Lenovo today announced the ThinkPad X131e Chromebook -- a fast booting, highly customizable laptop PC built with rugged features for the daily rigors of K-12 education. The ThinkPad X131e Chromebook simplifies software and security ...
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Research in Motion announced Wednesday that credit card company Visa has approved RIM's Visa for use in mobile payments made with smartphones or tablets that use a Near Field Communication chip. The system, called Secure Element Manager ...
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Membership in the Hydraulic Institute (HI) has been opened to pump and supplier companies that manufacture wholly outside of North America but who sell into the North American market. This change significantly expands HI membership ...
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The social network is rolling out a free calling service to iPhone users in the US. According to The Verge, the updated app will allow users to make free voice calls to their friends on Facebook. To make a call, users just need to open ...
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Computerworld - With Facebook's new search service out in the open, the social network seems to be on a collision course with search giant Google. "It appears that's the path Facebook is on," said Jeff Kagan, an independent industry ...
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Facebook's search tool announcement may not have thrilled investors or many of its users, with both groups hoping for the release of a Facebook phone, but the social networking firm has added a new tool that allows users to make free calls. ...
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The world's largest consumer tech show last week was mostly about new ultra-high-definition TVs, with four times the pixel resolution of current 1080p HDTV, notebooks, phones, wireless headphones and speakers and thousands of accessory ...
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The social network has released the “graph search” which allows users to find information and new connections on the site by using key phrases. The Graph search will now allow users to do specific searches about friends on the ...
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CBR rounds up expert opinions on what Facebook’s new graphic search means for the future of the company and its search engine competitors. Jonathan Beeston, director of new product innovation at Adobe Facebook Graph Search is a ...
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Bosch has partnered with Nissan again to design a robust new connected multimedia system with navigation functionality that will help make Nissan a leader in connected content and services. NissanConnectSM with Navigation is available ...
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Silent Circle, a global private encrypted communications firm revolutionizing privacy and mobile security, today announced that its Silent Phone app delivering the industry's first peer-to-peer secure encrypted data communications service ...
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MagicGPS LLC introduces a new GPS Tracking Service with No Monthly Fees. MagicGPS is designed to help reduce transportation GPS tracking costs by as much as 80% by leveraging Wi-Fi Hot Spots. MagicGPS records tracking information by ...
Apple's iOS and Google's Android have the widest adoption among mobile BI (business intelligence) applications, as the products are becoming more mature, according to a report from market research company Ovum. Mobile BI is far from a new ...
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Cloud Sherpas is continuing its string of acquisitions of boutique consulting firms for cloud services, with the purchase of Innoveer Solutions and Navigis. Terms of the deals, which were announced Tuesday, were not disclosed. Innoveer is ...
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Apple on Friday will bring its 3G enabled fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini to China, a market where the company's tablets continue to dominate. The devices are being launched during the holiday season in the run up to Chinese New Year ...