Google Search To Offer SSL
Google is finally taking privacy seriously to a degree by offering its users a secure form of searching while using Google Search.
View ArticleFire Hazard Prompts Lenovo To Recall ThinkCentre PCs
Lenovo is expanding the recall of some ThinkCentre all-in-ones desktops due to a component defect that may cause the PCs to overheat to the point of catching fire, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...
View ArticleLenovo Hopes To Make Inroads With ‘Made In The USA’ Computers
Lenovo hopes that computers made in its first U.S. manufacturing plant will draw more consumers, while also making the delivery of ThinkPad laptops and tablets faster to U.S. customers. The company,...
View ArticleEnergy Star Ratings To Be Applied To Tablets
Coming to a tablet near you soon, Energy Star ratings. The specification will be part of the Energy Star version 6.1, according to documents posted on the U.S. Energy Star website. But a date for...
View ArticleEricsson Acquires Microsoft’s IPTV Platform
Microsoft has sold its Mediaroom IPTV platform to Ericsson so that they can solely focus on the Xbox. For Ericsson, the deal will make it the largest provider of “IPTV and multi-screen solutions,” it...
View ArticleSirius XM Sued For Underpayment Of Royalties
A U.S. nonprofit firm who’s responsibilities include collecting digital royalties for music artists sued satellite radio service provider Sirius XM Radio Inc for at least $50 million for underpaying on...
View ArticleSpotify Announces Free Music Service For Mobile Devices
Online music-streaming provider Spotify launched a free music service for smart phones and tablets as it attempts to snag a fast-growing group of users keen to stream tunes on their mobile devices....
View ArticleMicrosoft Rebrands SkyDrive As OneDrive
Microsoft announced that it will rename its SkyDrive online storage services as OneDrive, picking a name six months after striking a deal with a British broadcaster that had taken the technology giant...
View ArticleSamsung Debuts Milk, New Free Music Service
Samsung has high hopes for its new Milk streaming service. The radio service, announced last Friday, is available for free, with no ads, and users don’t need a log in to use the service, said Daren...
View ArticleAmazon Launches Streaming Music Service, Free For Prime Customers
Amazon.com Inc rolled out a streaming music service on Thursday that comes free with its $99-a-year Prime membership program, but offers a smaller selection of recent hits than rivals Spotify and...
View ArticleYouTube To Jump Into The Ever Expanding Music Streaming Business
Google Inc’s YouTube said that it will begin offering a paid streaming music service, amid criticism that its existing, free video website might block the music videos of labels that do not agree to...
View ArticleMicrosoft Confirms Next Generation Of Office To Launch In 2015
Microsoft has confirmed that it plans to roll out its next version of Office for Windows in the second half of 2015. ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley first reported on comments made by Julia White, general...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s MDM Finally Coming To Office 365
While these capabilities are built in to Office 365, Microsoft will also enable this to be extended to other applications using Intune app wrapper functionality, White said.
View ArticleApple To Bundle Beats Music Into iOS
Apple Inc will bundle the subscription music service it acquired from Beats into its iOS operating system early next year, according to an article by the Financial Times. The inclusion of the paid-for...
View ArticleInstagram Helps Out Apple Watch App Developers
With the Apple Watch slated for release on April 24, third-party application developers are rushing to write extensions that can run on the device. Now Instagram is sharing some code it wrote for its...
View ArticleApple Music Being Reviewed For Potential Antitrust Violations
The attorneys general of New York and Connecticut are investigating Apple Inc’s negotiations with record labels to find signs of potential antitrust violations. The attorneys general want to know...
View ArticleFCC Unveils New Comparison Internet Service Labels
The Obama administration revealed new labels for broadband and mobile Internet service, aimed at helping the nation’s web users make price and service comparisons. The labels from the U.S. Federal...
View ArticleAmazon To Get Join The Already Crowded Music Streaming Business
Amazon.com Inc is gearing up to launch a standalone music streaming subscription service, placing it squarely in competition with rival offerings from Apple Inc and Spotify, according to sources...
View ArticlePandora, Amazon Both To Launch New Music Streaming Service
Amazon.com Inc and Pandora Media Inc are gearing up to roll out new versions of their streaming music services in coming weeks, the New York Times has reported, citing several anonymous people with...
View ArticleAmazon Partners With MediaTek
Amazon wants its customers to buy at least half a dozen of these assistants to scatter around the house, with bulk discounts available on six and twelve packs at $49 and $99 price reductions,...
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