Nathan Eddy

Cisco has unveiled Instant Connect, a push-to-talk (PTT) offering that allows a group of mobile users to communicate using enterprise networks and includes enhanced capabilities beyond two-way PTT mobile radio handsets. The Instant Connect system supports Cisco wireless IP phones and touch-screen Android mobile devices for group and private PTT conversations and is delivered using […]

The second quarter was notable for Google Android security—but not in a good way, according to the findings of a new study. Android-based malware threats rose 35 percent—a growth rate not seen since early 2012, according to a report from McAfee Labs. The continued proliferation of SMS-stealing banking malware, fraudulent dating and entertainment apps, weaponized […]

More than one-quarter (28 percent) of the top 100 applications available from Apple’s App Store and Google Play still don’t have a privacy policy, and among other areas for improvement are ways mobile apps can present privacy information in a more consumer-friendly way, according to an analysis into how the top 100 free mobile applications […]

The popular keyboard app SwiftKey has finally ended its period of beta testing and is now available to all users of Google Android devices, and SwiftKey Cloud will be part of SwiftKey 4.2, a free update for existing users. As part of the promotion for the release, SwiftKey will be half off for new users, […]

Cloud security specialist Panda Security announced the availability of a range of retail solutions for a variety of operating systems, including Panda Global Protection 2014, Panda Internet Security 2014 and Panda Antivirus Pro 2014. The main innovations included in Panda Security’s 2014 Retail range of solutions include multi-platform protection offered by Panda Global Protection 2014 […]

New Jersey Joins New York, California as Top Tech Jobs Market by Nathan Eddy New Jersey Takes the Lead on Growth Through the first half of the year, New Jersey added 5 percent more tech positions, or 3,600 jobs, topping the list of the fastest-growing states. Massachusetts Lands in Second Place More tech jobs have […]

Federal agencies and taxpayers benefit from a mobile federal workforce, but outdated infrastructure hinders mobile potential and productivity gains, according to the results of a survey by MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT. The study, underwritten by data and storage networking solutions specialist Brocade, indicated federal employees are taking […]

Most companies do nothing or call manually to discover whether their customer service systems are delivering superior service, according to an Empirix-sponsored LinkedIn survey of more than 1,000 international technical professionals. The survey found that 20 percent of companies adding new technology to their customer contact centers either wait for customers to complain, pray or […]

To defend against specialized threats such as financial and intellectual property theft through malware, a new segment of products has emerged that leverage a variety of technologies above and beyond signature-based defenses, which research firm IDC has dubbed Specialized Threat Analysis and Protection (STAP). The worldwide market for STAP solutions is forecast to have a […]

Half of small- and midsize-business (SMB) owners say they employ staff without a college degree, and more than 60 percent notice no difference in performance among staff with varying education levels, according to a survey of nearly 1,000 SMB owners by online small business support community Manta. However, small-business owners themselves are an educated group. […]

Due to the increased hype around smart machines, cognitive computing and the Internet of Things, Gartner has made the evolving relationship between humans and machines the key theme in its Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report for 2013. That the relationship is being redefined through emerging technologies, narrowing the divide between humans and machines, analysts […]

Although Android is widespread in the mobile space, the operating system’s application ecosystem has not reached its potential. Google needs to encourage greater numbers of developers to invest in delivering high-quality Android tablet apps quickly to avoid disappointing consumers with weak app experiences in the short term, according to Canalys’ App Interrogator research. “Quite simply, […]