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Amazon Launch Relational Database Cloud Service Top
Amazon has launched a hosted relational database service, Amazon RDS , as part of the suite available at AWS. The new service is a hosted MySQL database instance with the full capabilities and access rights as a normal self-hosted DB. As a hosted solution, the service has an ability to scale out across computational, memory and storage requirements while still being treated as a single db instance by the end user. Pricing stars at $0.11c per hour for the smallest scale specification, and is available now on the AWS site. Unlike completely elastic hosted DB services, which abstract a large-scale cluster into a shared environment for customers, the Amazon model is to step up or down through tiers of service based on requirements. The tiers of service (with names that seem to be inspired by a fast food restaurant menu) and pricing are: Name Memory Comp Price per hour Small DB Instance 1.7 GB 1 ECU 0.11 Large DB Instance 7.5 GB 4 ECUs 0.44 Extra Large DB Instance 15 GB 8 ECUs 0.88 Double Extra Large DB Instance 34 GB 13 ECUs 1.55 Quadruple Extra Large DB Instance 68 GB 26 ECUs 3.10 Crunch Network : CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
 
Google Voice Can Now Take Control Of Your Mobile Voicemail Top
Google Voice is a great way to manage phone hell by giving you a single phone number that automatically rings your mobile, home, work and other phones based on your choice of rules and settings (who’s calling, when, etc.). But people are still stuck with their legacy phone numbers, and moving completely away from them is difficult. I solved the problem by simply porting my mobile number away from AT&T over to Google Voice , a feature that Google says will be launched more broadly eventually. Others solve the problem via the Google Voice application on various phones. But even then, if someone calls your old mobile number and leaves a message, you have to deal with it separately. Not any more. Tonight Google is launching a third option, a new feature that allows mobile users to move their voicemail away from their carrier and over to Google Voice. The benefits: your mobile voicemails go into your Google Voice inbox along with other voicemails and text messages, plus you can create custom greetings for callers and your voicemails are all automatically transcribed ( sometimes hilariously ). There are a few steps that have to be completed that vary based on the carrier and phone that you use. But if you are really trying to move over to Google Voice, it’s worth it. When it’s all set up, voicemail messages from people who call your mobile number (not your Google Voice number) will be taken over by Google Voice. That makes them much easier to listen to, or read. And yes, it even works on the iPhone. Crunch Network : CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors
 
AOL Loses Its Chief Lifestreamer, David Liu Top
AOL is losing another longtime executive, David Liu . He is the senior vice president in charge of Global Messaging, which includes AIM, ICQ, and AOL’s more recent Lifestreaming products. Liu spearheaded the transformation of AIM into a lifestreaming client that mixes private and public messages from Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. When CEO Tim Armstrong was looking for someone to head up AOL’s overall Internet and mobile communications, which also includes email, Liu was the strongest internal candidate. But Armstrong decided to go outside the company and hired Brad Garlinghouse , who used to be in charge of all of Yahoo’s communications products. That, coupled with AOL’s shift towards becoming a content company , convinced Liu it was time to move on. This morning he sent out an email announcing his departure in about a month from now. Liu is already being pulled into the startup world as an angel investor (in SimpleGeo) . He’s also been talking to VC and private equity firms about joining as a partner focusing on realtime startups. In the early part of this decade, when many people inside AOL were still fighting the open Web, Liu launched the first AOL.com portal and grew it to 50 million users. He also relaunched the AOL Toolbar. Crunch Network : CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.
 
OWLE Launches Bubo; Ultimate iPhone Video Rig Top
With the iPhone 3GS, the possibilities are endless. In July 2009, Harold Smith and Graham Mcbain took the iPhone 3GS, and made the first prototype of the OWLE Bubo, which we covered on CrunchGear. Now, just four months later, the OWLE Bubo is ready to ship to the public. OWLE, which stands for Optical Widgets for Life Enhancement, is aiming to making mobile video much easier, by taking the parts you use on your camcorder, and enabling you to use them on the iPhone. The Bubo comes standard with a hotshoe mount on top for LED lights, four tripod mounts and standard 37mm lens threading so that you can put your own lenses on it, in addition to the lens that the Bubo comes with. It’s been quite a journey since the first prototype of the Bubo — Harold and Graham traveled to Yahoo!’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. for iPhoneDevCamp 3, where they won the iFund “Most Promising Startup” award. The Bubo is going on sale for pre-orders starting tomorrow for $99.95, but TechCrunch readers can pre-order starting today! Crunch Network : MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.
 

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