Monthly Archives: November 2013
Android Devices Push Tablet Market to Growth in Q3: IDC
A host of Google Android-powered devices helped drive the worldwide tablet market to another quarter of strong growth this year, with research firm IDC...
Mobility a Top Priority for Businesses, but Hurdles Remain
Mobility is a top priority for businesses, which believe it to be the greatest factor in helping organizations gain a competitive advantage, according to...
Health IT Industry a Major Player in Mobile Workforce Management
The number of users of smartphone-based workforce management services in Europe and North America is forecasted to grow from 0.8 million in 2012 at...
IBM Assists in Creation of New Breast Cancer Drug Delivery System
IBM announced that its researchers have been instrumental in the creation of a new drug delivery mechanism to fight breast cancer.Scientists from IBM and...
Should Facebook Buy BlackBerry and Build Its Own Phone?
Facebook's finally a hot financial item. The world's largest social network, which went public in May 2012 only to see a serious drop in...
Google Refining Flu Spread Methodology as Flu Season Approaches
Since 2008, Google has been looking annually at influenza infection statistics around the world and creating models to estimate how serious flu outbreaks are...
Backlash Against NSA’s Google, Yahoo Surveillance Gains Momentum
The backlash against the surveillance and data-gathering activities of the National Security Agency gathered momentum the week of Oct. 25 with more calls for...
Oracle, Google, Red Hat Come to Rescue of Faulty Obamacare Site
Google, Oracle and Red Hat are coming to the rescue of Healthcare.gov, the ailing government-hosted Website where Americans can sign up for the health...
Microsoft, Tech Giants Weigh In on U.S. Spying
Microsoft and other big tech companies, still reeling from allegations that they help facilitate National Security Agency (NSA) spying, have joined together to voice...
Web Security, Social Media Angst Challenge 50-Plus Age Group
Adults ages 50 to 75 are spending a great deal of time online these days—an average of five hours a day, a new study...