Thursday, February 5, 2015

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VMware expands channel programme

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 03:25 AM PST

vmware-partner-link-bg-w-logoVMware has announced new programs and other initiatives for its partner network.

The announcement, made at this week’s VMware Partner Exchange 2015, is tied to the outfit's cunning plan to push “business transformation in the mobile cloud era”.

The VMware Partner Professional Services Programme will let  consulting partners to sell and deliver their own services. more»

Javascript grows in popularity

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:29 AM PST

JavascriptAccording to numbers from RedMonk, a tech-industry analyst firm, while Apple's development language Swift is growing it has a mountain to climb before it will rival the ever popular Javascript.

The tame Apple Press is doing its best to talk up the rise of Swift, but the real news from RedMonk's list of the most-used languages survey is that Javascript is continuing to grow like topsy. more»

Obama has support for “big data” bill

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:28 AM PST

Obama BarackIt is looking like President Barack Obama’s “Big Data” privacy plans might get through the Republican controlled Congress.

He has proposed action on a series of laws to address “Big Data” concerns, but most have not gone anywhere when many corporations want to collect data to sell products, and are telling their paid politicians to vote them down. more»

Paypal boss cashes in his chips

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:27 AM PST

paypal-logoPaypal executive Don Kingsborough, who helped get the outfit to move into physical retail stores, stepped down in January.

Kingsborough was instrumental in PayPal’s attempts to push innovations such as in-store ordering and pickup and physical-checkout payment at chains.

His exit comes as the company competes with the likes of fast-growing startup Square to get its payments system adopted in more retail chains across the United States. more»

BT finalises EE take over

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:27 AM PST

Kitten-Kong BT has finalised its deal to buy EE from Orange and Deutsche Telekom for £12.5 billion.

According to the International Business Times , the deal, is to be officially completed by the end of the year, will be settled in cash and shares. more»

Facebook faces European probe

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 08:26 AM PST

european-commissionData protection authorities in the European Union are getting edgy about Facebook's privacy policy, it's been reported. Facebook released a new privacy policy at the end of last week which, among other things, even tracks you when you're not logged into the social network. more»

British firm promises flexible displays

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 07:15 AM PST

FlexEnable's prototype fabA company based in Cambridge claimed that by the end of this year it will produce properly flexible displays by the end of this year. FlexEnable is aiming to position its OLED displays into mobile products, wearables, surface displays and imaging systems. more»

Silicon chips to be one atom thin

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:56 AM PST

SiliconScientists have created transistors using a form of silicon which are only one atom thick. The researchers, based at the University of Texas at Austin said the breakthrough promises "dramatically faster, smaller and more efficient computer chips". The silicon is called silicene and the team demonstrated that it could be made into transistors, the basic building block of a central processing unit (CPU) in a computer. more»

Apple PCs make a dent in the marketplace

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:28 AM PST

windows-10-technical-preview-turquoiseWhile the conventional Windows PC market continues to decline, it appears to be losing market share to Apple's range of PCs. That's the conclusion of Taiwanese vendors who have told local wire Digitimes that global PC shipments are expected to fall by over three percent during 2015. more»

Organisations anticipate internet of things

Posted: 04 Feb 2015 06:14 AM PST

Internet of ThingsAlthough there's still a clear lack of standards with different vendors vying to take the lead, many organisations are getting ready for the internet of things (IoT). Companies including Intel, Qualcomm, Google and others want to have a big stake in the future of IOT. more»

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