Friday 30 March 2012

Today’s Top Stories: Google Tablet Store Rumors, Changes at RIM

Social Media NewsWelcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.

RIM Refocuses on Enterprise, Changes Leadership
After RIM’s less-than-stellar results in the last quarter, co-CEO Jim Balsille, COO of Global Operations Jim Rowan and CTO David Yach have all been replaced. New CEO Thorsten Heins promises to turn the company around by focusing on enterprise customers. RIM “cannot succeed by trying to be everybody’s darling,” said Heins.

Google Might Sell Android Tablets Through Its Own Online Store
Google will start selling co-branded Android tablets directly to consumers through its own online store according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Pricing and other details aren’t clear yet, but sources say the store will likely be launched sometime in 2012.

Chrome 18 Brings Hardware Accelerated Canvas Rendering
Google has released a new stable version of its web browser, Chrome 18. This version enables hardware-accelerated rendering for the HTML5 Canvas element by default — a change which should improve gaming performance in the browser. The new version also brings various performance improvements and security fixes.

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Source: Mashable

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