Nathan Eddy

Cloud-based security intelligence solutions specialist Webroot announced that it is extending its partnership with Facebook to provide the social network’s expansive base of international users with protection against online security threats both on and off Facebook. The two companies first announced the partnership back in August 2012. Facebook users can protect themselves against phishing as […]

More than one in three small business owners (36 percent) use three or more mobile devices to run their business, according to a survey commissioned by eVoice, a virtual phone number service for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), from j2 Global. The survey revealed 40 percent of respondents prefer doing business on the iPhone, iPad […]

In the first quarter of 2013, global PC shipments went below 80 million units for the first time since the second quarter of 2009, and all regions showed a decrease in shipments, with the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region experiencing the steepest decline, according to a report by IT research firm Gartner. The […]

T-Mobile announced it will exclusively offer the Nokia Lumia 521, a smartphone that features a 4-inch touch-screen, 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and 720p high-definition video recording. Beginning in May, the Lumia 521 will be available through Walmart, Microsoft’s retail stores and T-Mobile retail channels. Exact availability and pricing of the device will be shared […]

Networking specialist Netgear announced the release of the latest edition of its family of wireless Internet routers, the R6250 Smart WiFi Router, which is available for $169.99 and is the company’s newest router to support the upcoming 802.11ac wireless standard. The router includes Gigabit Ethernet ports and a USB 3.0 port and is suitable for […]

While the large jump in small-business transactions is a positive sign for the future, some uncertainty exists regarding the remainder of 2013, according to the latest report from Web-based business-for-sale marketplace BizBuySell. Small-business sales increased 56 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the first quarter of 2012, the survey found. In total, […]

Secure mobile content service provider Averail announced the market availability of Access, a mobile content security platform designed to offer mobile access to business content for the enterprise by leveraging existing infrastructure. Access combines a Web-based management portal for administrators to control content on mobile devices with an application deployed on these devices that enables […]

Apple archrival Samsung is reportedly prepping two smartphones with eye-popping displays of 5.8 inches and 6.5 inches, according to a report from Samsung-centric blog Sammobile. The blog said that it had confirmed the specifications of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Mega 5.8 Android smartphone and the Galaxy Mega 6.3, which would push the very limits of what […]

The top-three features that consumers most desire for their next smartphone purchase are a faster processor, larger screen and a lower price. And on the handset side, consumers are most interested in the next version of Apple’s popular iPhone, according to a survey from BuyVia, an app and Website for shopping. Of those surveyed, 46 […]

ManTech International subsidiary HBGary announced the release of Active Defense 1.3, a platform designed to provide live, runtime memory analysis of concurrent guest operating system sessions in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments. Architected to help organizations proactively detect zero-days, rootkits and other targeted malware in remote virtual environments, Active Defense customers can choose to preserve […]

While major political and economic uncertainties obstructed business investment last year, the fog is now clearing, and digital strategies will play a prominent role in CEOs’ 2013 plans, according to a survey of more than 390 senior business leaders in organizations worldwide from IT research firm Gartner. The survey found that 19 percent of business […]

Between 34 percent and 42 percent of large enterprises will be seriously considering procuring various unified communications (UC) applications as a premise-based, but managed, service, by 2015, according to the findings of the Dimension Data 2013 Global UCC Study conducted by research firm Ovum. The report indicated that while businesses should not ignore the cloud […]