Google is feeling the heat over its decision to build its new Hangouts IM and audio/video chat product with proprietary technology that doesn't support server federation via the XMPP industry standard, but the company is defending its move. ...
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Zoho is getting into the business social-networking game with a new product called Pulse, which also ties back to many of its other applications. Pulse features the now-familiar mix of activity streams, private messaging, notifications, ...
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People connect with their social networks via their smartphones, but when it comes time to buy, they turn to their tablets, according to a new analysis by Flash Networks, a provider of mobile Internet optimization and monetization ...
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Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Ruby on Rails Web application development framework in order to compromise Web servers and create a botnet. The Ruby on Rails development team released a security patch for ...
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Yahoo pressed on with its shopping spree overnight with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers. Word that Yahoo has bought Northern California-based PlayerScale came ...
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NY Kids Fashion Week and Europe's kid's wear exhibitions for the upcoming season have come and gone, and the verdict is in: Kids fall 2013 clothing trends offer the perfect fusion of rich fabrics, lux details, high-end fashion and quirky, ...
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With Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer taking steps to transform the company back into a top-tier player, reports are out that Yahoo is in talks to buy Hulu for as much as $800 million. Yahoo bid between $600 million and $800 million for Hulu, a ...
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Google has released a beta version of Chrome that introduces what the company describes as "richer" notifications from the browser's apps and extensions. The Chrome browser has been able to display this type of notification for more than ...
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Yoking cognitive computing with customer service, IBM has launched a system that can reference large amounts of unstructured data to help companies better field customer phone calls. The IBM Watson Engagement Advisor uses IBM's Watson, ...
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Microsoft is making a big play for the living room with a new Xbox console that marries games with live TV, Internet browsing, music and Skype. The Xbox One could considerably expand Microsoft's presence in consumer electronics but is ...
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Millenials don't mind mixing their work lives and personal lives, and they look for offices that seem less corporate and more homey. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone from the Millenial generation who never pushed his desk around a ...
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Troy had a garage full of bikes, 20 years' experience wrenching, a daughter getting braces soon—and an itch to try a lightweight carbon 29er hardtail.? So when the 41-year-old from the Pacific Northwest—who asked that his last ...
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State-owned investment organisation NS&I has awarded Atos a £660m, seven-year outsourcing contract, which it says will save taxpayers more than £400m over the contract period. The contract is for the delivery of ...
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Between 23 and 26 April more than 31,000 professionals from all over the world visited WBI 2013 to find out about innovative products, adapted services and individual approaches in all fields of water management. The network of the ...
This week, Clerkenwell will be London’s centre of creativity. Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 will host 60 showrooms, a large number of manufacturers with new projects and designs, with special guests, designers and architects. For three ...
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