In early May, I was one of the fortunate few in the UAE to have had a BlackBerry PlayBook in …
Speaking in code
Most of the time, what we coin as new technologies are just standard improvements on older versions in the steady …
Trend Micro Titanium 2012 beta available
Trend Micro has announced the public beta release of Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security 2012. Customers who download the 2012 …
Disney launches Comics app for iOS devices
For the first time, Disney’s extensive collection of comics is digitally available in one place–on the newly launched Disney Comics …
The new generation of apps
The world today is at the confluence of several trends, each sufficiently disruptive in its own right to affect profoundly …
Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand
Ethernet vendors will need to develop faster products more quickly to keep up with the demand being created by mobile …
Protect yourself from Facejacking
It’s sometimes difficult to believe but our social networking accounts have become, in many cases, a part of our lives …
Games outfit Codemasters admits to hacking incident
UK games developer Codemasters has admitted that hackers broke into the company’s servers earlier this month and stole customer login …
Large-scale IPv6 trial set for June 8
The largest experiment in the 40-year history of the Internet will take place on Wednesday, as hundreds of Web sites test …
Google acquires social analytics vendor PostRank
Google has acquired PostRank, a company whose hosted software measures user engagement with topics, brands, authors and content across social …
Peel away controls
The dirty little secret of iOS remote control devices is that the vast majority of them are terrible. And they …
Keep track of your online reputation: WSI
At the May session of TECOM’s Thought Incubator series, Husam Jandal, senior digital marketing consultant at WSI addressed the subject …
New ‘Mango’ Windows Phone version integrates apps
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled many new features to its Windows Phone software but it left out a few that some …
Microsoft previews Mango
Microsoftyesterday, previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code named “Mango” for the Gulf Region at a media event …
Who Controls Your Brand?
The old order is being turned on its head; companies used to being in control of their customers and their …
More marketing budgets invested in social media, says survey
A new survey indicates more traditional business marketing money is being spent on social media activities, including using the public …
Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion
Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies’ CEOs, Steve Ballmer and Tony …
Microsoft to buy Skype
Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. The companies’ CEOs, Steve Ballmer and Tony …
Microsoft set to acquire Skype: Report
Microsoft is close to finalizing a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies for over US$7 billion, and a …
Apple topples Google as top brand, says report
Apple has topped Google as the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released over the weekend …