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The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules to make it easier for 911 emergency responders to get to mobile callers who are dialing from inside buildings. For years, it has been difficult for emergency responders to accurately locate mobile callers from within buildings due to interference from concrete, steel girders and other building materials. […]

On Jan. 28, Amazon announced its latest business product, a cloud-based email and calendaring service called WorkMail, which one analyst said could be the first of many follow-on application offerings. While WorkMail won’t compete directly with dominant Web products like Gmail and Yahoo email because it’s strictly focused on workplace email, there are still plenty […]

Yahoo has announced a plan to carry out a tax-free spin-off of its shares in Alibaba. Yahoo, which once owned nearly 30 percent of the China-based e-commerce site that went public last year, said it would transfer its remaining 15 percent stake—384 million shares worth about $40 billion, plus what it called “legacy, ancillary businesses”—into […]

Microsoft has added its digital assistant Cortana to its newest preview build of Windows 10. The newer version is available to members of the Windows Insider program. According to company estimates, 1.7 million “insiders” have taken Windows 10 for a spin. Gabe Aul, Data and Fundamentals lead in Microsoft’s Operating Systems Group explained that Cortana […]

Microsoft has announced it is acquiring Revolution Analytics, a Mountain View, Calif.-based big data analytics specialist and open-source software company. Microsoft is acquiring this company to help customers use Revolution Analytics technology “to unlock big data insights” from their business data streams. The Revolution Analytics technology will be built into upcoming on-premises, hybrid cloud and […]

Microsoft will include Office apps with smartphones and mini tablets when the Windows 10 operating system ships later this year. Like the new OS, the apps are meant to provide a consistent experience across a wide range of devices, from pocket-sized units to massive interactive displays for corporate conference rooms. Apart from a more touch-friendly […]

Google has reportedly entered into partnership agreement that will allow it to buy wireless services in bulk from T-Mobile and Sprint and resell them directly to U.S. consumers under its own brand. The Wall Street Journal reported the company’s plan on Jan. 21, quoting sources that it said were close to Google’s plans. The so-called […]

Tim Hoettges, the CEO of T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom, recently gave an interview where he said that in order to survive in the tough U.S. mobile business marketplace T-Mobile has to find a merger partner that is acceptable to U.S regulators. The Consumerist reported that Hoettges said he was intrigued by the concept of […]

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is denying rumors that Apple will soon replace Intel chips with its own ARM-based processors for its Macintosh PCs. Apple makes its own ARM-based processors for iPhones and iPads, but has been using Intel chips for Macs since 2006. Moving the Macs to a new architecture would offer a host of […]

Google decided to stop sales of the Google Glass Explorer edition, as of Jan. 19. This does not represent the end of the eyewear-mounted computer, but more of a transition so Google can focus on “what is coming next,” the company said in a Jan. 15 post on the project’s Google+ page. “We’re continuing to […]