How Facebook is using autoplaying videos and ad tech to make billions

Office for Android now widely available, with new Outlook apps in tow AllSeen IoT group acts to head off patent wars IT News Daily January 29, 2015 How Facebook is using autoplaying videos and ad tech to make billions Scrolling slowly through News Feed, you'll see a slew of videos. Some are from your friends. Others are ads from brands you like. All of them play automatically. Facebook now sees 3 billion video views a day, a fun fact that could have a huge effect on the network's bottom line. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Office for Android now widely available, with new Outlook apps in tow 2. AllSeen IoT group acts to head off patent wars 3. The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, January 29 4. Microsoft previews OneDrive for Business for the Mac 5. Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips 6. Apple hits Samsung at home, where it hurts Office for Android now widely available, with new Outlook apps in tow Microsoft has made its Word, Excel and Powerpoint apps for Google's Android OS generally available, and also released new Outlook apps for Android and Apple's iOS. READ MORE AllSeen IoT group acts to head off patent wars Vendors that contribute software to the AllJoyn Internet of Things project will pledge not to sue companies that make use of that code in products. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: VMTurbo, Inc. An Intelligent Roadmap for Capacity Planning Read this whitepaper for these 3 takeaways: • The complexities of pursuing efficient capacity planning • How to define functional requirements for your capacity management strategy • A capacity management strategy that assures service levels while reducing performance risk and hardware footprint Learn More>> The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, January 29 Samsung's mobile profits slide as Apple catches up ... Amazon has an enterprise mail service up its sleeve ... Foreign tech firms say China's cybersecurity rules are meant to drive them away ... and more READ MORE Microsoft previews OneDrive for Business for the Mac READ MORE WHITE PAPER: ShoreTel Which Hosted VoIP Solution Is More Cost-Effective for You Like the names imply, BASIC is a no-frills service that requires a do-it-yourself approach, while MANAGED has all the bells and whistles, and is managed for you by a team of experts, so there's no disturbance in the force. To figure out which makes the most sense for your bottom line, check out the side-by-side comparisons. Learn More>> Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips Bring a laptop into the room, and it wirelessly links to your monitors, external hard drive and printer. That's Intel's vision of a wire-free world for PCs with its new Core chips based on the Broadwell microarchitecture. READ MORE Apple hits Samsung at home, where it hurts Apple is getting closer to matching Samsung Electronics on its home turf, as it has done with other East Asian rivals. READ MORE Follow IT News You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2015 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **