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REVIEW: New smartphone has lots to keep busy people busy

LITTLE ATTENTION: Nokia’s new Lumia phones, using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, have not yet had a significant impact in South Africa. JUST two weeks after the Lumia 720 handset was made available in South Africa, Nokia launched the Lumia 925, which starts shipping in European and Chinese markets next month. That is the…

Posted on: May 26, 2013 9:00 am

Potential Gmail for Android redesign with new navigation bar revealed in …

It looks like Google has a redesigned version of Gmail coming up, if a slide shown off during a developer event at Google I/O last week is any indication. As spotted by Android Police, a slide during the "Structure in Android App Development" talk showed off Gmail for Android featuring…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 7:02 pm

Hawaii bans text messaging while driving

HONOLULU, May 25 (UPI) — Hawaii has become the 40th state to ban text messaging while driving, government officials said Saturday. The fight against distracted driving began in earnest in 2007, when smartphones with text message capabilities came into widespread use. The Governors Highway Safety Association said Rainbow State drivers have been…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 7:01 pm

Gmail Overhaul Might Be On the Way

Despite rolling out a major overhaul a little over a year ago, Google could be preparing to redesign the Gmail experience on iOS, Android and the desktop. Reports of a new look for the Android client came from the eagle-eyes at Android Police who noticed the new addition of a…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 7:00 pm

Mint Management Technologies is a proud sponsor of SharePoint Saturday …

Mint Management Technologies Mint recently announced its participation as a Platinum Sponsor at the forthcoming SharePoint Saturday (SPSJHB) event, to be held in Johannesburg, on Saturday 8 June. Not only will Mint participate as an exhibitor and a sponsor, but also as a track guest speaker, giving technical insights into Mints…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 2:00 pm

Microsoft melds SkyDrive Pro and SharePoint

Microsoft has released a new SkyDrive Pro client that offers users of Office 365 and SharePoint the chance to store files locally. The application is the heir to the My Site feature from previous incarnations of Office 365. SkyDrive Pro has most of the the same functions as the consumer version of…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 2:00 pm

Hotmail is Dead, But We’ve Still Got Hot Males (As in GIFs of Hot Guys)

Sorry, grandparents. Hotmail is no more. It’s being ransacked and transferred over to the new Outlook.com. But what shall we do? The platform that served up our first ever email addresses is officially a thing of the past? It’s going to live on in the form of its punny friend:…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 2:00 pm

Expired emails provide easy route to Facebook hacking

UP TO a million Facebook accounts could be vulnerable to an all-too-simple method of email hijacking that requires no programming skills or computer expertise. All you need, it turns out, is patience and someone’s expired Hotmail address. So say security researchers at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. The threat…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 2:00 pm

Outlook.com completes Hotmail migration

Outlook.com, Microsoft’s overhauled email service, completed last week the "upgrading" of some 300 million accounts of its Hotmail email service to the new product. Program manager Dick Craddock said the task involved migrating some 150 petabytes one petabyte is one million gigabytes of Hotmail user data in just six weeks. "When…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 9:00 am

Verizon Cloud backup arrives on iOS with 500 MB of free storage

Verizon customers with iOS devices can now download the Verizon Cloud application that offers them 500 MB of free cloud storage. The online storage can be used to backup all types of data, including photos, videos, contacts, and music, that can be easily accessed via any mobile device with the Verizon…

Posted on: May 25, 2013 9:00 am