Nathan Eddy

Growing smartphone adoption and broader availability of attractively priced location-based services are key factors for growing usage of mobile navigation apps, and the number of mobile subscribers worldwide using a turn-by-turn navigation app on their handset at least once per month grew from 105 million in 2011 to 150 million in 2012, according to a […]

iPhone Apps to Celebrate Earth Day by Nathan Eddy Get All the Info You Need With Earth Day Guide ($0.99) This app—aimed at offering all you need to know about Earth Day—features a history of the event, news about this year’s celebrations and Earth Day resolutions. Sing Along to Happy Earth Day, Dear Planet (Free) […]

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard and motion control software and hardware specialist Leap Motion announced a collaboration to bring 3D motion control to certain HP devices, starting with Leap’s controller bundled with select HP products and eventually expanding to HP devices embedded with Leap Motion’s technology. Leap’s proprietary technology, invented by company co-founder David Holz, can track […]

In today’s empowered customer world, enterprise software vendors must rethink their value propositions and the experience they deliver, as the converging forces of cloud, social media, mobile and big data have fundamentally altered the enterprise software sales process, according to a survey of around 6,000 U.S. consumers by PwC. The study found customers are more […]

Cyber-Security Needs Spur Job Growth in 10 Tech Industries by Nathan Eddy Online Payment Processing Software Developers Lead the Pack The explosion of smartphones and mobile computing power has driven industry growth over the past five years. These technologies allow consumers to pay for transactions in the store through radio communication. Virtual Data Rooms to […]

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Americans place great value on the availability of free Web content, and appreciate Internet advertising that is tailored to their specific interests, according to a Zogby Analytics survey of 1,000 U.S. adults commissioned by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), a self-regulatory body that promotes transparency and user choice for interest-based ads. More than […]

Toshiba’s digital products division is targeting high-end customers with the launch of its first device in the Kira family, the Kirabook notebook, which sports the company’s high resolution PixelPure display and a lightweight and compact design engineered with pressed magnesium alloy, which is far stronger than aluminum alloy. The Kirabook will be available for preorder […]

Insider threats are the greatest concern for businesses and permitting employees to connect their own devices to the network increases the risk of security breaches, according to a survey of 179 information security and network operations professionals conducted by network security policy management specialist AlgoSec. Two-thirds of respondents (64.5 percent) rated insiders as the greatest […]

Integrated travel and expense management solutions specialist Concur announced the launch of the Concur App Center, an online marketplace for Concur clients and their employees. Through the Concur App Center, Web and mobile software developers can list applications that are integrated using Concur’s open platform. Concur clients can find solutions that will automatically alert travelers […]

WD, a subsidiary of data storage specialist Western Digital, announced the launch of SmartWare Pro, a user-friendly software tool designed to give customers the ability to back up their files to any USB external hard drive or the cloud using their personal Dropbox file-sharing and online backup account. In the event that a file is […]

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that the major wireless carriers’ failure to provide updates to consumers using non-Google-managed Android phones is a deceptive and unfair business practice. The ACLU stated all four of the major wireless carriers consistently fail to provide consumers with available security […]

More than half of small business owners say it was a successful first quarter for their business, despite the federal government’s budget crisis in the first quarter, according to a Manta survey of more than 1,200 small business owners in the United States. Part of this may be due to the increasing number of small […]