Computerworld-Wireless smartphone and tablet users helped both presidential candidates raise funds and support in 2012,while mobile computing contributed directly to President Barack Obama's edge in Tuesday's presidential election. Most ...
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Independent retailers can attract consumers who want to shop online and on mobile devices, according to Nationwide Marketing Group. The buying and marketing group for furniture, appliance, electronics and other ...
Apple is growing increasingly confident that its own chip designs will be used to replace Intel processors in its Mac personal computers. Apple engineers, who began using Intel chips for Macs in 2005, believe that the ARM-based ...
Apple's iPad has lost ground in the tablet market,with Android devices gaining momentum during the third quarter,according to a report by IDC. Q3 saw worldwide tablet shipments reach 28 million,up 50 per cent on the same period last ...
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The government has published its Digital Strategy document this morning,promising to improve online experiences for service users,and move rapidly towards"digital by default"access channels to replace telephone and in-person transactions. ...
Mobile business intelligence (BI) has started to cascade down in organisations over the past year, Adrian Simpson, chief innovation officer, SAP UK, will tell delegates to IRM UK's Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence conference in London ...
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Endsleigh Insurance Services chose nearshore application development resources from a supplier when it was stretched during the busiest time of the year. The finance firm, which specialises on the student insurance market, outsourced ...
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It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
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It has been a long and somewhat slow journey to get here, but this week the UK finally saw the launch of a 4G network by mobile operator EE. Formed from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, EE has rolled out the faster broadband ...
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Intuit has integrated the online marketing software gained through its$423.5 million acquisition of Demandforce with its QuickBooks accounting software,giving small businesses a way to make closer connections with customers,the company ...
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Using non-secured public Wi-Fi hotspots can leave you vulnerable to identity theft,data theft,snooping,impersonation and malware infection.That's why so many people rely on public virtual private network services,but VPNs are no ...
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IDG News Service-ARM on Tuesday introduced its first 64-bit Cortex-A50 series processor designs as the company tries to preserve its dominance in smartphones and tablets while catching up with Intel in servers. The new ARM ...
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Computerworld-Some early users of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet say they are confused or frustrated by the touch interface on the 10.6-in.display and are relying instead on the attachable keyboard with its more conventional track pad and ...
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Computerworld-Intel researchers are working on a 48-core processor for smartphones and tablets,but it could be five to 10 years before it hits the market. "If we're going to have this technology in five to 10 years,we could finally do ...
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Taipei, Oct. 26, 2012 (CENS)--Morris Chang, chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), the leading contract IC maker in the world, pointed out yesterday (Oct. 25) that the global economy is still situated in a spot where ...
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