L2 think tank released the fourth annual Digital IQ Index:Beauty.This year's study benchmarks the digital competence of 56 prestige Beauty brands across four dimensions:site,digital marketing,social media,and mobile.Based upon more ...
Tags: Beauty brands, Estee Lauder, Lancome
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer touts the personalization features of Windows Phone 8 in a new 46-second ad. The ad,now accessible on YouTube,was first shown at the formal launch of Windows Phone 8 on Monday,where Ballmer appeared onstage ...
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Technically speaking,there are many advantages to swapping analog utility meters for digital smart meters.Smart meters provide real time feedback to the utility company about energy consumption,reducing costs and generating valuable data ...
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Varian Medical Systems has launched a new fully integrated radiosurgery solution for use in non-invasive surgical procedures to treat cancer. The new suite, EDGE Radiosurgery system, integrates new real-time tumor tracking in end-to-end ...
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While most have yet to hear about a powerful next-generation computer interface called the"Brain Computer Interface"or BCI,it's one that's getting more attention from gaming companies like Secret Exit and Sony who are now actively ...
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Computerworld-The financial services sector in New York City and New Jersey are dusting off disaster recovery plans and bracing for a storm that could bring 80 m.p.h.-plus winds and major flooding. Hurricane Sandy could not have been ...
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Nike Inc. has entered a strategic partnership with LLamasoft, Inc., to co-develop supply chain solutions that offer both logistics and environmental benefits. Nike has been a customer of Michigan-based LLamasoft for two years. This ...
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Powys Council has announced cc install LED light bulbs in more than 14,000 lamp posts across the county, including 4,770 units that the authorities previously blacked out. As the BBC reports, the council angered residents of some of the ...
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Telefónica Digital has bought TokBox as an attempt to move into the video conferencing space. TokBox was founded in 2007 and is based in San Francisco.TokBox has created a cloud-based API for video conferencing,which companies can ...
Tags: Telefónica, sell mobile data, customer's mobile phones, Stephen Shurrock
IDG News Service-When it comes to analyzing big data,software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind.But at least one company,AppNexus,also relies on the Python programming language to help conduct ...
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After McAfee CTO Michael Fey yesterday pledged a multivendor future for the company as part of its dedication to stepping up real-time,global threat reporting in its software,Computing caught up with some partners and customers for their ...
Tags: McAfee, Tyco, McAfee FOCUS 2012, BYOD security products
As organizations continue to evaluate Hadoop for large scale data analysis, Hadoop software vendors are refining their products for enterprise use, addressing concerns around reliability and expanded use. This week, Cloudera and MapR both ...
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NinePoint Medical has reported positive data of its NvisionVLE imaging system, designed to view real-time volumetric images of Barrett's esophagus and tissues up to 3mm deep at better than 10 micron resolution. Two single-arm, open-label ...
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First came the heavy adoption of Apple's mobile platform by consumers whose heavy use of the devices for business tasks forced the IT operations at their companies to support them. Android was the next mobile platform pushed onto IT and ...
Tags: Apple, mobile platform, IT operations, Android, Gartner, tech trends
StoreForce, a leading provider of Performance Management, Workforce Management and Business Intelligence designed specifically for the Specialty Retail Marketplace, announced the addition of Grafton Fraser Inc. to their list of clients. ...
Tags: StoreForce, menswear, Silverlight, Grafton Fraser