Monthly Archives: April 2014
Amazon Dash With Voice Recognition Aims to Simplify Home Shopping
Amazon has added the voice-recognition software it first showed off in its Fire TV set-top box to a new home-shopping offering called Dash.The goal...
Daily Tech Briefing: April 7, 2014
Days after BlackBerry announced it would terminate its relationship with T-Mobile, the carrier is reaching out to current BlackBerry users. T-Mobile CEO John Legere...
Death of Window XP Is a Golden Opportunity for Linux
Microsoft's Windows XP dies on April 8, and I will not be among those who mourn its loss. The sad part about the death...
Apple Documents Leave No Doubt Larger iPhones Are Coming
Samsung and Apple are back in court in California, and documents released as part of the patent-infringement trial speak volumes about issues on which...
Qualcomm Intros Fastest 64-Bit Snapdragon Mobile Chips
Qualcomm officials are unveiling the latest editions to its 64-bit Snapdragon mobile chip, calling the 808 and 810 processors the company's fastest yet.The 20-nanometer...
10 Innovative IT Startups Showcase Wares at DEMO 2014
10 Innovative IT Startups Showcase Wares at DEMO 2014
by Chris Preimesberger
Apakau, San Francisco
According to co-founder Fadel Darwish, Apakau is like "Akamai for networks." Whether...
10 Reasons to Pick Amazon Fire TV Over Apple TV
10 Reasons to Pick Amazon Fire TV Over Apple TV
By Don Reisinger
It's Better-Looking
Apple TV is by no means an ugly device, but Fire TV...
Lenovo Buys Mobile Tech Patents From NEC
Lenovo is buying thousands of mobile technology patents from NEC as it looks to expand its smartphone and tablet businesses.Lenovo is purchasing more than...
Smartphone App Helps Cardiac Rehab Patients Improve
Patients who attended cardiac rehabilitation and used a smartphone-based app to record daily measurements such as weight and blood pressure had greater improvements in...
Business Process Outsourcing Must Embrace Technology
The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry has reached a critical inflection point in terms of what clients expect from outsourcing engagements and what providers...