Monthly Archives: May 2014
Google Same-Day Delivery Service Now in NYC, West LA
Google is now delivering online purchases directly to shoppers in two more U.S. metro areas as it expands its Google Shopping Express services to...
Google Disputes Report Valuing Google Glass Components at $80
When a Google Glass device is broken down to its essence, the component parts reportedly total about $80, which is far less than the...
Microsoft’s First U.S. Innovation Center Comes to Miami
Microsoft is setting up shop in downtown Miami to engage with area startups and expand the tech titan's reach into Latin America.Sanket Akerkar, vice...
Daily Tech Briefing: May 5, 2014
An Android smartphone owner filed a lawsuit filed on May 1 against Google in federal court in San Jose, California. The suit is over...
10 Ways Amazon Keeps Pushing the Innovation Envelope
10 Ways Amazon Keeps Pushing the Innovation Envelope
by Don Reisinger
Drone Development
Amazon late last year showed off its plans for drones. Dubbed Amazon Prime Air,...
Microsoft Acquires Cloud HPC Company GreenButton
Microsoft has acquired GreenButton, a New Zealand-based cloud specialist, boosting the high-performance computing (HPC) capabilities of the software giant's massive Azure cloud platform.Mike Neil,...
Amazon Lets Users Add Items to Cart from Twitter Feed
Amazon has introduced #AmazonCart, a Twitter-entwined solution that makes it still simpler for consumers to make purchases from its site, while potentially also lassoing...
IBM Showcases Cloud Marketplace, ‘Composable Business’ at Impact 2014
IBM Showcases Cloud Marketplace, 'Composable Business' at Impact 2014
By Darryl K. Taft
Addressing Shifts in the Market
As the world moves to more of a mobile-first,...
EMC Launches New Hybrid Cloud Appliance at EMC World
LAS VEGAS—EMC, which has owned the storage hardware and software market for the last decade but faces stiff challenges as enterprise-level cloud storage services...
Nokia Announces $100 Million Connected Car Investment Fund
Nokia, no longer a smartphone maker, has created a $100 million Connected Car fund that will identify and invest in innovations that will be...