Monthly Archives: January 2014
Digital Health Funding Tops $1.9 Billion in 2013
Digital health funding surpassed $1.9 billion in 2013, up 39 percent compared with the previous year and more than doubling since 2011, according to...
Microsoft Advances C# With the M# Language
Microsoft is working on a new high-level systems programming language known as M# (pronounced "M Sharp") that aims to deliver type safety and performance.In...
NSA Sifted Crash Dump Data in Search of App Vulnerabilities: Report
A key tool in hunting down and fixing application bugs has reportedly been used by the National Security Agency as a way to remotely...
Windows 8 Surpasses 10 Percent Market Share
Windows 8 crossed a big milestone in December 2013 by capturing more than 10 percent of the desktop operating system market.More than a full...
FireEye Acquires Mandiant, Ups the Ante in Cyber-Security
New-gen cyber-security software maker FireEye revealed Jan. 2 that it has acquired privately held endpoint security provider Mandiant in a cash-and-stock transaction.Under the terms...
Google Opens Glass Availability to Google Music All Access Users
Google is once again expanding the availability of early Google Glass units to more users by sending emailed invitations to some subscribers of the...
Android Seeks to Inspire Beautiful App Designs
Google is again sharing a new collection of what it sees as beautiful app designs to help Android app developers integrate more creativity and...
Microsoft’s Project Siena Enables App Creation With No Programming
Microsoft has added a new entry to the list of existing tools aimed at empowering business users to create applications without writing code: Project...
Forrester: US Will Drive IT Spending in 2014
The United States will lead the way in a global technology market that will see 5.5 percent growth in 2014, though it will still...
Google Shutting Down Bump Just 4 Months After Acquisition
Google is discontinuing the Bump data transfer app in the Google Play store only four months after the company acquired Bump in a $40...