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2009-11-25
TransMedia, the software maker trying to challenge Microsoft and Google in the world of Web operating systems and collaboration, Dec. 7 will launch a fresh version of its Glide operating system with a focus on desktop and Web search. Glide OS 4.0 adds a search box and a bidirectionally synchronized file management system to the Web browser it is plugged into. Users who need to find content can use the search box to search the content local to their computer, as well as Web content from Google, Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, YouTube, Twitter and other sources.
2009-11-25
eWEEK Editor Deb Donston lists the things she is grateful for this year—and the things she would like to be grateful for next year.
2009-11-24
News Analysis: The iPhone might be a great device that appeals to many, but the smartphone still lacks several key features that could make it perfect for any user. There is still much that Apple could do to improve its appeal to business users and to greatly expand the application developer community.
2009-11-24
While the business optimism of cost-conscious businesses has fluctuated significantly throughout 2009, a survey by Constant Contact suggests companies are feeling positive about the holiday shopping season.
2009-11-24
Glowpoint's ScheduleSync telepresence feature now integrates with Microsoft Exchange, the company announces.
2009-11-23
IBM's research team comes up with a new tool that translates text between English and 11 other languages.
2009-11-23
Verizon is rolling out its Telehealth Collaboration Services, which aid health care organizations in setting up online collaboration environments to help physicians connect remotely with patients and other health care professionals. Verizon also will help organizations design and implement the telehealth environments. Other vendors, such as Cisco Systems, also are getting into the telehealth field, which one analyst company says could grow into a $6.1 billion market annually.
2009-11-23
Gist Public Profiles is a new service that lets users publish their contact details, including name, company name and profile picture, personalized news and social network data on a public Web page. Ideally, this service -- and certainly any inclusion deals with Google, Bing or both -- will help Gist grow its user base. While Gist is a fledgling offering yearning for traction among any users who will try it out, e-mail in-box management and socialization tools are gaining traction in businesses. Xobni launched Xobni Enterprise, a secure version of its e-mail search plug-in, while Microsoft launched Outlook Social Connector.
2009-11-23
Global mailbox shipments decreased by more than 4 million during the first six months of 2009, according to a report from T3i Group.
2009-11-20
The proliferation of smartphones is increasing the propensity of consumers to use nonvoice communication, a study by BIA/Kelsey finds.
2009-11-19
In order to reduce its operating cost, AOL management is asking for so-called voluntary layoffs. Involuntary layoffs will follow if AOL does not hit its target of reducing its operating budget by $200 million in the first half of 2010.
2009-11-19
MindTouch Nov. 19 joined Google, Zoho, Microsoft and a raft of others in SAAS with MindTouch Cloud, embracing the Internet as a way to deliver collaboration applications. MindTouch Cloud lets non-technical sales representatives or business managers pull business data from CRM and ERP applications, such as Salesforce.com, SugarCRM, and Oracle, and weave them into documents in team workspaces. MindTouch CEO Aaron Fulkerson said his company is targeting Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration platform and Google Apps, which offer classic document and spreadsheet applications without blending in the business data.
2009-11-18
Salesforce.com demonstrated a new work group collaboration tool dubbed "Chatter" as the highlight of opening keynote of its annual Dreamforce user conference Nov. 18 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. Chatter is designed with a Facebook-like interface and allows users to set up real-time feeds of selected Twitter posts. Chatter will run as part of Salesforce's customer relationship management platform with the object of enabling enterprises to set up collaboration groups to share information, close business deals or solve customer problems.
2009-11-18
Polycom is unveiling its ATX 300 offering, designed to enable businesses to work with audiovisual integrators to create customized telepresence environments based on Polycom technology. Polycom officials say this differentiates ATX 300 from the turnkey solutions rivals like Cisco and Tandberg offer.
2009-11-18
At the GSM Association's Mobile Asia Congress, China Mobile's CEO says his company is still in talks with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Chinese market.
2009-11-17
The Pirate Bay shuts down its BitTorrent tracker, opting instead for a more decentralized approach.
2009-11-17
Faced with the possibility of coming up short on the necessary shareholder support for its $3 billion bid for Tandberg, Cisco is upping its offer to $3.4 billion. Cisco says the offer is a final one, and has pushed the deadline for getting 90 percent shareholder support to Dec. 1. Cisco said this will be the final offer for the video conferencing company. The video conferencing space is heating up, as illustrated by Logitech’s announcement Nov. 10 that it is buying LifeSize for $405 million.
2009-11-17
Twitter said it is bringing multimedia messaging to the U.K. with the help of France Telecom-owned Orange UK, allowing users to send pictures to their friends. Users can send picture messages (MMS) thanks to Snapshot, a special Website that automatically posts the link directly to Twitter in a tweet and allow followers to add comments. Users can take a photo with their Orange mobile phone, select "send via MMS" or "send multimedia message" and send it to 86444. Twitter users will soon be able to tweet to each other via their TV sets while watching football, news, entertainment shows and films.
2009-11-17
The ubiquitous social networking site Facebook becomes further ingrained in the cultural consciousness as "unfriend" is selected by the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year.
2009-11-17
A virtual meeting platform from 6Connex helps cost-conscious businesses set up conferences and organize the promotion and marketing of products and solutions.
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Sure, the developer preview is rough. But Google Wave's innovative collaboration metaphor, its customizability and its potential as a protocol make it compelling as a next-gen productivity tool.
In its current, developer preview form, Google Wave doesn't live up to the hype that has surrounded it since its announcement. But, based on eWEEK Labs' tests, the collaboration platform could be leveraged by inventive developers to provide a new level of Web 2.0 engagement.
Xobni Plus--the paid service upgrade to the free Xobni--provides advanced search, indexing and filtering capabilities that allow users to work more efficiently in Microsoft Outlook.
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.
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