How does an iPhone application developer make money when giving away a free app? Well, before today, they mostly relied on users upgrading to a version of the app with more features-and a price tag.
I wrote last month that iPhone is all about the apps. It's not really about the device itself, cool though it is - it's much more about what you can do with it.
Now there is a new vector drawing program in the Google Docs suite, which is a rather useful addition to its text, spreadsheets and presentation editors. Tony Ruscoe also indicated that some drawing capabilities would be included in Google Docs last month.
Cloudera, an open source startup working to expand the use of Apache Hadoop, made two announcements today. First, it has secured $5 million in Series A funding today.
Being an AIR app, GoAir and Live Quotes work on Windows, Mac and Linux. GoAir is an offline Gmail Client while Live Quotes shows you relevant information about company stocks.
