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2009-07-09
Microsoft has integrated Bing into Hotmail, with a Quick Add feature that uses Bing search to pull video, maps, images and other content into users’ e-mails. Since its June 3 release, Microsoft has been aggressively pushing Bing through a number of channels in a bid to claim some search-engine market share away from arch-rivals Google and Yahoo.
2009-07-08
Research by Symantec MessageLabs shows the amount of spam that contains links masked via URL shortening services has jumped dramatically in the past few days. While services like TinyURL and Cligs are popular for legitimate users, people should treat shortened URLs with at least as much caution as other links, security researchers say.
2009-07-08
A judge dismisses some damages claims in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google and YouTube but leaves open the possibility that non-U.S.-based rights owners could seek damages for live broadcasts, if they prevail.
2009-07-08
News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch says his company is not interested in buying messaging site Twitter since there is no way for the site to make money. At the same time, Murdoch says he does not plan on selling social network site MySpace.
2009-07-07
Facebook, which claims to have more than 200 million users, played a central role in interactive Web communications during the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The social networking site reported some impressive traffic-related statistics shortly after the 2-hour-long event ended.
2009-07-07
Regulators with the Federal Trade Commission approve Nokia Siemens' bid to buy two business units from Nortel for $650 million. Nortel has been under bankruptcy protection since early 2009, and is looking to sell off various businesses. At the same time, Nortel continues to build out its unified communications capabilities, including the latest release of its Communication Server 1000.
2009-07-07
After three decades, current owner AOL decides to pull the plug on CompuServe Classic, formerly one of the Internet's premier service providers. Although its forums and other services once attracted hundreds of thousands of users, CompuServe eventually lost ground to services such as AOL and as its subscriber base migrated from dial-up services to broadband. AOL plans to port CompuServe's e-mail subscribers to a new system.
2009-07-07
The OffiSync plug-in, which marries Google Apps, Docs and search engine functionality with Microsoft Office documents, is coming to enterprise users. For $10 per user, per year, businesses will be able to bring Microsoft Office documents into the cloud, saving them for collaboration in Google Apps. The tool comes as vendors grapple with how to expose more on-premises users to cloud computing.
2009-07-07
Microsoft and Verizon activate their deal to use Microsoft Bing as the default search engine on Verizon-powered mobile devices. A small but growing segment of the search market, mobile search is rapidly being explored by not only Windows maker Microsoft, but also by Yahoo and Google, as the archrivals seek advantage in the competitive search engine arena.
2009-07-07
A British telecommunications company is using text messaging to sort through candidates for a job at the firm.
2009-07-07
iStrategyLabs finds a burst in Facebook users aged 55 and older from January 2009 until July, while traffic from high school and college users drops roughly 20 percent on the social network. This follows research from comScore that found Twitter use for users 25 to 54 has grown. The Twitter burst was chalked up to more professional use, but how can we explain the boom in users 55+?
2009-07-07
Google Gmail, Docs, Calendar and Talk exit beta for Google Apps, potentially removing a major barrier to the adoption of Google Apps in the enterprise as a messaging and collaboration platform. Also, Fairchild Semiconductor dumps Lotus Notes for Google Apps. With these moves, Google hopes more business customers will choose its pay-for GAPE service over suites from Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and others.
2009-07-06
Yahoo Search Pad is the Web services company's latest attempt to keep users within its search engine. Users will be able to do research on Yahoo Search and save links and other content in a notepad within the search application instead of juggling multiple methods of annotation. The move is Yahoo's latest bid to better compete with Web services powers Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter.
2009-07-06
Facebook will generate $500 million in revenue in 2009, says Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, who serves on the social networking site's board. With its growing base of 225 million users, Facebook has publicly suggested that its primary focus will be on expanding its community as opposed to figuring out the most ideal models for revenue generation. Andreessen also says he believes that Facebook has the potential to generate billions of dollars in revenue in coming years.
2009-07-06
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz launch a new venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, with an initial fund of $300 million.
2009-07-06
Microsoft Internet Explorer's share of the browser market has fallen for versions 6 and 7 over the past year, with IE 8 steadily rising over the past few months. At the same time, Firefox 3.0 gained market share before leveling off within the past month, while Safari, Chrome and other browsers occupy single-digit territory, according to a new report by StatCounter.
2009-07-06
Apple iPods could feature cameras in future versions, according to rumors that suggest Apple has begun ordering iPod cases structured to hold a camera lens. Apple's mobile devices have powered its bottom line and prestige, with its iPhone 3GS smartphone selling over 1 million units in its first three days of release, and over a billion downloads from its App Store.
2009-07-02
The Apple iPhone 3GS asserted itself to the top of Consumer Reports' newest smartphone rankings, though the Palm Pre was close behind. The new capabilities and form factors of smartphones this year forced the advice-giver to reconsider its testing model.
2009-07-02
Google makes it easier for users to find contacts within an enterprise, a move that mirrors some of the functionality in existing enterprise social software providers such as IBM, Socialtext and Jive. In-box socialization is table stakes for software makers that want to appeal to new enterprise customers by making it easier for workers to find company colleagues.
2009-07-02
Mozilla plans to release a patched version of its latest browser, to be named Firefox 3.5.1, in response to certain bugs that have revealed themselves following Firefox 3.5's June 30 release. Firefox 3.5 offers new features such as extensive support for HTML 5, faster speeds than previous versions, and support for JSON and Web worker threads.
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Video conferencing is traditonally touted as a money-saving technology in a down economy. Companies can slash their travel budgets by using video conferencing, but meeting with partners and suppliers outside of your own network requires interoperability of video conferencing systems. eWEEK Labs tests the ability of two very different systems to work together.
REVIEW: The LifeSize Room 200 system provides organizations with impressive high-definition videoconferencing and the ability to natively host multiparty conferences. Different levels of HD-quality videoconferencing will accommodate various bandwidth needs.
REVIEW: Polycom’s QDX 6000 video conferencing units are not HD-capable, but they are easy to set up and configure, and offer many options for adding content. At $3,999, the QDX 6000--which leverages H.323--is a compelling choice for smaller offices or businesses.
Twitter and Facebook provide a plethora of efficient collaboration and messaging capabilities, but businesses have been hesitant to officially use these services in-house for security and control issues. Socialcast, Socialtext and Huddle are three services designed to offer the features of Twitter, Facebook and other Web 2.0 technologies in a way that is palatable to the enterprise.
REVIEW: Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server ties together BlackBerry devices and management infrastructure with Google’s for-pay e-mail services. However, in the BlackBerry’s native e-mail application, Google can’t offer all the services and features users have come to expect from Gmail.
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