links for 2011-01-03: Android dominates top phone list; Surprises of 2010; Outlook for 2011; Facebook IPO; Amusement Park Technology

• The 10 elite smart phones of 2010 - Seven Android, one BlackBerry, one Windows, and one iPhone.
• The year in review: 10 technology surprises of 2010 - It was an interesting year.
• 2011 Tech Preview - SaaS to grow, interesting thoughts on HP acquisitions, "cloud" to become meaningless as everyone overuses it.
• Facebook IPO Likely - Been rumored for a long time, will it finally happen in 2011?
• Technology at work at Disney - Some good insight into what an amusement park has to think about.

links for 2010-05-18: Oracle releases new version of MySQL Enterprise; Amazon stealing the Cloud; Book on Facebook; Future of Development; Flavors of Cloud Computing

• Oracle Announces Immediate Availability of the Latest Release of MySQL Enterprise - But press release only mentions MySQL Enterprise Monitor 2.2.  No new server yet, but a beta was announced at the MySQL conference.
  
• Amazon is stealing the Cloud - Some interesting stats and survey numbers listed.
• The Age Of Facebook: Excerpts From The New Book By David Kirkpatrick - Interesting insights into how they started and Zuckerberg's unwillingness to cash out.
  
• Understanding the many flavors of Cloud Computing - If you are confused by all the *aaS's.
• Beyond Cassandra: Facebook, Twitter and the Future of Development -  Is the data or code valued more?
  

links for 2010-03-17: Facebook passes Google; Mono on Droid; Switching to Google Apps; Open-source and innovation

• Facebook more visited than Google - Like the author says, it is one statistic for one week, but still interesting.
• MonoDroid for Google Android phones - This is great for the platform.  Also a mention of Silverlight for the iPhone but will Apple allow it?
  
• Google releases tool to simplify switch from Exchange to Apps - Making it easier to make the switch.
  
• Red Hat CEO: Open-source economics key to innovation - It's true, without open-source we don't have Google, Facebook, Twitter, and many many more.
  

links for 2010-02-17: NY Times and iPad; Facebook Harvested

• Turf War at the New York Times: Who Will Control the iPad? -"Old" media companies need to become more progressive and quit clinging to old models.
• Facebook gets Harvested - Anyone that thought their info on Facebook was in any way private was deluding themselves, and this proves it.