Monthly Archives: April 2016
Amazon Offering $8.99-a-Month Stand-Alone Streaming Video Plans
Amazon is beginning to sell $8.99-a-month stand-alone streaming video subscriptions as it moves to increase its presence in the streaming movie marketplace against competitors,...
Ericsson Launches HD Video Processing Across All Platforms
Ericsson, the 140-year-old Swedish technology conglomerate that continues to reinvent itself every couple of generations, made news on three fronts April 18 at the...
LinkedIn Students App Aims to Help College Grads Find Jobs
LinkedIn has launched its first LinkedIn Students app that is custom-built to assist U.S.-based college students and new grads in finding interesting jobs that...
Personalized Navigation Comes to Microsoft Sway
Sway, Microsoft's Web- and mobile-optimized presentation software, now puts users in control.A recent update allows users to select a viewing experience that suits their...
Global iPhone Shipments Down 43.8% in Q1, Report Finds
Worldwide smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2016 fell by 18.6 percent to 292 million devices compared with the fourth quarter of 2015,...
IBM Takes the Lead in App Dev for Hybrid Cloud: Ovum
Industry research firm Ovum gave IBM high marks for its software development capabilities for building hybrid cloud applications. Other industry watchers agree with this...
Intel to Announce Significant Job Cuts in April: Reports
Today's topics include reports that Intel is preparing for job cuts later in the month, news that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been...
Microsoft Edge Users Can Now Make Skype Calls Without Plug-In
Windows 10 users can now make Skype calls from Microsoft Edge, no plug-in required.Microsoft announced a new preview of Skype video calling on its...
Cricket Wireless Unveils $70 Unlimited Data Prepaid Smartphone Plan
Cricket Wireless customers who need more data than their existing 2.5GB, 5GB or 10GB monthly no-contract, prepaid calling plans can now get an unlimited...
10 Reasons for Moving to a Converged Data Platform
10 Reasons for Moving to a Converged Data Platform
From better insights into data to improved administration and security, a converged data platform offers a...