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Microsoft Detours From Android’s Fate, Limits Location Tracking

By Cherr Aira Aug 3, 2011

Learn from other’s mistakes—this is currently Microsoft’s mantra, at least for their mobile location and data tracking strategy. By adjusting their geographical positioning services, Microsoft vows to their customers that Windows-based devices will now…

A Banking Cloud for 100 Million Customers – 1.7 Billion Mobile Phone Users Can’t Be Wrong

By Alex Williams Aug 3, 2011

A cloud service for the banking world is launching with the capability to serve 100 million customers in emerging and established markets. The service from Polaris Software Labs will allow the Chennai-based financial technology…

Google Voice Now Available On 38 Languages Outside U.S

By Maria Pila Aug 3, 2011

Google Voice is going global, in a round-about way. Google confirms that if you’re outside the USA and you set your language to US English in Gmail, this feature may become available to you. Google voice,…

Facebook Facial Recognition Violates Law, Says German Officials

By Saroj Kar Aug 3, 2011

German officials have said Facebook’s new facial recognition software is illegal and want its use halted. The German government said the features Facebook uses violate European and German data protection law and all the…

EMC Rolls Out RSA Security Update, Acquires Stake in Asankya

By Maria Deutscher Aug 3, 2011

Storage giant EMC had a couple of updates today, first and foremost an announcement coming from the Black Hat cybersecuirty conference. The company introduced NetWitness Panorama as well as several significant updates to its…

Cloud Computing Not Always Cheaper: Zynga Case Study

By Bert Latamore Aug 3, 2011

Consultant David Cahill has published a ground-breaking case history of online game developer Zynga, famous for such games as “Farmville”, with a focus on how it handles the huge volumes of valuable data it…

HBO, Time Warner See Promise in Connected Devices

By Kristina Farrah Aug 3, 2011

HBO Go has been doing a great job so far, drawing more viewers to the cable network and making great company earning calls, as announced by CEO Jeff Bewkes Wednesday. Time Warner decided to…

Yahoo! Free E-mail Outage and other Unfortunate Events in the Cloud

By Mellisa Tolentino Aug 3, 2011

Do you still remember what happened September last year on Facebook when it shut down shut operation for 2.5 hours to prevent data loss? What about last April when Amazon’s AWS services including the…

USA PATRIOT Act Still Chafing European Cloud-Adoption with Data Integrity Concerns

By Kyt Dotson Aug 3, 2011

The Internet and data represent a whole new paradigm for looking at jurisdiction in the Information Age of politics and law. When sovereignty and information collide, often consumers get caught in the middle—this is…

Mobile Wallet, NFC Trends Only Encourage Malware Attacks: Report

By Maurice Johnson Aug 3, 2011

Digital security is important, and as we become more mobile with everything we do in our lives, mobile security is an integral part. With the meteoric rise in stored payment options, and NFC coming…

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A Banking Cloud for 100 Million Customers – 1.7 Billion Mobile Phone Users Can’t Be Wrong

Facebook Facial Recognition Violates Law, Says German Officials

EMC Rolls Out RSA Security Update, Acquires Stake in Asankya

Yahoo! Free E-mail Outage and other Unfortunate Events in the Cloud

Mobile Wallet, NFC Trends Only Encourage Malware Attacks: Report

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