Apple's iPhone forcing smartphone industry change by Computerworld

The intensely competitive smartphone industry is becoming an increasingly challenging space. Analysts say Apple [AAPL] has achieved the largest share of hardware sales and revenue, putting competitors on any current platform (Android, Microsoft, RIM, etc.) under lots of pressure. In this environment, surely it won't be long until another round of mergers and acquisitions begins?

[ABOVE: Thanks to Asymco for this image, which shows how much things have changed since Apple invaded the mobile industry with the iPhone.]
Apple's game to lose
Surely it's obvious? Think about this: Asymco's Horace Dediu, believes four of the biggest smartphone makers lost money in the last quarter: Nokia, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson and LG.

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IntraLinks Holdings Inc. is now public

IntraLinks is now a public company (NYSE: IL). Our company is a cloud services provider of online secure exchanges for different industries including Financial services, Life Sciences, Alternative Investments, Real Estate, Legal, Manufacturing and others.

To check our stock in NYSE, here's the link: http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/il_news.html

Here's a clip of our CEO in Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/63320076/

Jack Dorsey on Twitter and Square

I was watching Beyond the Boardroom this weekend with their guest Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey. Jack introduces his new product - Square, a revolutionary mobile credit card reader that plugs into the audio port of compatible smart phones and laptops.

Also in this episode, Jack discussed the importance of Twitter in business including applications built around Twitter.

Here's an excerpt from the episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVc596DJYR8