
If you currently use multiple applications to talk to the same person, say for example you text, IM and Facebook chat your girlfriend, life is about to get so much easier for you. Disa, a unified messaging app that is currently in the alpha testing stages, is looking to combine…

Tim Cook laid a little-remarked bombshell on Microsoft at Apple’s event today. Apple’s CEO announced that iWork, the company’s suite of productivity software (word-processing, spreadsheets, presentations) "now consists of the best-selling mobile productivity apps on any platform." That’s not so remarkable: Microsoft has allowed its Office suite, which is near-ubiquitous…

IDG News Service – Smartphones are taking over, but feature phones still matter to Google, which has updated Gmail for the cheap devices with an improved user interface. People use all sorts of devices to access Gmail: their Web browsers, smartphones, tablets and, in many parts of the world, the…

The platform, entitled ALEC Central, brings together all company processes, procedures and relevant project data, as well as up-to-date news and information. In addition, employees will be able to communicate and collaborate through the platform no matter where they might be located, through a range of connected devices, including tablets…

Microsoft issued critical security updates addressing a bevy of flaws in Internet Explorer, a serious error in Outlook and a SharePoint server zero-day vulnerability. The software giant issued 13 bulletins as part of its September 2013 Patch Tuesday round of updates, including four critical bulletins. The repairs addressed 47 vulnerabilities Vulnerability management experts…

SAN FRANCISCO — Blazing hot messaging start-up Snapchat has soared to 350 million messages a day, up from 200 million in June. The Los Angeles company, which has raised about $73 million in funding, has only grown in popularity since Facebook unveiled a Snapchat copycat feature, founder and Chief Executive Evan Spiegel "It’s…

Rebekah Jubb: With Skydrive Pro on each of our laptops we are confident that our files are all securely backed up. Photograph: Ron Chapple Stock / Alamy/Alamy Established over 25 years ago, Bell Cornwell is a chartered town planning consultancy, undertaking projects ranging from individual household property extensions to large We…

Ansa is a new breed of messaging app, one that allows you to be yourself. Whenever you don’t feel like sending messages that will stay on your friend’s phone, you can go off the record. Every message will be deleted 60 seconds after reading it. This is just one of "The…

Network World – For sheer volume of bulletins 14 – Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday this month will prove onerous, with one critically important set of patches aimed to fix flaws in all versions of the Internet Explorer browser that can result in remote code execution on victims’ machines. In addition, three other…

SharePoint, as a technology platform, isn’t challenging. However, the SharePoint implementation is often where the problem lies. SharePoint is not confined to be just useful at the moment, but it comes under more scrutiny than ever to improve productivity. SharePoint is going to trouble you for sure if infrastructure such…