Monthly Archives: May 2016
Maryland Resort Cleans Up With Optii Mobile Housekeeping App
I was sitting next to Catherine Blieka, product and client services manager for Optii Solutions, as we watched Donna Gallyon schedule the housekeeping staff...
FCC Approves Order to Reform Business Data Services
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comment on a new regulatory framework that will affect wireless networks and services—and that has the...
Google Keyboard 5.0 Supports Multiple New Features, Languages
Google has updated its Android keyboard application with several new features designed to improve usability and accessibility.The new Google Keyboard 5.0 represents a major...
Where EMC Is Investing in Storage, Cloud Innovation
LAS VEGAS—When the news came Oct. 11 that Dell was going to spend upwards of $67 billion to acquire EMC and its far-ranging IT...
Microsoft Acquires European IoT Specialist Solair
Microsoft has acquired Solair, an Italian provider of Internet of things (IoT) technology services, for an undisclosed amount.Sam George, partner director at Microsoft Azure...
Sprint Still Losing Lots of Money but Improving Slowly
Sprint, which has consistently been losing large amounts of money for a decade, may have just seen some daylight in its fourth-quarter and full-year...
Old Microsoft Office Exploits Still Wreaking Havoc
New research published May 3 by SophosLabs reveals that even while attackers continue to design custom-tailored lures to exploit users, the inconvenient truth is...
Qualcomm SDK to Bring Deep Learning to Mobile Devices
Today's topics include Qualcomm’s inclusion of its Neural Processing Engine SDK in smartphones and other devices, the release date for Microsoft SQL Server 2016,...
EMC Introduces Own Version of Copy Data Management
LAS VEGAS—Big EMC has taken a tip from a much smaller Boston-based company, Actifio, and come out with its own version of a product...
Microsoft’s OneNote Lassos Content on iPad
Microsoft has released a smattering of new features for its OneNote app aimed at helping users better organize their notes.In the iOS version of...