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BlackBerry CEO: I'll kill off BlackBerry phones if they don't start making money

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:31:07 +0000

BlackBerry yanked its phones from T-Mobile stores after a T-Mobile ad campaign suggested customers should trade in their BlackBerry for an iPhone, but on Thursday, new BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he's not averse to snuffing out the iconic handsets completely if BlackBerry phones don't start making money once again.

Dropbox diversifies beyond storage with photos, collaboration apps

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:10:53 +0000

Dropbox, the cloud storage and file sharing vendor, is expanding its scope into photo management and document collaboration. The new products, announced Wednesday, are part of an ambitious effort by the company to provide its customers with productivity and organization tools.

"We're moving from one app, called Dropbox, to a family of apps," said Dropbox CEO Drew Houston during a launch event in San Francisco.

Star software designer Greg Christie leaving Apple

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:30:00 +0000

Veteran Apple software designer Greg Christie, who played a major role in the development of the iPhone, will be retiring later this year, Apple confirmed after a Wednesday report by the Wall Street Journal.

One user's path to a Chromebook enterprise

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:06:26 +0000

Microsoft's dominance in business may be mammoth but it isn't absolute, as Tim Dickson, the director of technology at Auberge Resorts, has found.

Dickson is leading a multi-year migration to Chromebooks and Google Apps for Business for the 800 internal users at the resort and hotel provider.

Apple details $2.2B damages claim against Samsung

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:58:17 +0000

Apple began to lay out its $2.2 billion damages claim against Samsung Electronics for the first time on Tuesday, arguing to an eight-person jury in California that Samsung's alleged patent infringement was large and significantly damaged Apple.

Apple is demanding the money for lost sales and royalties it says it suffered as a result of Samsung's sale of more than 37 million smartphones and tablets between August 2011 and the end of 2013, the company told the court.

Google envisions Glass in businesses

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:39:03 +0000

Google wants to put its Glass headmounted computer system to work.

The company is looking to partner with enterprise software developers and businesses as part of a push to get Glass into the hands of companies who could use it in their operations.

Apple-Samsung jury discovers joys of subroutines, class libraries

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:35:04 +0000

The eight-person jury hearing Apple's patent infringement case against Samsung was thrown into the deep end Monday and subjected to some heady talk of subroutines and class libraries.

It was a big contrast to last week, when the court got a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of the iPhone and were told of a Steve Jobs email in which the former Apple boss called for a "holy war" against Google.

China obtains patent concessions in return for approving Microsoft-Nokia deal

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 10:50:30 +0000

China is requiring Microsoft and Nokia to make promises on fair patent use, fearing that the proposed acquisition between the two companies could spell trouble for the nation's Android device makers.

On Tuesday, China's Ministry of Commerce gave conditional regulatory approval to Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's Devices & Services business. The $7.2 billion deal means that Microsoft could very soon produce its own smartphones using the Windows Phone operating system.

Qualcomm adds fastest ever 64-bit Snapdragon mobile chip

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:09:26 +0000

Qualcomm is getting high on 64-bit chips with its fastest ever Snapdragon processor, which will render 4K video, support LTE Advanced and could run the 64-bit Android OS.

The new Snapdragon 810 is the company's "highest performing" mobile chip for smartphones and tablets, Qualcomm said in a statement. Mobile devices with the 64-bit chip will ship in the first half of next year, and be faster and more power-efficient. Snapdragon chips are used in handsets with Android and Windows Phone operating systems, which are not available in 64-bit form yet.

Office for iPad apps top 12 million downloads in one week

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:55:28 +0000

It looks like Apple's free iWork suite for iOS just wasn't enough for many iPad users.

Microsoft eases development for Windows and Windows Phone with new App Studio

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:08:50 +0000

Microsoft's App Studio beta test has been expanded to allow novice developers to build applications for Windows tablets and PCs, in addition to Windows Phone.

3D-printed modules for Google's Ara phone coming early next year

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:01:42 +0000

Lego-like parts that will form the building blocks for Google's Project Ara will be produced on 3D printers and ship in time for the customizable smartphone's release early next year.

T-Mobile offers credits to retain BlackBerry customers

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:16:00 +0000

T-Mobile's CEO John Legere said Thursday he was disappointed with BlackBerry's decision this week to split with the carrier, and offered credits to hold on to dedicated BlackBerry users among its customers.

Microsoft's smart strategy to take on Android

Galen M. Gruman — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0000

Windows Phone is anything but the monster hit Microsoft hoped for three and a half years ago when the Windows Mobile successor finally came t

Following Famo.us, Ludei takes a swing at PhoneGap too

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0000

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Microsoft opens .Net but misses the point with mobile

Simon Phipps — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0000

In my last column, I observed that it's possible that Satya Nadella may be able to lead Microsoft out of the desert

Welcome to the 21st century, Microsoft -- took you long enough

InfoWorld Tech Watch — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0000

Check off the biggest trends in the tech industry -- mobile, open source, cloud -- and it's a sure bet Microsoft was late to the party and underdressed when it got there.

New Windows Phone security necessary, but not groundbreaking

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:32:53 +0000

Microsoft, which is far behind Apple and Google in the smartphone market, has introduced a number of security features in Windows Phone that are not groundbreaking, but necessary to attract businesses.

The improvements are part of Windows Phone 8.1, which Microsoft executives unveiled Wednesday during the opening keynote of the Build developer conference in San Francisco.

EU votes Net neutrality into law, abolishes mobile roaming charges

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:26:16 +0000

Blocking and throttling Internet traffic will become illegal in the European Union following a parliamentary vote today.

Members of the European Parliament voted to close loopholes in a proposed law that some believed would have created a two-tier Internet. The so-called Telecoms Package originally described "specialized services," which would have allowed Internet service providers to charge more for more data-intensive content services such as voice over IP and streaming video.

In the latest Apple-Samsung battle, Apple's real target is Google

Bill Snyder — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0000

Apple and Samsung have sued each other so often and in so many countries that you can certainly be pardoned for yawning when the subject comes up.