Microsoft has announced that it is collaborating with the Kenyan government and a local Internet service provider to provide broadband access using TV white spaces and solar-powered base stations. The move comes as part of a long-term ...
IDG News Service - SAP is planning to impose a higher price on its Standard Support software maintenance offering later this year, with the increase applying only to new contracts. "In order to ensure the same high level of quality ...
Tags: software maintenance, SAP, software
Computerworld - When Americans sit down to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday, they're going to be chatting about the game and the commercials with their friends. But they won't necessarily be cracking jokes and commenting on plays with ...
Tags: Social media, networks, mobile app
IDG News Service - Developers now can create audio and video communications applications that work across the Chrome and Firefox browsers without the need for plug-ins. This is possible via the use of WebRTC standard technologies for ...
Tags: Google, Mozilla, Computer Products
Facebook acebook-owned Instagram has begun letting a freshly launched website serve as a gallery for images taken by users of the smartphone photo-sharing service. "Instagram, at its core, is about seeing and taking photos on-the-go," ...
Tags: smartphone, mobile device, website
IDG News Service - Users of Amazon Web Services' Relational Database Service (RDS) can now keep track of their databases with new notifications via email and SMS. Amazon's Simple Notification Service (SNS) will give administrators a ...
Tags: Amazon, Cloud-Based Databases, Service
Twitter's servers have been breached by "extremely sophisticated" hackers who may have made off with user names and passwords for about 250,000 users, the company said Friday. Twitter said unusual access patterns led it to identify the ...
Tags: Twitter, Passwords, Computer Products
SAP on Monday announced that it is planning to impose a higher price on its Standard Support software maintenance services. The increase will go into effect later this year, with only new contracts having to pay the hiked price. ...
The passwords of about 250,000 Twitter users were stolen in a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets. "This attack was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated ...
Tags: cyber attack, media companies, network
Google has created a euro 60 million (US$81 million) fund designed to settle disputes with French publishers over lost revenues, providing an alternative to a proposed “link tax” that would have charged the company for posting ...
Facebook today launched a new service that allows users to give other members gift cards to stores and restaurants. The social network said users can buy gift cards to Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora and Target. For example, a user ...
Tags: Facebook, service, networking
The Super Bowl drove more than 24 million tweets about the game and halftime show, but the night's biggest social networking winners were the companies quick-witted enough to take advantage of the blackout that stopped play for a half hour. ...
Tags: Social Media, Oreo
Google Maps is opening a virtual path to the Grand Canyon's wonders by adding panoramic images gathered by hikers with Android-powered camera systems strapped to their backs. "These beautiful, interactive images cover more than 75 ...
Tags: Google, virtual path, Grand Canyon
Ventana Research has secured four of the top ten blog post positions on Information Management Magazine's 2012 most read blogs. The Ventana Research blogs offered research-based insights on big data, business analytics, data integration and ...
Tags: Ventana Research, Information Management, company news
IDG News Service - Google has created a €60 million (US$81 million) fund designed to settle disputes with French publishers over lost revenues, providing an alternative to a proposed "link tax" that would have charged the company for ...
Tags: Google, Copyright Dispute, French Publishers