Monthly Archives: October 2014
Microsoft Bundles Bottomless Cloud Storage With Office 365
Customers of Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-enabled productivity software suite, soon won't have to worry about brushing up against their OneDrive storage limits.Microsoft announced in...
SMBs See IoT Potential, Wary of Possible Challenges
Roughly one in four (26 percent) small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and managed services providers (MSPs) expect the Internet of things (IoT)—including multiple devices,...
Fitbit Unveils Its First Smartwatch Fitness Monitor
Fitbit's new Surge smartwatch, which the company announced Oct. 27, is its first venture into the dedicated smartwatch marketplace, bringing Fitbit into more direct...
Why Amazon’s Troubled Fire Phone Failed to Sell
Why Amazon's Troubled Fire Phone Failed to Sell
By Don Reisinger
Exclusive Distribution Deal With AT&T Backfired
When Amazon announced its Fire Phone, it surprised the industry...
ShoreTel Rejects Mitel’s $540 Million Takeover Bid
ShoreTel's board of directors has again rejected rival Mitel's acquisition attempt, calling the $540 million bid inadequate and opportunistic.Mitel officials earlier this month went...
The Internet Dodges Another Bullet With Wget Flaw
A critical flaw in the open-source Wget application that is widely used on Linux and Unix systems for retrieving files has been patched quietly."It...
Digium Debuts Asterisk 13 Open Source Communications Software
Digium, the Asterisk Company, announced the release of Asterisk 13, a production-ready Long Term Support (LTS) release that builds upon the changes made in...
TP-Link Archer C8 Router Features Dual Band Capability
Networking specialist TP-Link announced the launch of the Archer C8 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router, a premium model in the company’s 11AC family,...
CVS, Rite Aid Chains Kill Apple Pay in Favor of Proprietary System
Two national drug store chains, CVS and Rite Aid, have turned off their near-field communication terminals to block the use of Apple Pay just...
FCC Slaps Telcos With $10M Fine for Data Breaches
Whenever there is a data breach, it is usually the attackers that are blamed and deemed responsible. The U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC), however,...