Monthly Archives: December 2011
Cisco Centralizes Cloud Strategy With CloudVerse Initiative
Cisco Systems, in an effort to centralize access to its cloud-system-provisioning business in an escalating battle for telco customers with its competitors, on Dec....
Facebook Security Flaw Exposed Users, Zuckerberg’s Private Photos
Some Facebook users gleefully exploited a security flaw in Facebook's mechanism for reporting inappropriate or offensive images posted on the social networking site to...
Apple’s iPad Sales Dinged by Amazon Kindle Fire: Analyst
Amazon's Kindle Fire will contribute to reduced iPad sales in December, according to a new analyst report."With our expectations for a new iPad launch...
Motorola Droid Xyboard Tablets Run Honeycomb on Verizon
Seeking to redeem itself after its first Android tablet failed to gain traction, Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) has again teamed up with Verizon Wireless...
Google Wallet: Five Serious Problems and Five Ways to Fix Them
When the Samsung Galaxy Nexus launches later this month on Verizon Wireless' network, don't expect the device to come withGoogle Wallet support. According to...
Asus Tablet Report Hints at Windows 8 Push
Asus is expecting to ship about 6 million tablet PCs in 2012, according to a new report in DigiTimes.That's a significant rise from 2011,...
Kindle Fire: King of the Android Tablet Market
Despite some certain usability hiccups, the 7-inch Amazon Kindle Fire tablet could rack up as much as 50 percent of the market for tablets...
EMC Survey: Only One-Third of Companies Making Effective Use of Data
EMC announced its findings from a global survey of the data science community, which showed that only one-third of the companies polled are making...
Qualcomm Launches Mobile Health Company, New Cloud Medical Data Platform
Qualcomm has announced it will form a new subsidiary, called Qualcomm Life, to manage the development of the company's mobile health platforms.The new company,...
HP Acquires Web-to-Print Specialist Hiflex
Hewlett-Packard announced the acquisition of Hiflex Software, a privately held software solutions provider specializing in Web-to-print and management information systems solutions for printing services.Financial...