Track & Curb iPhone 5 Data with These Apps
Got an iPhone 5 or a new smartphone with a fresh contract? Worried about going over your data plan? Not to worry, there’s an app for that. Many people aren’t aware of the apps…
AMD Announces Third Quarter Slump, Blames Lower Demand
Chipmaker AMD has slashed its third quarter revenue outlook for a second time, warning that it faces weaker demand across all product lines than it had first expected. It put down the lack of…
What Congress’ Big Data Inquiry Means for Consumers
Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Commerce Committee, has sent a letter to over a dozen major brokers as a part of a broader inquiry into the use of consumer data in certain key…
Anonymous Outraged As Wikileaks Hides Behind ‘Paywall’
Anonymous, the faceless grouping of hacktivists that leapt the to the support of WikiLeaks in its battle against US government suppression, has turned the tables and launched a bitter attack on its ally, declaring…
Opsource and BlueFire No More – Dimension Data is the New Brand
Dimension Data announced today that its cloud businesses Opsource and BlueFire have been consolidated under the unified Dimension Data name. Both companies were acquired by the privately held Dimension Data in 2011, with BlueFire…
Office for iOS and Android On the Way – Wait – Microsoft Says Report Not Accurate
A report from TheVerge yesterday emerged with a target date of March 2013 for a release of Microsoft Office for iOS and Android products. That was based on a press release from Microsoft’s Czech…
Cisco vs. Huawei – Cisco Marketing Calls Out Risks, Lobbies Against Chinese Networking Telecom
Huawei is back in the headlines. This time around the news revolves around a Cisco marketing presentation titled: “Huawei’s & National Security”. The document dates to September 2011 and was obtained and reported on…
Why is Lenovo Leading the PC Market? Will their Mobile Strategy Win?
Lenovo is now the top PC seller with Hewlett-Packard taking second place and Dell in third, but that depends on which research firm you want to believe. Gartner says Lenovo is number one but IDC says…
Microsoft Prototypes Bulky But Cool Hand Gesture Sensor Bracelet
By Kyt Dotson
One of the challenges with augmented reality and human computer interaction is having a wearable computer connect with the human—for most mobile phones this is a tiny keyboard, a bunch of buttons, or a…
When Data is Literally a Matter of Life and Death: Q&A with Vibrant Data Team on the Urgency of Democratizing Data
When it comes to the sophisticated tracking, monitoring and analyses of individual behavior that big data affords, more than just advertising profits are at stake. Democracy and justice may be compromised with every digital…