Monthly Archives: July 2013
eWEEK TweetChat July 10: Building Companies on Cloud Services
On Wednesday, July 10 at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKnews will host its seventh Tweetchat event. The topic will be "Building—or...
Facebook Graph Search Is Headed to Your Account
Facebook is about to undergo a major change. The company announced July 8 that it's readying to roll out the Graph Search function that...
Michael Dell Gets Backing of ISS in $24.4 Billion Bid to Buy Company
Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion bid to buy his namesake company and take it private received a significant boost July 8 when the influential Institutional...
Microsoft Cloud Partners Nearly Double Profits, Growth: Study
HOUSTON – Microsoft maintains that partners selling hybrid cloud-based solutions benefit from higher gross profit, more new customers, higher revenue per employee and faster...
Google Maps Explores Monticello, Ancient Ruins, Great Architecture
Software developers are regularly finding new, interesting ways of using Google Maps APIs to highlight and document intriguing places around the globe, and we...
MIT Immersion Project Reveals What NSA’s PRISM Program Knows
When I first heard about the National Security Agency's PRISM operation at a conference in Washington, D.C., it wasn't clear just how significant that...
Large European Retailer Uses IBM Big Data Analytics Cloud Suite
IBM recently announced that wehkamp.nl, one of the Netherlands' largest online retailers, will use IBM cloud-based merchandising analytics to manage markdown pricing to better...
Google Earth Adds 3D Images, Mobile Street View Capabilities
Google Earth has received a fresh update of 3D images showing more than 50 cities and towns in the United States, while version 7.1...
Fujitsu IaaS Platform Can Configure Physical Servers On Demand
Fujitsu Laboratories officials say they have developed a platform for physical servers in cloud environments that can be installed and configured in 10 minutes,...
Microsoft Plans Critical Windows Security Patches
Microsoft is planning to patch several critical vulnerabilities next week for Patch Tuesday, including a Windows vulnerability that recently sparked a debate regarding responsible...