Monthly Archives: February 2013
Google Awards $4.4 Million for Greater Internet Access Across Africa
Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, is presenting $4.4 million to two groups that will use the funds to get some 1 billion people who don't...
Microsoft Rolls Out New Office 365 Business Editions
Microsoft officially released three new business-flavored versions of its Office 365 product in a bid to thwart the cloud-based competition. And according to the...
Nexenta Names New CEO, Adds $24M in Funding
Nexenta Systems, which has been doing software-defined storage since before the industry heard the term, has a lot going on this week.In addition to...
Google Updates Spell Check in Latest Chrome Browser Beta
Google's Chrome Web browser is getting an improved spell checker to make work inside the browser easier and more accurate.The improvement is debuting in...
Tizen Gains Support of NTT Docomo, Orange, Huawei
Orange and NTT Docomo plan to "commercialize" Tizen-running devices, the Tizen Association said from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Barcelona, Spain.The organization...
Video Conferencing Revenue Drops, but IDC Analysts Are Optimistic
Revenue in the worldwide video conferencing equipment market continued to decline in the fourth quarter of 2012, though there are growing reasons for optimism...
IBM Smarter Commerce Gives LabelSneak Big Data Boost
LAS VEGAS – IBM announced a collaborative arrangement with LabelSneak, a small online retailer of discounted designer menswear that is using IBM Smarter Commerce...
IBM, Cheesecake Factory Team on Big Data Analytics
LAS VEGAS -- IBM announced that The Cheesecake Factory is using IBM big data analytics to help deliver the highest quality experience to its...
BlackBerry BBM Mobile Payment Service Launches in Test Market
BlackBerry is testing out a new payments feature tied to its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) feature in hopes that the offering will increase user...
Mobile Device Users Move to Tablets, Smartphones for Web Access: MWC
BARCELONA, Spain-- At Mobile World Congress, mobile advertising network specialist InMobi presented the results of its comprehensive global Mobile Media Consumption survey, which found...