KODAK Info Activate Solution v2.0 simplifies Microsoft SharePoint user …

KODAK Info Activate Solution wins Editor’s Choice at the Document Manager Magazine Awards 2013 October 15, 2013 Kodak Alaris’ Document Imaging business today announced KODAK Info Activate Solution v2.0, delivering on its vision for an easier, more consistent and cost-efficient way to capture, govern and manage data from electronic and paper "With Info…

Posted on: October 15, 2013 2:00 pm

NSA said to collect Americans’ email, chat contact lists

FORT MEADE, Md., Oct. 15 (UPI) — The National Security Agency grabs and keeps tens of millions of personal email and instant messaging contact lists of Americans, secret documents indicate. The tens of millions of Americans’ personal contact lists are among about a quarter-billion lists the NSA harvests each year, senior…

Posted on: October 15, 2013 9:00 am

Telstra: Microsoft’s Windows Live email is not as good as we thought

Telstra CEO David Thodey said in the company’s annual general meeting on Tuesday that the decision to move the company’s BigPond customers to Microsoft’s Windows Live email service is not performing as well as anticipated. Responding to a shareholder’s question, the CEO said that the move had been straightforward for…

Posted on: October 15, 2013 9:00 am

Brazil to create its own email system after protesting US spying

BRASILIA, Brazil, Oct. 14 (UPI) — Brazil says it will develop its own in-house email system to strengthen privacy and avoid spying it blames on the United States. The country will ditch Microsoft Outlook and develop its own new, custom platform, CNET reported Monday. The move comes following revelations that communications…

Posted on: October 15, 2013 9:00 am

SkyDrive Pro for iOS Gets Mobile Editing Support via Office 365

Microsoft today released SkyDrive Pro version 1.1 for iOS, adding mobile editing support. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store. Microsoft launched SkyDrive Pro for iOS back in June, but it only let business users access and view documents stored in SharePoint Online. Now iPhone and…

Posted on: October 15, 2013 9:00 am

BC construction industry looks to Ireland to recruit workers

The shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, the group’s vice-president said. In fact, even if one in five students graduating from high school in B.C. during the next three years were…

Posted on: October 15, 2013 9:00 am

How Your Newly Uncluttered In-Box Could Doom Zulily’s IPO

Zulily, a mom-focused website specializing in offering discounts that expire after a limited time, last week filed its papers to go public. The section in which it discusses risks to its business includes one very specific development its concerned about: the new Gmail. Google (GOOG) recently altered its e-mail service…

Posted on: October 14, 2013 7:00 pm

The effect of Gmail Tabs on email marketing

On May 29 this year, Gmail introduced the new tabbed layout. For many email marketers this was a major concern as this raised questions on the effectiveness and ROI of their email marketing activities. Would the introduction of this new layout affect their open rates? Does this mean email marketing just…

Posted on: October 14, 2013 2:00 pm

Brazilian government to ditch Microsoft in favour of bespoke email system

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff announced yesterday (13) her request to deploy a secure electronic communications system aimed at strengthening privacy and avoiding spying of communications across federal government bodies. "I have mandated the deployment of a secure email system throughout the federal government," the president tweeted. She added that this is…

Posted on: October 14, 2013 2:00 pm

BC construction industry turns to Ireland to fill jobs: “crisis” looming

VANCOUVER – The current shortage of skilled tradespeople in Western Canada is so dire that the B.C. Construction Association is returning to Ireland this month to hire 600 people, said the group’s vice-president. In fact, even if one-in-five students graduating from high school in B.C. during the next three years…

Posted on: October 14, 2013 2:00 pm