Monthly Archives: June 2014
Xamarin Offers Developers Same-Day Support for Amazon Fire Phone
Xamarin, a maker of cross-platform development tools for mobile app builders, announced that its platform supports the new Amazon Fire Phone.Xamarin's tools empower more...
Google Announces Winners of 2014 Google Ph.D. Fellowships
Google has announced the names of 38 graduate students from around the world who have been selected as the winners of the 2014 Google...
10 Essential Attributes of the Latest IT Management Tools
10 Essential Attributes of the Latest IT Management Tools
By Chris Preimesberger
Automation
Troubleshooting frequently includes tasks that are performed manually. Automation eliminates those boring, repetitive tasks...
Mobile Video Consumption Continues to Grow, With iOS Dominant
Tablet viewers spent more than three-quarters of their time (77 percent) watching videos of at least 10 minutes in length, and while the majority...
FitLinxx Adds Mobile Features to Activity Tracker
Enterprise-focused health and wellness technology provider FitLinxx announced its Pebble+ activity tracker now offers the capability of offloading exercise and activity information to Apple...
Cloud Computing Adoption Grows, but Hurdles Remain
Nearly half of organizations are using the cloud to fuel revenue generation or new product creation, according to a survey of 1,358 respondents conducted...
Brazil Celebrates Soccer’s World Cup by Painting Its Streets
Brazil Celebrates Soccer's World Cup by Painting Its Streets
By Todd R. Weiss
Natal, Brazil
With colorful streamers above and painted flags and other designs laid out...
Supreme Court Narrowly Limits Business Method Software Patents
The U.S. Supreme Court's long-anticipated decision on an important software patent case turned out to be something less than many hoped, but it is...
Ancestry.com Is Latest Victim of DDoS Attack: Who’s Next?
The popular Ancestry.com genealogy Website was impacted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that started at 2:30 p.m. PT on June 16 and was...
Microsoft Helps Produce Pants That Charge Smartphones
Microsoft is taking an unconventional approach to wearable tech compared to its rivals.Google has Google Glass, the company's app-enabled smart glasses technology. Samsung offers...