Microsoft will reap enormous revenue when it introduces mobile versions of its Office productivity suite for iOS and Android, an analyst said on Friday, despite warning that the window of opportunity is quickly closing. “The day ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office productivity suite, iOS, Android
Amazon.ca today announced that the new family of Kindle e-readers is now available to customers in Canada. The all-new top-of-the-line Kindle Paperwhite is the most advanced e-reader ever built with 62% more pixels and 25% increased ...
Tags: Amazon, Kindle e-readers, Canada
Intel's decision to leave the motherboard business is a smart move in a troubled market, analysts said Wednesday. Intel confirmed to Computerworld on Wednesday that it will slowly back off the motherboard business over the next three ...
Tags: Intel, smart move, motherboard business
Rather than merely devising a mobile application strategy, development shops need to view mobile apps as just one component of a larger, "omni-channel" application architecture, according to an analyst report released this month. The ...
Tags: Mobile App, omni-channel approach, TVs, laptops
With the latest generation of high-end smartphones sporting power-hungry 5-inch screens, a growing number of phone vendors are emphasizing bigger batteries rather than thinner devices. After HTC's introduction of a 5-inch, full-HD screen ...
Tags: smartphone, screen, phone market
Microsoft continues to expand its cloud offerings with the general availability of Windows Azure Media Services, which lets enterprises skip building their own infrastructure for streaming on-demand video. The service, released Tuesday, ...
Tags: Microsoft, cloud offerings, Windows Azure Media Services
With a tough 2012 behind it, Advanced Micro Devices hopes to return to profitability this year through cost-cutting, new chips and other measures, executives said Tuesday. The moves include releasing new chips this year for laptops and ...
Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, chips, laptops, tablets
Dell is planning to release by mid-year a computer that's all of 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. It's not much bigger in girth than a USB stick, and is similar in design. This Wi-Fi enabled device is designed to be plugged into ...
Internet retail colossus Amazon.com has announced the purchase of a text-to-speech technology company in a move evidently aimed at ramping up the capabilities of its Kindle Fire tablet computers. Amazon did not disclose financial terms of ...
Tags: Amazon, Ivona Software, voice solutions
Analysts are unsure whether RIM's new enterprise mobility software, now available for download, can halt the migration away from BlackBerry smartphones. The new BES 10 tool set combines security, device and application management for ...
High-definition screens, web-enabled controls, smart capabilities—you'd expect to find these features on the latest televisions and tablets. But increasingly they're also on thermostats, as manufacturers look to up the wow factor of ...
Tags: Smart Thermostats, televisions, tablets, thermostats
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced plans to help streamline wireless broadband buildout in the U.S., with initiatives that include clarifying a provision requiring local review of modifications to cell towers. Other ...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Streamline Wireless
Global tablet computer sales are expected to hit 145 million this year, a research firm said in the latest upgrade of the sizzling segment. ABI Research said it raised its forecast due to "a combination of new market entrants, more ...
Tags: Tablet, Sales, computer sales
Whether for entertainment, convenience, or enhancing productivity, media tablets continue to take the market by storm. According to market intelligence firm ABI Research, an estimated 145 million tablet devices will ship worldwide in 2013. ...
Tags: media tablets, market intelligence, product portfolios
The US FDA has issued marketing approval for Lupin Pharmaceuticals' Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets USP, 0.1mg / 0.02mg, the combined oral contraceptive. Levonorgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets are the generic equivalent ...
Tags: FDA, Oral Contraceptive Medication, Lupin Pharmaceuticals