BlackBerry has started rolling out the first software update for its flagship Z10 smartphone. The Z10 running on the BlackBerry 10 operating system has got its first firmware upgrade based on user feedback. BlackBerry 10.0.10.85 brings a ...
The entire MDM (mobile device management) space is dead when it comes to the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend, according to IBRS security analyst James Turner. He made the claim during the launch of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for ...
Google on Thursday took the wraps off the Chromebook Pixel, a touch-screen-enabled laptop. Inspiring its name, the new Chromebook has 4.3 million pixels, or 239 pixels per inch, which Google noted is more than any other laptop screen on ...
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Twitter has implemented DMARC, a standard for preventing email spoofing, in order to make it harder for attackers to send phishing emails that appear to come from twitter.com addresses. Twitter users are constantly targeted in phishing ...
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Microsoft says it has begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service. Microsoft's move follows a test phase in which it adapted the service to try and better serve lifestyles that ...
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Microsoft has moved its email service Outlook.com out of the preview phase, and plans a marketing campaign to boost its adoption worldwide. The service, which claims 60 million active users since the preview was released last July, will ...
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As Microsoft pushed Outlook.com out of preview mode today, analysts said the company's "Scroogled" attack ads, which fired shots at Google's Gmail two weeks ago, were effective. "We all like to think that we don't like attack ads, but the ...
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With Microsoft making a big push with its free email service Outlook.com, Google's Gmail and Yahoo Mail suddenly have a serious new rival. Microsoft plans to begin moving Hotmail users to Outlook.com, which reportedly already has 60 ...
Buyers of Windows 8 smartphones need to check that apps that offer vital functionality on their iPhone and Android devices are available for their new Microsoft-inspired handset. Apps can be either missing, of relatively poor quality ...
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When a relatively small high-tech company with some big aerospace and defense customers wanted to adopt cloud-based email for its employees, it faced the challenge that whatever choice of cloud service it adopted, it had to meet the ...
Microsoft has launched a campaign in the U.S. that targets Google's alleged practice of going through the contents of all Gmail messages to sell and target advertisements, raising again an old issue the software giant has with the free ...
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Google is rolling out some enhancements to Google Now, a mobile app that gives Android users personalized information on the fly. The changes could help make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives. The updates put the app front ...
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The second draft of the controversial Communications Data Bill, which aims to allow unparalleled interception of data about UK citizens' online communications and voice calls, is to be released next month. Government publishes draft ...
An industry group called the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP) has claimed that Google's dominant position in online search and advertising was generated as a result of a "broad-ranging and illegal network of ...
Microsoft is pulling no punches with a new promotional campaign for its revamped Outlook email service, as it directly accuses Google of "invasion of your privacy" and "going through mail to sell ads". The campaign - which Microsoft calls ...
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