in March 2010. This release features many new features in CRM, manufacturing, supply chain management, and financial accounting; i... (more)

Windows 8 Creates a New and Better UI Paradigm

Windows 8 not only feels clean and refreshing but also illustrates a new user interface paradigm which makes a lot of sense. For as long as we’ve had “windowing” user interfaces, we’ve had desktops with icons which opened up to an application taking up the entire screen.  The desktop and the icons themselves, though, are static, so nothing much happens until you’ve launched your application. With Windows 8, however, you now have a desktop of tiles, each of which is automatically refreshing with the latest updates.  One window is showing you the latest news headlines, another is s... (more)