Monthly Archives: November 2011
Why I Want a Provisional Follow
As it stands today, unfriending or unfollowing someone on one of my social networks seems akin to breaking up with a high school sweetheart....
Samsung No. 1 Until iPhone 4S Kicks In: IDC
Samsung grabbed the No. 1 worldwide smartphone position from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), selling over 23 million units in the third quarter for the first time...
Surge in Global Cyber-Spying Implicates All the Usual Suspects
The call for a radio interview was fairly routine. For whatever reason, I get calls from time to time from radio stations asking for...
Barnes and Noble’s Nook vs. Apple’s iPad
NEW YORK - During Barnes & Noble's Nov. 7 unveiling of its new Nook Tablet, CEO William Lynch stood before dozens of assembled media...
Amazon Kindle Fire Scares Competitors: 10 Reasons Why
When Barnes & Noble showed off its new Nook Tablet, the company had one goal in mind: Make all those folks who preordered the...
Bug in Juniper Router Firmware Update Causes Massive Internet Outage
A bug in a firmware update for Juniper routers may have been responsible for a widespread outage throughout North America and Europe on Nov....
Amazon Challenges Google Shopper With Flow AR App
Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web application business A9.com Nov. 2 launched a free iPhone application that leverages augmented reality to make it easier for consumers to...
Mobile Data Traffic Growth Driven by Video: Ericsson Report
A report from mobile phone manufacturer Ericsson says mobile data traffic will grow 10-fold between 2011 and 2016, driven mainly by video, noting mobile...
Recovery-as-a-Service Growing Among Midmarket Companies: Gartner
By 2014, 30 percent of midsize companies will have adopted recovery-in-the-cloud, also known as recovery-as-a-service (RaaS), to support IT operations recovery, up from just...
Small Business Hiring Declines for Fourth Month: CBIZ
The October CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI), a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, further decreased by 1.28...