As previously reported, the new offering is designed to allow developers and Salesforce.com customers and partners the ability to distribute their applications via Salesforce's hosted-computing platform.
Adobe Systems, IP telephony company Skype Technologies and news archive company Factiva are among the various AppExchange partners, which are offering up to 150
business applications for the marketplace. The on-demand applications include finance, electronic signatures, document management, data cleansing and human resources.
A fee will typically be charged for applications sold by AppExchange partners, while those developed by Salesforce.com will currently be free, according to the company. There is no charge to customers who engage in a trial test of the applications distributed via AppExchange.
Web giant is spending $120 million to beef up its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, according to filings with the city reviewed by the San Jose Mercury News.
The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 S6500 could make its debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, according to a leaked promotional image.
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
