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Tony Scott Named New VMware CIO
To kick off VMworld 2013, VMware announced a new addition to its executive lineup that would help them push efforts to compete with Amazon. Today, the company announced that former Microsoft CIO Tony Scott will be joining the company filling up the same role as well as carry the senior vice president title. See a ...
A Bear of Many Colors : Teach Kids to Conserve Energy + Other Smart Home Solutions
In this week’s SmartHome roundup, we’ll be featuring a sad polar bear that teaches kids to conserve energy, a way for people to automate their homes and offices, and several new security gadgets to keep your home safe. Bobo the polar bear It’s hard to teach anyone the importance of conserving energy, let alone ...
3 Nails in Ballmer’s Coffin: Mobile, Music & Windows
Last week, Microsoft announced that CEO Steve Ballmer would be stepping down within the next 12 months, or as soon as the special committee, led by John Thompson, found his replacement. Some have already drummed up possible candidates to fill his position and the list includes Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, former Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky, ...
Can’t Post A Photo of Your Dinner on Instagram? You’re Not The Only One
If you’re finding it hard to see what your friend’s are up to on Instagram, or you’ve failed to post images of that bowl of ice cream you devoured earlier, it’s because Instagram was one of a number of popular web services that experienced a serious outage for several hours late on Sunday. Instagram was ...
Challenges Ballmer Leaves for Microsoft’s Cloud + Services Restructuring
You’ve probably already heard that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be stepping down from his position within the next 12 months. The company’s Board of Directors has formed a special committee that will be responsible for hunting down candidates suitable for the soon-to-be vacated position. Some think that Ballmer’s imminent departure is no surprise, stating that the ...
Ballmer’s Last Stand is Cut Short : Early Reactions + Potential Replacements
Microsoft has announced that CEO Steve Ballmer will be retiring in the next 12 months. Translation: he’ll be leaving the position as soon as a replacement has been found (more details and Ballmer’s email to Microsoft employees here). In the meantime, Ballmer will continue to serve as Microsoft’s CEO to lead through the next steps ...
SmartWorld Weekly Review: Sound Tripping, Sex Training + More
If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, we round up the best of apps and services for health and fitness, smart homes, smart cars and anything related to the Internet of Things. This week’s SmartWorld Series featured an ...
Extreme Tech: RFID Chip Implants to Store Your Most Secretive Files
When we think about files and storage, we always imagine devices like USB keys, external hard drives, the cloud, SD cards, mobile devices and so on. The problem with these types of storage devices is that one could easily lose an SD card or USB key, we have to carry these things around, and you ...
Windows Phone Surpasses Apple – But Only in Latin America
This might be hard to believe, but Windows Phone has just become the second most-widely used mobile OS in all of Latin America. Research firm IDC recently released its Mobile Phone Tracker report, which showed that during the second quarter of 2013, Windows Phone managed to leapfrog both Blackberry and Apple, moving from the 4th ...
There’ll Be No Ubuntu Edge, But What’s Next For Ubuntu Phones?
The Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding project has failed. Canonical failed to raise the $32 million funding goal it had set for itself in just one month. But did it fail miserably? No, not at all. On the contrary, Canonical managed to set a new world crowdfunding record, as it was able to raise $12,812,776 – the ...