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UAE CIOs rank cloud as a top investment priority
With 85 percent of UAE CIOs ranking cloud as their top investment priority to 2020, managing multiple clouds will be the foundation for business success, industry experts revealed recently.0 3720
Fewer women online than men
Women are coming online later and more slowly than men around the world, according to a new report released today by the Broadband Commission Working Group on broadband and gender.
US demanded access to encryption keys of email provider Lavabit
The US government demanded from email service provider Lavabit access to all user communications and a copy of the encryption keys used to secure web, instant message and email traffic for its investigation into several Lavabit user accounts, according to a post on the Facebook page of founder Ladar Levison.
Google buys Flutter, a gesture recognition start-up
Google has acquired Flutter, a gesture recognition company whose technology lets people control music and movies on their desktop by waving their hands.
Bluetooth Smart going into wireless device chargers
Mobile devices will be able to talk to wireless charging platforms through a partnership between the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the backers of Bluetooth.
Yahoo abandons T-shirt rewards for vulnerability information
Yahoo will stop giving T-shirts as a reward for finding security vulnerabilities after a public shaming it’s calling “T-shirt gate.”
Facebook offers ‘free’ Wi-Fi in exchange for check-ins
More hotels, shops and other businesses will soon be offering free Wi-Fi to customers if they agree in return to “check in” at the business from their Facebook account.
SAP users hit out at Business Suite and BusinessObjects support
Users of SAP’s Business Suite and BusinessObjects are complaining that the enterprise software giant is struggling to integrate support for the two products, according to the latest survey from the UK & Ireland SAP User Group.
Successful IT professionals are ‘willing to self-train’, says HP head
IT professionals will need to be flexible and willing to self-train if they are to be successful, according to HP’s head of innovation.
Apple can push iOS email across German borders again
Apple switched on its push email services for iOS devices in Germany again after posting a bond of €100 million (US$135 million).