Monthly Archives: October 2013
IBM, Semtech Team Up to Boost Internet of Things
IBM and Semtech, a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, have announced a significant advancement in wireless technology that could benefit the Internet of...
Best Buy to Offer $100 Toward iPhone Purchase? News to Them
Best Buy is said to have a special offer planned for customers interested in purchasing an iPhone 5S or 5C—bring in any old smartphone...
Huawei: No Big Acquisitions Coming Up
Giant Chinese IT vendor Huawei Technologies reportedly will spend the next several years focusing on its management structure and growing the business rather than...
As BlackBerry Layoffs Continue, Apple Hires Away Top Talent
Apple held a job fair Sept. 26, approximately 10 miles from the Waterloo, Ontario, campus of struggling rival BlackBerry, according to the Financial Post."Most...
Contract-Free Wireless Carriers: Seven That Set Themselves Apart
Contract-Free Wireless Carriers: Seven That Set Themselves Apart
by Michelle Maisto
Brightspot From Target Makes Its Debut
On Oct. 7, Target introduced Brightspot, a new contract-free wireless...
Unisys Stealth for Mobile Protects Devices From Cyber-Threats
Unisys announced the availability of its Stealth for Mobile platform, which enables secure access from data centers to the applications on mobile devices.The offering...
IBM Research Launches New Big Data Lab
IBM Research has opened a new lab focused specifically on big data.On Oct. 10, IBM announced the Accelerated Discovery Lab, a new collaborative environment...
Bitdefender GravityZone-in-a-Box Platform Offers Security for SMBs
Anti-malware solutions specialist Bitdefender announced the release of GravityZone-in-a-Box, a consolidated management platform designed to protect and improve performance for small to midsize businesses...
Mobile Malware Issues Persist as Devices Remain Exposed
More than 80 percent of the total enterprise- and consumer-owned smartphone device base is expected to remain unprotected through 2013, despite a steadily increasing...
Facebook to Remove Search-by-Name Opt-Out Function
Facebook announced Oct. 10 that it will soon delete an old privacy setting that enables users to opt out of its internal search by...