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FirstRain joins the Salesforce Analytics Cloud Ecosystem: changes how users explore business insights
FirstRain, a top provider in Personal Business Analytics, will be harnessing the power of Wave, Salesforce’s Analytics Cloud, which was launched on October 13. With the added power of structured data, it will be possible for any business user, with any device, to explore personal business insights instantly. “We’re excited to see the enormous productivity gains ...
Best thing since Ice Cream Sandwich: Android 5.0 Lollipop is unveiled
Yesterday saw the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop and becomes the 13th major release for Android. However, it is the first one to be fully developed under Sundar Pichai, the Google senior vice president and confidant of Chief Executive Officer Larry Page. Pichai took over the OS Operation last year. Android 5.0 Lollipop release date ...
Audyssey changes mobile music forever: updates iOS Music Player app
Audyssey Laboratories, Inc is a trailblazer when it comes to providing the mobile world with high-quality audio, and the latest launch further strengthens this point. Today they launched a major update to the Audyssey Music Player. This update to the Music Player app will uniquely optimise the audio for any pair of headphones or portable Bluetooth ...
Need to rent a car? Get a good deal with Alipay
Alipay is Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s electronic payment service and over the past year, it has transformed into a mobile payment tool. Smartphone users are able to use the payments app to pay for all kinds of services including theater tickets and taxi rides. You are even able to invest in a money-market fund called ...
Tablet sales hits the skids in 2014: Gartner
As Apple Inc looks to revive lagging tablet sales with the upcoming launch of the new iPad Air, Retina iMacs and possibly a new Retina iPad mini, Gartner today released its latest report showing tablet sales declining steeply in 2014. Gartner Inc.’s Q3 and annual figures for device sales worldwide (including smartphones, tablets, and PC’s ...
Say it with a ‘Qik’ video: Skype Qik is the latest video messaging app
Yesterday Skype Technologies S.A. announced the launch of their latest app Skype Qik. This video messaging app is used alongside the main Skype app and is available on Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. Piero Sierra, Skype’s director of mobile explained to The Verge “We’re responding to the big trends in the industry”. “We wanted to make ...
Tweet money to your friends, but only if you’re French.
Reuters reports that one of France’s largest banks, Groupe BPCE, has teamed up with Twitter, Inc. to offer mobile money transfers via tweets. This service will be open to French residents, whether they are customers of the bank or not. The simple person-to-person money transfers service could be launched as early as this week. S-Money ...
Apple Pay set to launch October 18th, says a leaked memo from Walgreens
As announced on September 9, the popular drug store Walgreens will be one of Apple Inc.’s major launch partners for its payments system. According to a memo sent to Walgreens employees, they are to prepare for the upcoming launch of Apple Pay set for October 18. The memo states that iPhone 6 customers will be ...
T-Mobile U.S. once again looking for a suitor as Iliad walks away from bid
French low-cost telecoms operator Iliad SA has become the third bidder in three years to walk away from an attempt to buy T-Mobile US Inc. Backed by billionaire founder Xavier Niel, Iliad abandoned its attempt to buy T-Mobile US after resistance from T-Mobile US’ majority owner, Deutsche Telecom. In a statement from Iliad, the French ...
With a renewed valuation of $6B, will Square survive Apple Pay?
In their early days, Square, Inc. had cornered a niche aspect of the mobile payments market, focused on smartphone-compatable, square-shaped credit card readers for small businesses. Yet their efforts to make commerce easier are now met with a bevy of rivals in a market that’s recently been joined by Apple Pay. Will a fresh round ...