Monthly Archives: March 2013
Huawei Network Security Becomes Issue in Sprint Softbank Merger
To say that government officials in Washington, D.C., are paranoid about Chinese spies would be incorrect. After all, as the saying goes, it's not...
Google’s Latest Android Language Translator App Works Offline
Google is making it easier for users to employ language-translation services on their mobile devices, even when they don't have access to an Internet...
HTC One Receives Lowest iFixit Repair Score to Date
The HTC One and the BlackBerry Z10 offer a study in contrasts. Just ask repair site iFixit, which recently disassembled the two smartphones, both...
Picking Cloud Platforms: What Is Right for Your Business?
What's the right cloud for your business? Keep it all on premise? Build a hybrid? Take the big leap and put it all on...
Google Begins Same-Day Delivery Service in San Francisco
Google is launching a test of a new service that allows online shoppers in the San Francisco Bay Area to make purchases online and...
Smartphone Users Check Facebook 14 Times Daily: IDC
Smartphones, coupled with rich applications and mobile data services, allow us to connect with our families, friends and community from the moment we wake...
Windows 8 Certification Change Favors Mini Tablet Designs
A smaller Surface tablet may be in the works. That is, if Microsoft decides to exploit new Windows 8 certification changes that the company...
Tasktop’s SLI Could Be Something Really Special for Developers
I was looking for something special to write about for enterprise developers, and I think Tasktop Technologies' Software Lifecycle Integration (SLI) announcement from EclipseCon...
Lenovo in Talks to Buy NEC’s Mobile Phone Unit: Report
PC maker Lenovo, which has been rumored to have an interest in buying embattled smartphone maker BlackBerry, reportedly is in discussions with NEC to...
Amazon Buys Goodreads, Giving Members Voice on E-Readers
Amazon has announced that it is buying Goodreads, a book-recommendations site with 15 million opinionated members who have posted more than 21 million reviews.The...