Monthly Archives: April 2013
Google Wins FTC Award for Robocall Prevention Technology
Google has won an FTC Technology Achievement Award from government regulators who are seeking better technologies to fight annoying, illegal robocalls that harass consumers...
iPhone 5S Must Launch Summer 2013: 10 Reasons Why
Apple is reportedly planning to launch its next smartphone, the iPhone 5S, during the summer. The smartphone, which Apple has not even confirmed exists,...
Apple ‘iTV’ to Feature ‘iRing,’ Be Compatible With ‘iWatch’
Apple is widely expected to enter the television market this year and, if history is any gauge, to reinvent it entirely.Topeka Capital analyst Brian...
AT&T Hackathon to Create Mobile Apps That Help Relieve Autism
AT&T and Autism Speaks plan to hold a hackathon to encourage developers to build apps that help autistic people and raise awareness for the...
BlackBerry Users Now Get Free WiFi on Domestic Delta Flights
In keeping with the "Keep Moving" marketing message attached to its new Z10 smartphone handset, BlackBerry is creating a presence in major U.S. airports—and...
Broadband, 4G Opening the Network Fast Lane to Consumers, Enterprises
It was only a generation ago that an AT&T Bell System monopoly—which had stifled telecommunication innovation for 40 years because it set the standards...
DHS, FBI Warn of Denial-of-Service Attacks on Emergency Telephone Systems
Federal authorities have issued a warning to emergency services call centers to be wary of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks.TDoS attacks attempt to flood telephone...
Verizon Kicks Off $10 Million Powerful Answers Award Contest
NEW YORK—Verizon Communications wants to leverage its world-class network and considerable capital to "address the world's biggest problems," Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said during...
Microsoft: Users Spend 2 Billion Minutes a Day on Skype
Microsoft released some statistics that provide further insight into why the software titan forked over $8.5 billion for Skype in 2011. It's a lesson...
Modern BPM: 10 New-Generation Applications
Updating and Maintaining a Server Farm
When data center managers need to apply software updates or patches across a large number of servers, the order...