United Nations' Global Pulse initiative partners with social data provider DataSift to analyze worldwide opinions on vaccinations, poverty, and other humanitarian topics. United Nations data scientists working in New York; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Kampala, Uganda, will use data aggregation and filtering tools from DataSift to study attitudes of people from around the world, the organizations […]
Microsoft pledges to do better after frustrating customers with last week's Exchange Online and Lync Online outages. Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google(Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Microsoft has provided more details to explain the outages suffered last week by its Exchange Online and Lync Online hosted services. Some customers were […]
Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP, but 25% of PC users still use it today -- twice as many as use Windows 8 and 8.1. You've got to hand it to people who still use Windows XP -- they're a resolute bunch. Microsoft stopped supporting the enormously popular OS almost three months ago, but according […]
To multitask in Windows 8, you had to jump between drastically different UIs. But Windows 8.1 changes that: Get more productive using these tips. Microsoft Office For iPad Vs. iWork Vs. Google Heading into July, just under half the combined Windows 8 and 8.1 user base is still using the first version of the new […]
Contraceptive implants are nothing new, but the current generation of progestogen-releasing devices need to be replaced every three years and have to be removed if you want to try for a baby. That may change soon, however, now that the Gates Foundation is backing a Massachusetts biotech company to build the next generation of implantable […]
There was a time when companies preferred to maintain their hardware with OEM, but rising cost has brought about an alternative. Today more and more companies are turning to TPM (Third Party Maintenance) as it takes a load both financially and functionally off their shoulders. However, there are still some companies who are yet to […]
The bandwidth needs of the enterprise have grown exponentially over the past few years, and that growth isn’t showing any signs of stopping. Cloud services, mobile access and increased video needs will place even greater demands on the enterprise’s bandwidth. Gartner group offers a look at just how much those demands will increase between now […]
Firstly, what does this term mean? The word “cloud” relates to the cloud computing representation used historically to illustrate the telephone network and more recently to represent the Internet in computer diagrams. So, it’s basically a metaphor for the Internet. Overall, cloud computing is a rather an ambiguous term that takes in a number of […]
Most business managers and their IT leaders don’t really have the time to look at the future of the way they handle and use IT. In the current economic climate when many companies are trying to cope with shrinking budgets moving forward with your IT strategy is very low on everyone’s to do list. These […]
When a computer decides to go belly up and pretty much throw in the towel, it is only normal to feel an immediate and consuming sense of panic. After this comes the decision to seek out the best computer repair at any expense necessary to make sure all is not lost. However, sensibly speaking, there […]
