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Sprint Offers Amazon Prime Service With Samsung Phone Activations

Today’s topics include Sprint giving away Amazon Prime service with select Samsung smartphones, Microsoft’s acquisition of security specialist Secure Islands, IBM’s Spectrum Storage innovations, and the opening of Motorola’s first tech boutique in Chicago. Sprint is giving new and current customers a free year of Amazon Prime when they activate one of Samsung’s latest smartphones […]

IT Managers Ask Microsoft for More Details About Windows 10 Updates

Today’s topics include Microsoft facing resistance from IT managers over Windows 10 updates, Google seeking to design its own chips for Android phones, SD-WAN at the forefront of the ONUG show, and MongoDB 3.2 targets new users. Microsoft will start deploying its much anticipated fall 2015 Windows 10 update to computers around the world starting […]

Latest Android Update Fixes New Stagefright Flaw

Today’s topics include the latest Google Android update, AT&T’s AA battery-powered SpareOne emergency phone, Intel’s $22 million investments in 10 different startup companies, and the new Asus ZenFone 2 Laser smartphone. As promised, Google is continuing to issue monthly Android security updates in an effort to protect users from malware and cyber-attacks. The recently released […]

Will Motorola’s Shatterproof Display Become a Smartphone Standard?

Today’s topics include an analysis on Motorola’s shatterproof display, Red Hat and Microsoft have forged a wide-ranging cloud partnership, Microsoft nixes its unlimited OneDrive cloud storage, and Apple strikes a deal with bankrupt company GT Advanced Technologies. At the end of October, Motorola announced the shatterproof display feature and four-year breakage guarantee of its new […]

Mozilla Delivers Firefox 42 With Improved Private Browing Feature

Today’s topics include the release of Firefox 42, Microsoft Power BI’s new capabilities for exploring big data, Google’s emphatic denial of rumors that it intends to phase out Chrome OS, and Juniper Networks’ offer of a disaggregated version of its Junos Network OS. Mozilla has released the Firefox 42 browser, which provides users with improved […]

Samsung Pay Trades Free Wireless Charging Pads for New Accounts

Today’s topics include Samsung promoting its mobile payment platform, Cloud Foundry on Microsoft Azure is now available, AMD continues to restructure its graphic efforts, and Letv and Intel are partnering to commercialize VR video. In order to promote its Samsung Pay mobile payment service, Samsung is offering a free wireless charging pad to customers who […]

T-Mobile to Introduce Free Video Streaming at Media Event: Report

Today’s topics include T-mobile reportedly unveiling a free video streaming service, Apple’s iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 4 are now available to T-Mobile customers, Google updated Android for Work, and the FAA has released the names of its Drone Task Force members. T-Mobile is expected to announce the next big thing for their customers […]

Big Screen Samsung Galaxy View Tablet Tuned for Entertainment

Today’s topics include the introduction of Samsung’s Galaxy View tablet, HP adds Enterprise features to the Helion OpenStack cloud Platform, Facebook’s lesson for developers about running the social media app on 2G mobile networks, and Google’s release of new metrics tools for its Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging services. Samsung is looking to create a […]

Microsoft Releases Project Oxford Machine-Learning Beta

Today’s topics include the release of Microsoft’s machine-learning beta, JPMorgan Chase will launch its own mobile payment service, Oracle puts software in its SPARC M7 chip to improve security, and IBM buys The Weather Company’s digital assets. Developers looking to build intelligent apps that understand natural language no longer have to wait for an invitation […]

Oracle, Intel Aim to Take On IBM in the Data Center

Today’s topics include Oracle and Intel teaming up to take on IBM in the data center, Cisco exposes and helps patch NTP vulnerabilities, IBM announces Data Insight Services in collaboration with Twitter and The Weather Company, and Intel purchases cognitive computer vendor Saffron. Oracle and Intel are teaming up to take on IBM in the […]