bMighty News Flash: Thursday March 26, 2009

Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Small business optimism, Opera browser geolocation, hosted virtual desktops, MacBook Pro memory upgrade, Voice-powered Google search for BlackBerry, ContactsCalendarSync for G1 Android, Alltel My Circle, Adobe Flash for Android, mobile app store growth, Wedge Networks security appliance, protecedpdf Small Business Edition, Google services for Web sites, Twitter premium, Twitter best practices...

InformationWeek Staff

Contributor

March 26, 2009

"The average user has no idea why it doesn't work. It worked yesterday, they say, and all I did was..."
-- Kamran ("Kami") Razvan

BUSINESS & E-BUSINESS

Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index finds small business owners' optimism at 6-year low

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

Opera browser introduces geolocation API support

Market for hosted virtual desktops expected to exceed $65 billion in 2013

Apple offers 8GB memory upgrade kits for 15" MacBook Pros

MOBILE

Voice-powered Google search comes to the BlackBerry

ContactsCalendarSync for 2-way MS Exchange synchronization with G1 Android phone available for download

Alltel's My Circle calling plan expands by 5 numbers allowing unlimited calling of up to 15 or 25 wireless and landline numbers

BSquare will bring Adobe Flash to Android platform

Fourfold growth in mobile app store users predicted over next 5 years

SECURITY

Wedge Networks releases NDP-1005G Web security appliance for SMBs

Vitrium Systems updates protecedpdf Small Business Edition access-management, offers free trial

SERVICES

Google launches bundled services for Web sites with webmaster tools, AdSense, custom search, and site search

Twitter will introduce premium accounts

Gartner releases best practices for Twitter

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EVENTS

March 31, 2009: Entry deadline for Warrilow & Co's Small Business Marketer of the Year Award

April 7, 2009, 11 AM - 12:15 PM ET: IT Failures Town Hall: Risks of Survival

April 24, 2009: Intuit United Small Business grant competition deadline

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