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Microsoft: Outlook RT, Fingerprint Scanners for Windows 8.1 & Free Office For “Small” Devices
It’s been a busy 24 hours for Microsoft, which has announced a slew of changes regarding its new Windows 8.1 tablets. First up is the news that Microsoft’s popular Outlook email client will now be available on Windows RT, the ‘dumbed-down’ version of Windows that’s run by ARM-based machines only. Previously these devices, which include ...
Salesforce Lands ExactTarget for $2.5B in its Biggest Acquisition Yet
In the second big deal of the day, Salesforce.com has just announced the biggest acquisition in its history, buying up cloud marketing platform ExactTarget for a whopping $2.5 billion. According to the company’s press release, Salesforce is paying $33.75 a share to take over ExactTarget, which is a huge 52% premium on the company’s closing ...
Internet of Things vs. The Industrial Internet: What’s the Difference?
Once a trend, now fast becoming a reality, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the buzzword for a concept that’s rapidly changing the world in which we live. But as with all buzzwords, confusion sometimes creeps in, and the concept of IoT is often used interchangeably with terms like the Industrial Internet or Machine-to-Machine (M2M). ...
IBM Snaps Up SoftLayer, Eyes Public Cloud Domination
IBM has just confirmed its intention to buy up cloud computing infrastructure provider SoftLayer in an acquisition said to be worth around $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. IBM stated that its motivation is to bolster its own cloud computing efforts. The WSJ reports that ‘Big Blue’ is planning to create a new ...
Gmail Gets an Update on Android
After previewing a redesigned Gmail experience on the desktop last week, Google has quietly gone and made the same features available for its Android app. Those who can download the updated app – Google says its rolling out ‘over the next few weeks’ – will be able to reply, archive and delete messages straight from ...
Steve Ballmer Planning “Significant Restructing” of Microsoft Leadership
The winds of change are blowing at Microsoft this morning, with reports suggesting that we could be about to see a big shakeup in the upper echelons of the company’s management. Nothing is guaranteed, but according to All Things D’s Kara Swisher, the company is about to undertake a “significant restructuring process”, citing sources with ...
Mozilla Plans Radical Overhaul of Firefox, Makes It More Chrome-Like
Mozilla is said to be preparing a radical design overhaul of its popular Firefox browser, which will eventually lead to a new and (we hope) improved browsing experience for all of its users. TechCrunch recently had an inside peek at what we can expect from Mozilla as they attempt to change the face of their ...
Yahoo Mail Update Kills Off User Privacy: Don’t Like It? Tough Luck
As of tomorrow Yahoo will be discontinuing its old Mail Classic email service, automatically switching all existing Mail users to a newly updated version and simultaneously forcing them to agree to a new privacy policy and terms of service in order to continue accessing their accounts. Unfortunately, the rule changes stipulate that Yahoo will henceforth ...
Anonymous Reveals News Site Plans; Launches #OpTurkey
Almost six weeks after the hacktivist group Anonymous announced that it had raised some $55,000 on Indiegogo to fund its own independent news site, the group has finally given some details about what we can look forward to. In a note posted on Pastebin, Anonymous said that its team was “working hard to design something ...
The Future is the Internet of Things, and it’s Already Here
Last year, a new internet was born. No doubt you were totally unaware it happened, because engineers had spent years working to ensure that when Internet Protocol Version 6, or IPv6, was finally switched on, it would do so without problems. But I can promise you this: In the next few years, you’ll most definitely ...