The Growing Influence of Smartphones in Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming is becoming more and more popular in our daily activities as a recent study indicates. Figures suggest that 84 percent of all mobile gamers in the US and UK play mobile games…
Privacy: AT&T and Facebook, All Over Again
Today we’ve seen a couple of new – and major – privacy related updates. The first one comes from WSJ, who reports the Supreme Court refused to extend personal-privacy rights to corporations in case…
Piracy Sours Virtual Global Market Growth
Baidu, China’s massive online search engine, and Taobao, one of the most popular Chinese e-commerce platforms, qualify for top ‘black markets’ status, according to the US government. The department in charge with investigating the…
Partners Thrilled Over FalconStor’s Revamped Partner’s Program, Portal
By Cherr Aira
Under a new head that vows to refurbish the current brand and technology system, FalconStor is now going in a direction to grow its web portal and channel sales as it looks to establish…
Customer Care in the Era of Big Data
How may I, in all servitude, be of assistance? A good friend of mine shared this story with me recently. It has major relevance to the big data trend that we’ve been covering and…
Clear Channel Acquires Thumbplay’s Cloud Music Service
By Isha Suri
Clear Channel Radio announced the acquisition of cloud-based music services of digital music company Thumbplay Inc. As we know that Clear Channel is the largest digital and terrestrial radio company in U.S., this acquisition…
Apple Stacks Another e-Publisher, This Time Random House
It is commonly agreed that Apple holds the key to the e-publishing industry puzzle, less Random House, the only player in this tight game that has not aligned with Apple’s pricing systems. Yet, according…
Accumulus Enables Credit Card Payments on Windows Phone 7
By holdenpage
One of the fascinating apps that is missing on WP7 is the innovative credit card payment company and applicatiom, Square. Reason being? Lack of interest in investing in WP7, unless strong demand arises. Good…
IE9 Setting Download Records, Yet Losing Influence?
News about Microsoft, and especially Internet Explorer, seems to follow a pattern. We get one good report, only to be followed by a negative one. Case in point: this morning I wrote about the…
Future of ‘Net Investment Looks Bleak
By jamesdelong
At Investor’s Business Daily, Robert Higgs takes a gloomy look at the current state of net investment in the U.S., and concludes: Unless private investment recovers more rapidly, the economy’s recovery is sure to…