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Apple has released its iOS 8 operating system with a full array of new capabilities and new features, but you might want to wait before installing it on your devices. As with all new major software packages, early adopters can run into glitches that later users might not experience. The company is calling this the […]

Apple has been under a great deal of scrutiny in light of the iCloud celebrity picture hacking attack. In response, the company has tightened security by enforcing two-factor authentication for iCloud access. With two-factor authentication, a second password is required in order to log into a site or service. While Apple has offered two-factor authentication […]

Microsoft recently released iOS, Android and Windows apps for Dynamics NAV, its enterprise resource planning software platform for small and midsize businesses. The new tablet-optimized Dynamics NAV applications have snuck onto the Apple App Store, Google Play and Windows Store. More SMBs have been adopting tablets for their productivity-boosting benefits, according to a survey from […]

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones have set a new Apple record, with more than 4 million devices being preordered in advance of their initial release. This has caused the company to advise customers that many devices won’t be delivered until October due to overwhelming demand. In addition to U.S. customers, smartphone buyers […]

Recently released court documents show that Yahoo resisted the U.S. government’s initial attempts to force it to comply with the National Security Agency’s PRISM program back in 2008. Details in the documents claim that Yahoo was threatened with a $250,000-a-day fine for failing to comply with PRISM. Under PRISM, bulk metadata from Americans’ communications is […]

T-Mobile recently unveiled new initiatives to give customers the ability to make mobile calls using WiFi networks almost anywhere around the world. Customers would also get free texting, messaging and voice mail services on domestic airline flights that are served by Gogo. CEO and President John Legere stated that his company wants to let customers […]

Intel executives recently launched the Core M processor, a 14-nanometer chip based on the Intel’s “Broadwell” architecture. Five days later, they’re already turning their attention to the Core M’s successor, another 14nm processor codenamed “Skylake.” At the Intel Developer Forum 2014, CEO Brian Krzanich and other executives showed off a notebook powered by a Skylake […]

While the Apple Watch is the first entirely new Apple product in four years, it wasn’t necessarily the most important announcement the company made at its media event Sept. 9 in Cupertino, Calif. That distinction goes to Apple Pay, a new electronic payment service that has the potential to reduce credit card security problems. Apple […]

Microsoft has rolled out a series of changes to its MSN.com homepage which it says are designed to meet the needs of the “mobile-first, cloud-first world”. The new site is aimed to encourage personalization, and includes a “services stripe” below the navigation bar, which allows users to access their OneDrive or other apps quickly, as […]

Verizon has been fined $7.4 million for violating the privacy rights of about 2 million new customers by using their personal information to market services to them without first informing them of their right to opt out. The Federal Communications Commission explained that this is the largest fine ever levied regarding privacy issues involving the […]