Nathan Eddy

The number of annual purchases made with mobile devices, tablets, desktops and other connected devices should reach 125 billion annually by 2018, up more than 60 percent on this year’s total, according to a report from Juniper Research. Growth will come in large part from China, the report projected, with that nation surpassing the United […]

Parallels launched Desktop 11 for Mac, a new version of Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac Pro Edition, its software for developers, designers and power users. It includes Parallels Desktop for Mac Business Edition, previously known as the Enterprise Edition. Desktop 11 allows Mac users to run Windows 10 and leverage the advantages of Microsoft’s intelligent […]

Worldwide smartphone sales recorded the slowest growth rate since 2013 in the second quarter of 2015, with sales to end users totaling 330 million units, an increase of 13.5 percent over the same period in 2014, according to a report from IT research firm Gartner. In the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Google Android’s global […]

Millennials spend most of their time accessing the Internet with a mobile device: 46 percent via a mobile phone and 43 percent on a tablet or laptop, according to a survey of 2,000 college students by Domo. Additionally, the report uncovered how much time Millennials spend on various mobile activities. More than 97 percent use […]

Storage specialist WD, formerly known as Western Digital, announced the expansion of its WD Red Pro hard drive line with the release of 5TB and 6TB capacities. The WD Red Pro family is suited for network-attached storage (NAS) systems having up to 16 drive bays and serving businesses with more expansive storage needs than the […]

Samsung Electronics announced the launch of a suite of slimline USB Flash drives available in three ergonomic form factors, each equipped with the company’s NAND flash technology. All of the USB 3.0 drives are compatible with USB 2.0 and come in metal-based design equipped with Samsung’s NAND flash and furnished with Samsung’s 5-proof technologies and […]

Internet of things (IoT) devices can be exploited during software updates and used as launch proxy servers to target businesses that are then extorted for monetary payment, according to a survey sponsored by Nexusguard, a specialist in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) security solutions. DDoS is often the first wave of attacks by hackers who use them […]

Syntonic announced DataFlex, a split-billing solution designed to deploy, operate, and manage bring- your- own- device (BYOD) usage. The platform provides split billing—the separation of personal from business use—on any mobile operator network, including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. The solution is available to IT through a self-service portal for employee, device, and app provisioning, analytics, […]

Qvidian announced a new release of its sales execution software which boasts new features to further unify its content automation and digital sales playbooks offerings. Product updates include personal views with saved searches and previous search history and the ability to drag and drop content and folders to easily import and export content. Additional editing […]

MacPractice, an Apple developer of practice management and clinical software for doctors’ offices that use Macs, iPhones and iPads, announced the launch of MD 5.1, which features integrated HIPAA-compliant (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliant) communication, faxing and reputation marketing powered by BirdEye. Among the platform’s other features, Scheduling Ability has been rewritten to […]

More than half of U.S. smartphone owners (56 percent) have abandoned a mobile transaction, according to a study of 2,019 adult American consumers, which was sponsored by Jumio and conducted by Harris Interactive. This was down from the 2013 survey, which found that 66 percent of respondents failed to complete a transaction due to issues […]

State and city governments promoting local business training and focusing on ease of regulatory compliance are consistently perceived as being friendliest to small business, according to Thumbtack’s annual Small Business Friendliness Survey. When evaluating cities, small businesses said the ease of compliance with licensing rules mattered far more than tax rates. Tax equity–the actual rate […]