Monthly Archives: September 2012
Google Maps First: Panoramic Underwater Images of World’s Reefs
For the first time, Google Maps is adding underwater panoramic images of spectacular reefs around the world to the extensive and growing library of...
Tibco Designs Tibbr 4.0 to Be More Than Just Facebook for the Office
Tibco Software says its experience as a provider of business process management applications gives its enterprise social media platform, tibbr, an advantage over other...
Google Play Store Hits 25 Billion Downloads
The Google Play store may have come on the scene much later than Apple's App Store, but it's apparently wasting no time capturing the...
Cisco Buys ThinkSmart For Location Analytics for WiFi Networks
Cisco Systems is buying startup ThinkSmart Technologies, whose location analytics technology will enable enterprises and service providers to better understand what is going on...
Barnes & Noble Nook HD, Nook HD+ Are Thin, Lightweight
Bookseller Barnes & Noble isn’t resting in the face of renewed competition from other e-reader manufacturers with the release of the 7-inch Nook HD...
Tablets Are Fastest-Growing Portion of Connected Devices: IDC
Smartphone, tablet and PC sales, when looked at together, are on the rise. And while smartphone numbers now dominate the three, tablets are the...
Xerox Launches MFP, Color Printers for Small Businesses
Print services specialist Xerox announced the launch of a variety of multifunction printers (MFPs) aimed at the small to medium-size business (SMB) market, including...
Panasonic Upgrades Semi-Rugged Toughbook 53 Notebook
With many computer manufacturers focusing on making the lightest, thinnest and potentially most damage-prone notebooks on the market, Panasonic is going in the other...
Toshiba Launches Its First Hybrid Drive for Notebooks
A recent trend in notebook and desktop computers has involved the dual-drive PC, in which the portable device uses both a NAND flash solid-state...
IBM CEO Virginia Rometty Named Big Blue Chairman
IBM’s board of directors has elected Virginia M. Rometty chairman of the board, effective Oct. 1, expanding her role as head of the company.Rometty...