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GE & Juniper Networks Team-up To Develop Data-Secured Military Vehicles
At the MILCOM 2011, being held at Baltimore, Maryland, GE Intelligent Platforms and Juniper Networks announced that they will be working closely to develop a family of rugged, highly secure routing and network security appliances designed for military/aerospace deployment in harsh environments where security of data is paramount. GE Intelligent Platforms will be the one selling ...
Gmail App Pulled Out… Again!
Last week was quite embarrassing for Google as on the day they launched the Gmail app for iOS devices, they had to pull it out the very same day because the app was very buggy. Users that were able to download the Gmail app immediately encountered this message: “no valid ‘aps-environment entitlement string found for ...
Barnes & Noble Questions Agenda of Microsoft Patent Deals
Microsoft Corp. had been busy making licensing deals with ODMs using the Android platform. Companies such as HTC, Samsung, Quanta and Compal Electronics are just a few of the companies that signed a patent licensing deal with Microsoft that gives them access to the company’s patents but they have to pay royalties for doing so. ...
Hadoop World Day 1: A Booming Big Data Ecosystem
Hadoop World’s first day started with a lot of buzz as the Hadoop ecosystem flourishes. Cloudera CEO Mike Olson kicked off the conference with a brief history lesson, and how companies are now embracing Hadoop. He cited some vendors building applications for Hadoop such as WibiData, Cetas, Revolutions Analytics, Digital Reasoning, and Tidemark. Accel Partners then announced ...
Adobe Shares Fall With Budget Cut, Flash Termination
Adobe Systems, the company known for creating graphic programs and of course the Flash player, announced that they will be cutting 750 jobs from their workforce in North America and Europe in an effort to lower expenses. Bloomberg reported that the job cuts will cost $87 million to $94 million before taxes, and that will include ...
Google To Continue Assisting Android Partners In Legal Issues
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has spent the past three days touring Asia, spreading Google’s gospel in South Korea and ending in Taipei. During his South Korea visit, Schmidt voiced his dismay on Microsoft’s patent licensing strategy, stating that he believes Microsoft is not telling the truth about patent infringements when pressuring OEM’s into licensing deals, ...
Nokia’s Comeback Strategy: Phones, Smarter Phones, and Augmented Locations
Almost everyone on the planet, at one point in their lives, has owned a Nokia phone. Some of you may be embarrassed to admit since Nokia isn’t doing too good in the market because their offerings aren’t as impressive as Apple, Samsung or HTC. But there was a point, during the feature phone era, that ...
Get Your Shopping Apps and Beat the Holiday Rush
Just in time for holiday shopping, Billeo, Inc., creator of apps that help consumers save time and money while shopping or paying bills online, announces that its new ShopSmart App for iPad is now available on the iTunes App Store. ShopSmart instantly alerts users about deals from their loyalty and rewards programs, favorite merchants and daily deal services, delivering an average ...
When Governments Curtail Freedom: A Tale Of Censorship, Huawei, and Blue Coat
If you want to know anything about almost anyone, you could usually find it on the web. If you’re not happy with your government, you can easily find sites that welcome trash-talking government officials or even the government itself. Gossips, facts, conspiracy theories and a lot more are on the web. But what if your ...
Google Busy With Google+ Pages and the War of Words
Google+ finally launched something that would keep users coming back for more. Google+ Pages lets users bond over things they have in common while business will benefit from using this to connect to their customers. According to a post by Google, Google+ Pages “For you and me, this means we can now hang out live ...