Nathan Eddy

Reports and rumors concerning the release date of Apple€™s latest update to its popular iPhone smartphone, commonly referred to as the iPhone 5, have been drawing as much attention as unconfirmed reports of the handset€™s possible new features, and a report from Mac-centric tech blog iMore is likely to add to the impending hysteria. The […]

While athletes traveling to London for the Summer Olympic Games are looking to get their hands on the gold medal, spectators should try and keep one hand on their mobile phones. An estimated 67,000 mobile phones are likely to be lost or stolen during the games, according to security experts at Venafi, a provider of […]

Despite denials from the founder and CEO of social networking behemoth Facebook Mark Zuckerberg that a Facebook-branded smartphone €œwouldn€™t make much sense€ for the company, a report in BloombergBusinessweek said Facebook and handset maker HTC are working together to produce a smartphone to hit the market in 2013. The article, which quoted unnamed sources familiar […]

The success of Samsung€™s latest Android-based smartphone, the Galaxy S III, has helped it extend its lead over Apple and its iPhone in the ultra-competitive smartphone market, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The report found Samsung and Apple have more than doubled their combined market share over the […]

The impressive success of Samsung’s latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III, has helped the company pull ahead of Apple in the ultracompetitive smartphone market, according to a report from mobile analyst firm Juniper Research. In the second quarter of 2012, Juniper estimates Samsung shipped 52.1 million smartphones, slightly more than double the number […]

The distribution of unwelcome or dangerous emails was on the rise again in the first half of 2012, despite the fact that numerous spam-sending botnets have been shut down in the past two years, according to the results of analyses by the research team at German email security specialist Eleven. The study showed there was […]

Although Microsoft€™s Windows operating system is still used in the vast majority of businesses, creative professionals and those working in design industries are partial to Apple computers and the operating system, and small and midsize businesses are increasingly adopting it for their own devices, particularly Apple€™s mobile operating system, iOS, as use of the iPad […]

Although Facebook€™s initial public offering may have disappointed some, social media is on track to generate close to $17 billion in revenue worldwide this year, according to IT research firm Gartner. The report found revenue is up 43.1 percent to $16.9 billion, compared with 2011 revenue of $11.8 billion. Advertising continues to be the largest […]

As the rise of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives challenges IT management capabilities in businesses of all sizes, Novell is debuting its ZENworks Mobile Management platform. The new platform is designed to address security, application and file sharing, asset and inventory management, and compliance issues personal devices in the workplace can cause. The platform, which carries a […]

Web-based and mobile application software developer Ovation Technologies announced the launch of Ovation, a mobile and cloud-based social recruiting application aimed at small and midsize businesses with limited human resources and recruiting capabilities. Available through the Google Apps Marketplace, Apple€™s iTunes store and the Google Play store, the app connects small businesses to a slew […]

As new competitors, such as the Google Nexus 7 and Microsoft Slate, add to an already competitive tablet market, industry leader Apple will launch its long-rumored iPad mini sometime in September, according to a report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that was picked up on the Apple-centric blog MacRumors. As reported on the site, […]

Highlighting the growing concern over bring-your-own-device initiatives, IT pros said they might be concerned about the privacy of their personal information if mobile-device-management, or MDM, software were to be installed on phones or tablets they brought from home to use at work, according to the results of a survey of 335 IT professionals sponsored by […]