Monthly Archives: April 2013
FCC Requests 2014 Budget of $359 Million
The Federal Communications Commission, weeks ahead of Chairman Julius Genachowski's planned departure, has submitted its 2014 budget, which requests $359.3 million to "carry out...
Google’s Gmail Begins Its 10th Year of Free Email Service
Google's Gmail just turned 9 years old and, to celebrate its birthday, Google has put together a timeline to highlight its evolution and some...
IBM Fellows of 2013 Include Experts in Data Analytics, Supercomputers
IBM Fellows of 2013 Include Experts in Data Analytics, Supercomputers
by Darryl K. Taft
50 Years Ago Thomas Watson Jr. Announced the First Class of IBM...
HP CEO Whitman: Autonomy Still in Our Future
Hewlett-Packard's $11.3 billion acquisition of software maker Autonomy may have become an expensive headache for the tech giant, but CEO Meg Whitman reportedly sees...
Nearly Half of U.S. Teens Own an iPhone: Piper Jaffray
The Apple iPhone appears to be the smartphone of choice among American teenagers, with nearly half (48 percent) of U.S. teens owning the device...
iPhone App for Vision Tests Gains FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved use of the MyVisionTrack iPhone app from Vital Art and Science (VAS), an ophthalmic medical device...
Deutsche Telekom Bends to Pressure from MetroPCS Shareholders
Deutsche Telekom has made a concession to MetroPCS shareholders, ahead of their April 12 vote on whether to agree on a merger with Deutsche...
Facebook, Webroot Expand Security Partnership
Cloud-based security intelligence solutions specialist Webroot announced that it is extending its partnership with Facebook to provide the social network's expansive base of international...
Aruba Offers Improved Device, App Control for BYOD Environments
Aruba Networks is looking to help businesses deal with the growing bring-your-own-device trend by adding device and application management capabilities to the vendor’s network...
SMBs Turn to Smartphones, Tablets to Run Their Business
More than one in three small business owners (36 percent) use three or more mobile devices to run their business, according to a survey...