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What Does Skype for Windows 8 Have to Brag About?
Skype officially unveiled the new version of their service, which was built around the new Microsoft Windows 8. Skype for Windows 8 won’t be available until Friday October 26, when Microsoft officially unveils the Windows 8 platform along with the Surface tablet and other Windows 8 tablets, hybrids and Ultrabooks. “The team at Skype has been ...
Upcoming Android Jelly Bean 4.2 Goes Toe-to-Toe with iOS 6
Google is said to be unveiling a new version of Android Jelly Bean at their October 29 Android event in New York. Android 4.2 was previously thought as a different version all together, Key Lime Pie, which is expected to be released next year. A brief refresher: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was officially announced ...
Ancestry.com’s Timely Acquisition: Genealogy is a Booming, International Hobby
Ancestry.com, the online family history resource, is said to be in the process of being acquired by an investor group led by European private-equity firm Permira, for $1.6 billion or $32 a share. The acquisition is said to be a part of a western European expansion, as the buyer sees that family-history research is not ...
NYC Data Week 2012: Full Event Calendar (Parties, Too!)
New York City Data Week officially kicks off today and will run until the 26th of October. This week marks the annual gathering to talk about what’s happening in the Data world, and it it’s not just for geeks. Several companies are holding their own events to commemorate the week, and if you’re at NYC ...
Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows 8
The official launch of Windows 8 is just around the corner and many are wondering if it would be wise to upgrade to the new Microsoft software. Not everyone is aware of the features for Windows 8 so before the big day comes, we are giving you a heads up of what to expect from the ...
California Theater Already Set for Apple’s iPad Mini Event
In today’s mobile news roundup: Apple decorates California Theater for October 23 event; serious leaks for Google’s upcoming Android event; Motorola offers $100 rebate if you want to upgrade to a Jelly Bean smartphone; and RIM CIO reassures BlackBerry enterprise users. Apple decorates California Theater for October 23 event Invites for the October 23 Apple ...
Google Q3 Snafu Shines Light on Troubled Mobile Business
On Thursday, Google’s stocks declined by 9 percent when their printer, RR Donnelley, published their third quarter financial report four hours earlier than scheduled. The Q3 report stated that Google’s profit was at $2.18 billion, down from last year’s $2.73 billion. “Earlier this morning RR Donnelley, the financial printer, informed us that they had filed ...
Need For Speedy, Connected Cars
We’ve connected computers, smartphones and even television sets. The next wave of connected devices has hit the automobile industry, as car manufacturers and web service providers race to find the underlying business model of connected cars. From Mercedes Benz to Toyota, Microsoft to Broadcom, more and more companies are teaming up to offer some pretty ...
Mozilla Tests the Mobile Waters with Firefox Marketplace Apps for Android
Mozilla is prepping big time for mobile. In July they announced that by 2013, we can expect mobile devices running on Firefox OS. And what phone would be complete without apps? Mozilla announced that they’ve released Firefox Marketplace for those who are using Firefox for Android Aurora. The early release will provide app developers ...
Your Complete Guide to Strata + Hadoop World 2012
New York City Data Week will start on October 22 and will run until the 26th. We’ll see plenty of events during the week, such as the IBM Big Data Developer Day, DataKind DataSprint, Data Innovation Across the City Panel and many more, but the highlight of the week is the O’Reily Strata Conference+Hadoop World, ...