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The SMS is Dying a Slow and Lingering Death
Mobile carriers should be afraid. Very afraid. The reason? Because free mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp, MessageMe, WeChat, Kik and Viber are slowly but surely eating away their profits, overtaking SMS’s in their popularity for the first time last year, according to fresh data from telecom and media consultancy firm Informa. Now this trend probably ...
Android Laptops? They Must be Mad
Just last week we heard straight from the horse’s mouth that touch-friendly notebooks based on Intel’s new “Bay Trail” atom processor would be available for as little as $200. At that time, Intel CEO Paul Otellini was remarkably upbeat about Bay Trail’s prospects, proclaiming that the devices it powers will help to drag laptop and ...
Arrow: The “Stress App” That Lets You Abuse People At Random
What with everyone being connected to their family members, friends, work colleagues, and sometimes even clients and bosses on social media sites like Facebook, it’s become increasingly difficult for people to “let off some steam” online. In fact, these days it’s pretty fair to say that we have to be damn careful about what we ...
Fred Amoroso Jumps Ship At Yahoo Amid Claims He “Didn’t Fit In”
Looks like Yahoo could do with having a revolving door or two installed in its boardroom. Fred Amoroso, the firm’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, has just become the latest high profile exit at the transitioning internet giant, resigning his position and saying that he has no intention of seeking re-election to its board. ...
What’s Amazon Up To With Its Kindle TV?
Retailing giant Amazon could be planning to muscle in on the TV hardware scene later this year, with reports from the US suggesting that its secretly developing its own set-top box. The news comes just a week after Amazon unveiled 14 pilot episodes from its Amazon Studios Division, which is dedicated to creating exclusive content ...
Is It a Bird? Is It a Cloud? No, It’s BitTorrent Sync
Not everyone likes the idea of storing their data in the cloud, but at the same time the benefits of being able to sync your files across multiple devices are just too good to ignore. It’s a difficult conundrum to be sure, but if this sounds like you, we might finally have the answer you’ve ...
Windows 8 Tablets Hit The Ground Running, 3 Million Sold So Far
The doom and gloom merchants have been banging away about the imminent death of Microsoft for months now, but could it be that the Redmond firm is actually on the verge of making a stunning comeback? That depends who on who you believe. Until now, Microsoft has been suspiciously quiet about the number of Windows-based ...
Fusion-io Grabs NexGen Storage, Sets Sights on SMEs
Fusion-io has just signaled its intention to break even further into the SME market, announcing the acquisition of hybrid flash/disk array vendor NexGen Storage in a deal worth $119 million. UT-based Fusion-io announced the news in a prepared statement earlier this morning. The startup, which was founded in 2010, has already enjoyed a long relationship with ...
Ubuntu Server 13.04 “Raring Ringtail” Brings Focus To OpenStack & Hypervisors
Canonical has just taken the wraps off its latest Ubuntu Server release, with version 13.04 coming out later today. “Raring Ringtail” isn’t one of the long-term support (LTS) releases – that won’t be out till April of next year – instead offering just six months of support. It’s more of a stepping stone towards the ...
How Big Data Trumps The New Terrorist Model
The Cold War was all about an arms race that saw the world’s two biggest superpowers, the USA and the Soviet Union, amass thousands of nuclear weapons. These days, conflicts are vastly different. Instead of an arms race, what we’re now seeing is an “organizational race”, in which terrorist groups, insurgents, police forces and intelligence ...