Monthly Archives: April 2016
Facebook Enables Group Calling on Messenger for iOS, Android
Messenger is fast becoming an all-star utility player for Facebook. Every time someone looks up, it seems, the social network introduces a new function...
New Standards Soon to Bring Software-Defined TV to Your Living Room
LAS VEGAS—We are in the age of software-defined everything—networking, storage, infrastructure, data centers. Now get ready for software-defined television. "SD-TV" is not hype. It's...
Shortened URLs Make File Sharing Less Secure, Cornell Researchers Find
Shortened URLs are convenient for sharing long Web addresses in email messages and through social media, but at the same time, pose a privacy...
Microsoft Offering Free Cloud Training Programs for IT Pros
The cloud's transformative effects aren't confined to the data center. IT career paths are also being rerouted as enterprises flock to the cloud.In response,...
AWS’s Cloud Runneth Over With News at Chicago Summit
As FierceCIO sagely described it, "The AWS cloud runneth over" with Amazon Web Services news items April 19 at the AWS Summit in Chicago.The...
IBM Emerging as Cognitive, Cloud Power Amid Transformation
Still in the midst of a massive turnaround, IBM this week announced first quarter earnings that were less than stellar as the technology giant...
EMC’s Q1 Earnings Don’t Quite Stack Up to Projections
EMC, in transition mode while awaiting the final fiscal and legal determinations of its acquisition by Dell, reported Q1 2016 sales and profit numbers...
EU Slaps Google With New Anti-competition Charges
As expected, European officials on Wednesday slapped Google with new anti-competition charges related to its Android operating system, broadening the company's legal battles there...
Global Digital Music Revenue Exceeds CD, Album Sales for First Time
Music sales around the world continued to change dramatically in 2015, with 45 percent of global music sales coming in for digital music, compared...
Skype Bots Chat Up Mac Users
During the Build developer conference last month, Microsoft introduced Skype Bots that enable users to hold conversations with helper applications using the software's text-based...