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Microsoft officially launched the Surface Pro 3 tablet on May 20. CEO Satya Nadella said that the company’s to devices design is to enable people to “get more out of every moment of their lives.” The Surface Pro 3 is design to bridge the gap between tablets and laptops, and contains a high-end Intel “Haswell” […]

Microsoft and SAP AG recently announced they will be expanding their global partnership to deliver new cloud, data and mobile solutions. The goal of these new solutions is to help improve employee productivity, enhance workforce mobility and encourage increased business value for customers and partners. Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud and Enterprise at […]

AT&T officials announced that they intend to purchase satellite-TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, which is equal to $95 per share. This deal could make AT&T the one of America’s largest pay-TV providers. Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and CEO, had previously said he was keeping a close eye on Comcast’s planned merger with Time Warner […]

In a vote on May 15, the Federal Communications Commission approved Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to establish new rules regulating network neutrality. The approval of Wheeler’s “Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” in a 3-2 vote is just the first step toward creating new rules regarding net neutrality. This most controversial question in the debate […]

After several limited sales offers, Google announced on May 13 it is making Google Glass available to the broad U.S. market. Although Google Glass is still in beta test phase, the search giant said its computerized eyewear is now available to U.S. buyers for as long as the current supply remains in stock. In a […]

Blackberry already offers an enterprise mobility management solution that allows customers to manage BlackBerry smartphones alongside iOS and Android-running devices. Now, the company has announced that its EMM will also enable its competitors—AirWatch, Citrix, IBM and SAP—to also support BlackBerry 10 devices with their mixed-platform environments. As for a time frame when the four companies […]

At a recent event, IBM executives unveiled “Elastic Storage,” new technology designed to address the needs of businesses and service providers that are overwhelmed by the growth of data being generated through both traditional means, and newer venues like social media, mobile and video. The goal of Elastic Storage is to create a way for […]

Microsoft has extended its cloud-based business intelligence platform for Office 365—Power BI—with a new update designed to bring forecasting capabilities to the software. Power BI is Microsoft’s self-service BI offering, which allows users to analyze data using Excel. The company announced that the new Power BI forecasting tools for the Power View component will enable […]

In the wake of recent news reports stating that the Federal Communications Commission may propose new rules that many Web users fear will allow ISPs to discriminate Internet companies, internet giants Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Ebay, Twitter and Microsoft, along with 143 other internet-based companies, have signed a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler expressing their […]

Facebook started the Open Compute Project in 2011, which now has Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom, Mellanox Technologies and Rackspace as members. While the months-old Open Compute Lab at the University of Texas at San Antonio may not look like much now, Paul Rad, director of the lab and vice president of research at Rackspace, […]