Cisco Gets Boost in Server Shipments in Q1, Gartner Says | SlickFlick App Lets You Tell Stories With Your Photos, Signs Getty Deal | PowerInbox Now Makes LinkedIn Emails Interactive, Adds Email Widgets & More | Mitt Romney iPhone app misspells America, sets Internet ablaze (gallery) | The mobile web finally gets an easy, secure payment system for in-app shopping

Cisco Gets Boost in Server Shipments in Q1, Gartner Says

Posted by PCWorld
Worldwide server shipments grew at a slower-than-expected clip during the first quarter of 2012, but Cisco, which has a small market share, beat market trends as top server makers struggled with slow demand and weak economic conditions, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.
Server shipments worldwide during the first quarter this year were 2.35 million units, growing by just 1.5 percent compared to the same quarter last year, according to Gartner.
The top three server vendors -- Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM -- saw declines in shipments. However, server shipments grew for Fujitsu and Cisco, which were in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Cisco is mainly known as a networking equipment[...]
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SlickFlick App Lets You Tell Stories With Your Photos, Signs Getty Deal

Posted by TechCrunch
It’s been fascinating to watch the proliferation of photo apps before and since the rise of Instagram and its sale to Facebook. EyeEm has a beautiful app which makes tagging images to locations ridiculously simple (plus all that filter goodness). LoopCam makes hilarious photo loops you want to share with your friends. Now SlickFlick has appeared with an iOS app to help you create fun stories around your pictures. [download from iTunes here]
The boot-strapped startup was founded by Maria Constantinescu who has been relentless in pushing her vision for the last two years and today she lands a big-brother partner in the shape of the Getty image library.
Basically you create visual stories[...]
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PowerInbox Now Makes LinkedIn Emails Interactive, Adds Email Widgets & More

Posted by TechCrunch
PowerInbox, the email platform that’s been on a tear lately in terms of its releases, is rolling out yet another update today bringing a number of new features, including the addition of the most requested in-email app, LinkedIn. The platform already supports email “apps” like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram and Groupon, essentially making emails from those companies more interactive – you can like, reply, comment, tweet, circle and more directly from your email.
With the new LinkedIn app, you can now read more about the person requesting the invite, browse their network, and accept the invite right from your inbox. (Sorry LinkedIn inbox, but I won’t be vi[...]
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Mitt Romney iPhone app misspells America, sets Internet ablaze (gallery)

Posted by VentureBeat
For most people, misspelling a crucial word in a promotional application wouldn’t completely ruin your career. But if the word is “America” and the promotion is for Mitt Romney’s 2012 Presidential campaign, you can be sure heads will roll.
Such is the case with a new iPhone app Romney and Co. released today called “With Mitt” that allows supporters of the Republican presidential nominee to snap photos with patriotic slogans. You can then share these photos with friends, family, and others who probably would otherwise ignore politics all together. One of these overlays contains the phrase “A Better Amercia,” with an obvious misspelling of the co[...]
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The mobile web finally gets an easy, secure payment system for in-app shopping

Posted by VentureBeat
One of the biggest concerns developers have about the mobile web revolves around monetization: How are users going to find, pay for, and shop inside a mobile web app?
Quite a few parties are working on the first problem — Facebook being one of the most recent and notable — but secure and easy ways to get money running through the mobile web haven’t been as numerous.
Today, one startup is addressing that concern with a new product that will plug into any mobile web app and give its creators a quick way to start accepting payments from users. ZooZ, the goofily named company, is launching its not-so-goofy mobile web SDK that it swears takes just minutes to plug in and start us[...]
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