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The Death of BYOD Comes Closer at CES 2013
In today’s mobile era, workers are reluctant to part with their devices in exchange for company-issued BBs and aging laptops. Smartphones and tablets offer greater convenience, improved user experience and have been proven to increase worker productivity on numerous occasions – but like with everything, there’s a catch. The problem is that the bring-your-own-device trend ...
Mysterious Startup Raises $20M for Next Gen Security Software
The only thing we know about the Mountain View, Calif-based Shape Security is that it’s developing on what it pegs as a “completely new type of web security product.” Shape’s deliberately sparse homepage touts the its software as “military-grade technology” that aims to give hackers a much harder time cracking cloud services. Specifically, the goal is ...
HTC CEO Remains Optimistic, Big Plans for CES?
HTC is due to report fourth quarter earnings on Monday, wrapping up what has been a disappointing year to say the least. The company’s global market share dropped half a percentage point to 2.2%, and its current stock price is down 80 percent from a record high in 2010. Meanwhile, nearly all of its competitors ...
Navigation Huge in This Week’s Big Data Review
Apple is getting giddy over navigational data. Rumor had it that the phonemaker is in talks to acquire Waze, a popular GPS service that uses data from its users to optimize its maps and keep them up to date. The rumor mill has died down since news first cropped up this week, but the idea ...
Qualcomm Sued Over Political Spending
In a move that may set a precedent for the entire private sector, New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has sued Qualcomm for allegedly making disproportional contributions to promote its senior management’s political agenda. Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs has contributed over $2 billion to at least three Democratic super PACs. DiNapoli, who is a Democrat himself ...
This Week in the Cloud: PaaS, Datacenters & Xbox
This past week Dell announced that it’s jumping on the OpenStack bandwagon, Heroku expanded support for Python and Google announced new data centers in Asia. Finally, Microsoft acquired a home automation startup and revealed what is widely suspected to be a timer to the Xbox 720 debut. Dell’s head of cloud strategy says his company ...
It’s Official: Dell Committing to OpenStack This Year, Will Beat HP Cloud Services
Nnamdi Orakwue, Dell’s vice president of cloud, is cautious about jumping on the OpenStack bandwagon. But he says that an open-source public service is already on the drawing board for his company, which has every intention of getting in on the action when the technology is “where it needs to be.” Orakwue says that we ...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Goals with R2 Acquisition, (Possible) Countdown to 720
Microsoft’s plan of expanding beyond the realm of personal computers relies heavily on the Xbox 360, once an old-fashioned gaming console that is now poised to become a full-blown home entertainment system. It just needs few nudges in the right direction. Microsoft seems to have made all the right decisions so far. The Xbox LIVE ...
To Apple’s Chagrin, Broadcom Advances in Network Security + WiFi
Broadcom has put itself at the bleeding edge of the networking industry, thanks to its willingness to adopt new technologies and strong strategic relationships with companies such as Apple. This week, the company reaffirmed this dominant stance with two updates that will turn out to be beneficial for corporate clients and customers and end-users alike. ...
Google Mapping, Navigation Makes More Cars Smarter with New Team Ups
In separate announcements that went out today, Google revealed that it teamed up with two major automobile companies to integrate its mapping and navigation technology into new car models due to hit the market in the coming months. Kia Motors will include Google Maps and Services in the UVO eServices telematics system, which will be ...