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Microsoft Band 2 Update Urges Users to Get Moving
Just in time for the holidays, Microsoft has added new features to its Band 2 wearable that could boost its appeal to fitness buffs...
IBM, Novo Nordisk Team on Watson-Based Diabetes Care Solution
Novo Nordisk and IBM’s Watson Health unit announced that the two organizations will work together to create diabetes care solutions built on the Watson...
Cyber-Scammers Step Up Volume of Robocall Schemes During Holidays
Today's call came the same way it has almost daily for the last couple of weeks. Shortly after I got to my desk, the...
Verizon to Let Companies Pay to Provide Free Mobile Data to Customers
Verizon is starting a pilot project that will allow its customers to stream online video or music content without having to use up the...
Google Announces Beta of Second-Gen Managed MySQL Service
Four years after launching its Cloud SQL managed MySQL database service, Google on Dec. 10 announced the beta availability of what it described as...
Hitachi Wrapping IoT in Social Innovation
Hitachi Ltd. in one form or another has been making Internet of things (IoT) devices for the past several years, according to Sara Gardner,...
Microsoft Accelerates Azure Backups
In August, Microsoft massively increased the capacity limits on its Azure Backup data protection offering. Now, the Redmond, Wash., software and cloud services provider...
Microsoft Releases Cortana for iOS, Android, CyanogenMod
Today's topics include Microsoft extending digital assistant Cortana's reach, AT&T adding 38 metro areas to its GigPower High-Speed Network, Samsung seeking new business revenues...
77,000 Steam Gaming Accounts Are Hijacked Each Month
Gaming vendor Valve is admitting that it has a problem with account theft in its Steam gaming community and is now taking steps to...
Apple Products Outshine Windows, Android in Enterprises, Survey Shows
Apple Products Outshine Windows, Android in Enterprises, Survey Shows
This slide show looks at how enterprises are embracing Apple computer products, and why IT professionals...