Maria Deutscher

Maria Deutscher is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE covering all things enterprise and fresh. Her work takes her from the bowels of the corporate network up to the great free ranges of the open-source ecosystem and back on a daily basis, with the occasional pit stop in the world of end-users. She is especially passionate about cloud computing and data analytics, although she also has a soft spot for stories that diverge from the beaten track to provide a more unique perspective on the complexities of the industry.

Latest from Maria Deutscher

Juniper Networks Enters the Echo-friendly Arena

Juniper Networks, the international cross-sector provider of high-performance network infrastructures, heads straight into the green tech arena with a recent report launch. In the advancing (and ever-updating) roll out of their efforts to “connect everything and empower everyone”, they’ve set themselves an aim to contribute to more responsible and efficient business operations. This is in ...

Windows 7 Launches in One Week: T-mobile & AT&T Join In On the Profit

T-mobile and AT&T join forces under the wing of Microsoft to launch an HTC Smartphone in one week from now, as reported by sources. The rather anticipated device will run on Microsoft’s most recent and hottest-debated attempt to gain back its share of the mobile market – Windows Phone 7 – and will finally reveal ...

Seesmic Updates iPhone & Desktop Apps, Staying Ahead of Several Curves

Seesmic, the cross-platform social networking client that covers all of the major social networking sites on the web, has updated its iPhone and desktop apps over the weekend to contain even more features, much to the liking of this free app’s users. “Here are a few highlights for the mobile updates: Retina Display Compatible for ...

Google’s New WebP Image Format, Boost for Mobile Browsing?

Doing something similar to what Microsoft did with the Office pack, Google has recently released a developer’s preview of a new and lighter image format called WebP.  It’s capable of decreasing an average of about 39-percent of a picture’s size. This innovative format follows an array of updates (including Page Speed & Speed Tracer browser ...

India Gains on RIM with Manual Access to Messages – Still After Automated Access

The Indian government now has manual access to BlackBerry messages.  It’s a step India’s hopeful about, with goals of receiving automated access to messages in the coming months. Officials here, sharing their concerns with several other countries regarding the potentially dangerous uses of the BlackBerry smartphone, is threatening Canada-based Research in Motion with a ban ...

Microsoft Appoints New Head for Xbox, Office Division

After having to see the former head of their Office division being snatched by Nokia  only to become their CEO, Microsoft rushes straight into filling the vacancy by hiring one of their own – Kurt DelBene, an executive with 18 years of experience with the corporation. “DelBene is an 18-year Microsoft veteran. He led engineering ...

Groupon Pushes Growth with Merit-Based Scholarship Deals

The pioneering  Groupon daily coupon site has added yet another category to its ever-expanding list of deals: the $60,000 Grouspawn parents-based (2+ blows in one) strike college scholarships service. In 20 years from now, when everybody will be going to work in flying cars, the parents possessing solid proof they used the Groupon daily-deal service ...

Surprising Groupon Survey Results, and Growing Discomfort among Business Owners

Daily-deal site Groupon has created striking waves throughout the entire web since its launch. Speculated by many to be one of the fastest growing online businesses ever and raising an impressive $170 million in funding throughout only 2 years, it definitely has a remarkable portfolio. Nevertheless, this fame is equally balanced by its lack of ...

The Devil is in the Details, and Google’s Threading them Out

In their latest announcement / semi-disclosed piece of friendly G-mail propaganda, Google had announced in their latest blog that they updated the ever-popular G-mail service, and “finally,” as quoted from one of our editors here at SiliconANGLE, and gave users the option to turn off the default “Conversation View”. “Users who prefer a traditional inbox ...

From BlackBerry OS to PlayBook OS: About Time?

RIM’s PlayBook tablet, officially announced this week, will, oddly enough, be using a different operating system than the company’s BlackBerry devices. The PlayBook will consequently be powered by RIM’s latest acquisition of mobile OS developer QNX, and not the latest, sixth version of the BlackBerry operating system. Today, however, brings news that RIM may be ...