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Microsoft is making it cheaper and easier for small businesses to conduct teleconferences and virtual meetings with its new Skype Meetings services, rolled out yesterday. A free service, Skype Meetings allows users to hold meetings with up to ten participants for the …
Corporate “no-cloud” policies to be extinct by 2020, Gartner says
Cloud computing is getting so pervasive throughout the enterprise that Gartner Inc. is predicting so-called “no-cloud” policies will become as rare as “no-Internet” stances in the near future. Gartner’s report, Market Insight: Cloud Computing’s Drive to Digital Business Creates Opportunities for Providers, …
Facebook tries to overcome language barriers with new multilingual composer tool
Facebook is betting on a new kind of artificial intelligence (AI) software to break down language barriers and bring its users closer together. The social media giant has just rolled out a new feature called “multilingual composer” for some user accounts, after …
Microsoft to “modernize” licensing with new Enterprise Advantage on MPSA
In an effort to simplify its often tortuous licensing agreements, Microsoft has created a new program called Enterprise Advantage on MPSA. The new program, which is absolutely not to be confused with existing Enterprise Agreements, will be offered to enterprises with an …
Sparkling Water 2.0 enables machine learning with Apache Spark
Enterprises have a tough time gathering insights from the vast oceans of data they accumulate, but a new tool for Apache Spark is hoping to change that, by allowing them to merge machine learning algorithms with the popular data processing engine. Announced …
MongoDB cozies up to Apache Spark with new Connector
At MongoDB World last week, MongoDB Inc. the company announced a new Connector for Apache Spark, enabling data scientists and developers using its database to enjoy the benefits of real-time analytics from rapidly-moving data. The MongoDB Connector for Apache Spark enables users to …
Microsoft makes one last ditch effort to push Windows 10
What with the Windows 10 free upgrade offering drawing to a close, Microsoft is launching one last, all-out effort to get more people to download the OS. It’s ‘nagware’ is going full-screen. At the weekend Microsoft announced its to begin displaying full …
Microsoft “AppSource” leak suggests new business app store is coming soon
Microsoft seems to have let slip that it’s secretly building a new web store focused on business apps. The leak came by way of a Twitter user going by the handle “WalkingCat”, who has developed a knack for poking around Microsoft’s sites and …
Intel to partner with BMW, Mobileye on self-driving cars
Intel is set to form an alliance with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, better known as BMW, and Mobileye Technologies Ltd., a company that develops vision-based advanced driver assistance systems, to further the development of self-driving cars. Bloomberg cited “people familiar with the …
Google Calendar app back online after 4 hour outage
Google’s popular calendar app is up and running again following an outage yesterday that left it unavailable for up to four hours for some users. Google first acknowledged the problem when it reported Calendar as being down on its Apps Status Dashboard …