The daily deal industry has fallen a long way since Groupon came onto the scene in 2008 and created a niche within e-commerce. Tineka Smith reports. Daily deals innovator Groupon burst onto the scene in 2008 and by 2010 had clocked up 35 ...
Tags: e-commerce, Google, Social media
Customers can now use the app to create tailor made dolls for free. MakieLab has announced the launch of its new app Makies Doll Factory. This allows users to design and order customised 10-inch dolls from their iPad. Customers can ...
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VMware's Horizon Mirage 4.0 allows IT departments to be more flexible when they put together centrally managed desktop images using separated application packages. VMware lives and breathes desktop virtualization, but enterprises still ...
After 12 successive quarters of double-digit growth at SAP, co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe is now pinning his future hopes on the company's recently acquired Ariba e-commerce network. Recent growth has been fueled by SAP's HANA in-memory ...
Tags: SAP, double-digit growth, e-commerce network
EMC today released its first, purpose-built, all-solid state drive (SSD) array that is based on its XtremIO acquisition last year, as well as new software that identifies server flash throughout a data center and allows it to be managed ...
Tags: EMC, SSD, XtremIO acquisition
Here at an IBM conference, City of Boston CIO Bill Oates was telling the audience how citizens are using apps to improve city operations. But it was one of Boston's latest apps, called Street Bump, that got the interest of one attendee, ...
Tags: IBM, Computer Products, Computer
Contactless payments at sandwich chain Pret A Manger have boomed over the past 12 months, according to the firm's director of IT, delivery and support, Andy Chalklin. "Contactless payments in terms of our overall transactions have gone ...
Tags: Pret A Manger, SAP SVP PayPal, IT, food industry
Part of what Microsoft hopes customers will understand about Windows Phone 8 smartphones is that they are linked to an ecosystem that includes Excel, PowerPoint and Word. That ecosystem concept should intrigue IT managers, even though ...
Tags: Windows Phone 8, Phone, Computer, Consumer Electronics
Augmented reality and 3D printing are the hottest emerging technologies to watch, according to Tom Soderstrom, chief technology officer for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The impact of both technologies is already being felt with some ...
Tags: 3D Printing, Packaging, Printing, Computer
The Google Glass project is generating a significant amount of buzz. Really, it is scary how amped up people are about the product. But, why shouldn’t they be? It is a whole new technology. If you don’t know, Google Glass is the ...
Tags: Google Glass project, Predictions, glasses
DuPont said that while new digital technology is allowing farmers to gather massive amounts of data, the real value comes when data drives insights to help them improve their operations’ profitability. “In today’s ...
The Ubuntu Touch operating system, which is scheduled for October release on a range of smartphones and tablets, will struggle to find a niche in a crowded mobile marketplace. So says Larry Augustin, CEO of open-source CRM vendor ...
From a glove that can be used as a mobile phone to a remote-controlled spy helicopter: this year's CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, showcases a bewildering array of gadgets. For geeks in cold climates, China-based firm Winnershine ...
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Online shopping giant Beyond the Rack will unveil its new mobile app at South By Southwest in Austin Saturday, highlighting the power of real-time engagement through its integration with global cross-channel digital marketing provider ...
Web-based e-mail—webmail—is e-mail, such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo, that's implemented as a Web app and accessed through a browser. These services are usually free, and it's a rare computer user who doesn't have at least one ...