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Android OS as an embedded platform

Posted September 26, 2013 - 12:00 am

Today, embedded systems are so common that you’d have a hard time looking in any direction without seeing a device which contains one - if you know where to look. Lately, a movement toward embedded as a platform is creating new opportunities by leveraging the Android OS.
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Not online? That's because the Internet is irrelevant and too technical, survey says

Posted September 25, 2013 - 6:54 pm

The information superhighway is not for everyone. Fifteen percent of adults still don't use the Internet, primarily because it's not relevant to them or it's too difficult to use, a recent Pew survey said.
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Image-insertion bug locks people out of Gmail

Posted September 25, 2013 - 6:49 pm

Beware Gmail users: Inserting images into the body of an email message can get you temporarily banned from your account.
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Sudan loses Internet access, government may be to blame

Posted September 25, 2013 - 4:23 pm

Connectivity to one of three major international ISPs in Sudan has been restored, following reports that the government may be responsible for cutting off the country's access amid riots over the lifting of fuel subsidies.
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Twitter partners with FEMA, American Red Cross and others for emergency alerts feature

Posted September 25, 2013 - 2:11 pm

Twitter wants to bolster its position as a go-to source of information during emergencies and other crises with a new notifications feature.
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Twitter tries 'magic' to keep users in the know

Posted September 24, 2013 - 7:57 pm

Didn't catch that tweet all your friends were talking about? Twitter wants you to see it next time, using a new feature that will notify you of tweets and contacts that Twitter thinks you'll want to know about.
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Meet the new LinkedIn, now also for career-focused teens

Posted September 24, 2013 - 7:32 pm

Forget the older crowd. LinkedIn now wants to help teenagers get into college and find a good job, in a strategy shift that analysts said could eventually pay off for the company.
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SkyDrive stumbles, becomes latest cloud app to get glitchy

Posted September 24, 2013 - 6:26 pm

Another day, another cloud app gets stung by a bug. Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service began malfunctioning on Tuesday afternoon, a day after Google's Gmail got tripped by a network breakdown.
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6 social media management tools ready for the enterprise

Posted September 24, 2013 - 3:06 pm

Social media is playing a growing role in corporate marketing campaigns. These six tools will help you launch, track and analyze campaigns across a variety of social media services -- including some you might not expect.
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Oracle takes the fight to Amazon, Salesforce.com with new cloud services

Posted September 24, 2013 - 2:37 pm

Oracle is offering a series of new services that position it as a one-stop shop for all things cloud and directly target the likes of Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com.
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Red Hat serves middleware to cloud developers

Posted September 24, 2013 - 12:19 pm

In a move to jump ahead of other PaaS (platform as a service) providers in the enterprise space, Red Hat will augment its OpenShift offering with a suite of middleware to ease the process of deploying cloud-based applications.
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Google fixes lengthy, widespread Gmail malfunction

Posted September 24, 2013 - 10:27 am

A Gmail glitch that took about 10 hours to fix and hit close to 50 percent of the webmail service's users has been fixed, ending one of the longest, most widespread Gmail disruptions in years.
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Twitter fixes Tweet button issue that downloaded a torrent file

Posted September 24, 2013 - 2:07 am

Some Twitter users were surprised Monday when they clicked a button to share content from third-party websites but instead downloaded a mysterious torrent file.
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BlackBerry messenger for Android and iPhone will not roll out this week

Posted September 23, 2013 - 11:55 pm

BlackBerry's messenger app for Android and iPhone will not roll out this week as the company struggles to block an unreleased version of the Android app that affected its system.
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Show me the money: Facebook tests new feature to encourage more in-app buying

Posted September 23, 2013 - 8:38 pm

Facebook is moving ahead with plans to test a new mobile feature to entice more people to buy products while shopping on smaller devices such as iPhones.
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How EDA used big data analytics to drive SaaS revenue

Posted September 23, 2013 - 8:27 pm

Faced with the challenge of converting subscribers to a new platform while implementing a price increase, Equipment Data Associates turned to Scout Analytics to provide the data analytics it needed to better understand and serve its customers.
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Gmail hit by message delivery delays, close to 50 percent of users affected

Posted September 23, 2013 - 4:12 pm

A bug bit Gmail on Monday and almost half of the webmail service's users are experiencing email delivery delays and problems downloading attachments.
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Oracle pushes into database-as-a-service

Posted September 23, 2013 - 4:04 pm

Oracle has hyped its new 12c database as faster and more powerful than ones that have come before, and now it's highlighting the release's ability to easily serve up multiple databases of varying size and scope according to a particular user's needs.
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LinkedIn denies harvesting user email accounts without permission

Posted September 23, 2013 - 12:06 am

LinkedIn denied over the weekend charges that the company breaks into the email accounts of its members without permission to harvest contacts' addresses.
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Memo to Pinterest: Go ahead with those ads, but be careful

Posted September 20, 2013 - 8:06 am

Pinterest already makes nice with outside businesses to better connect them with its site, but the social network is now thinking about consummating that relationship with promotional content.
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Bitbucket vs. GitHub: Which project host has the most?

Posted September 18, 2013 - 3:20 pm

The right choice boils down to a number of factors -- you might even consider using both.
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Nerd, interrupted: Inside a smartphone addiction treatment center

Posted September 17, 2013 - 1:23 pm

Those who suffer from nomophobia--the fear of being without a mobile phone--need a special type of rehab therapy.
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4 client-side web storage options that replace cookies

Posted September 17, 2013 - 12:45 pm

Several standards exist for storing large amounts of data in a user's Web browser. Each has its benefits, tradeoffs, W3C standardization status and level of browser support. All are better than cookies.
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Oracle to put on its innovation game face at OpenWorld

Posted September 17, 2013 - 8:01 am

Oracle's annual OpenWorld conference is less than a week away, and as usual the vendor is expected to make a slew of new product and strategy announcements.
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Five free Dropbox tools you're not using (but should be)

Posted September 16, 2013 - 5:02 pm

Dropbox is handy, but you can make it even easier to use with a wide range of products and services that work hand in hand with the cloud-based storage, syncing, and sharing service. Check out these five favorites for getting even more bang for your Dropbox buck.
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