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Read this whitepaper to learn how you can manage every delivery aspect of users, applications, systems and infrastructure with an elastic, dynamic infrastructure designed to support these requirements. Learn more >> Yes, US workers do still need their email The end of email has been foretold many times, but despite these predictions of doom, U.S. workers can't seem to get rid of it.About six in 10 Internet-using workers in the U.S. list email as "very important" to doing their jobs, topping the list of most important work tools, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.Email trumped the Internet as a whole, which 54 percent called very important, and ranked well above mobile or smartphones [24 percent] as well as social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, which only 4 percent of workers found important. Surprisingly, the use of landline phones outranked mobile phone usage: 35 percent of respondents marked landlines as very important.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Skype group chat hits Word and PowerPoint Online apps   Microsoft has finally made it easier to chat with others working on the same document inside Office Online thanks to a Skype-powered feature that is now live. Read More   TV makers propose new connector for 8K video Televisions that can show pictures far superior to today's best high-definition video are making headlines and attracting crowds at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. When they come to market in the next few years, they will likely include a new connector as well—and require a new set of cables.One proposal to replace HDMI is called Super MHL, backed by Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Nokia and chip-maker Silicon Image. It's aimed at 8K video, a new format not expected for several years that offers pictures with 16 times the resolution of today's best high-definition TV.It's based on the MHL standard already in existence, but one you've probably not come across. MHL sends video over the USB connector on a phone to a flat-panel display. If the display also has MHL support, a straight cable into the HDMI connector is all that's required, but TVs without the standard require a more expensive adapter.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems   5 New Laws of Antimalware Protection Download this report now to learn the 5 New Laws of Anti-Malware and how you can protect your networks from the newly-evolving threat landscape. Learn more >> Report: Verizon may be planning to buy AOL U.S. telecommunications provider Verizon may be in the process of acquiring digital media company AOL, the Bloomberg news service has reported.Verizon is interested in AOL's digital advertising unit, which it could incorporate into the mobile video service offered by its Verizon Wireless subsidiary, anonymous sources familiar with the talks told Bloomberg.As an alternative to an outright acquisition, the two companies may also be considering starting a joint venture that would bring the digital advertising capabilities to Verizon's cellular network customers, according to the report.Verizon declined to comment, though its CEO Lowell McAdam —speaking Tuesday at the Citi Global Internet, Media and Telecommunications conference in Las Vegas—described the possibility of the AOL acquisition as "really not accurate," a Verizon spokesman confirmed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   LG's curvy GFlex 2 smartphone has the spirit of old-school flip phones LG's new GFlex 2 smartphone is built in the spirit of flip handsets, with curvy contours to make chatting on the phone more convenient.Beyond the sleek 5.5-inch screen, the smartphone offers some of the most advanced mobile technologies available, said Frank Lee, manager at LG, during a press conference at CES.The smartphone has a P-OLED screen that can display images at 1080p resolution. It also has Qualcomm's 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor, which is able to process 4K video and supports the latest LTE video and broadcast technologies.It will run on Android 5.0. The screen won't crack easily, as energy is dispersed on impact, and the handset also has a "self-healing" back designed to automatically remove scratches.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Facebook acquires speech-recognition startup Wit.ai Facebook is acquiring Wit.ai, a speech-recognition startup whose technology could give the social network new ways to let users connect verbally.Wit.ai, less than two years old, has a platform that lets outside developers incorporate speech recognition into apps, home devices such as thermostats, and even robots. More than 6,000 developers have used its technology to build apps and devices that people can talk to, the Palo Alto, California-based company says.It's unclear how exactly its technology will be incorporated into Facebook, though it's likely to help Facebook compete against Apple's Siri and Google voice search. "Wit.ai has built an incredible yet simple natural language processing API that has helped developers turn speech and text into actionable data. We're excited to have them onboard," Facebook said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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