
Google just took some time at SXSW to show off Google Glass, and it’s pulled back the curtains on some apps that are currently in the works. As it turns out, Page and Co. have been working with the New York Times to build an application. Just ask for some…

I recently migrated my email from a small Exchange hosting provider that is having some growing pains to Office 365. Rather than choosing one of the small business plans, I chose the Office 365 Midsize Business plan for $15/mo per user. Quick note: In a later article, I’ll discuss why I chose…

A few of Microsoft’s Internet services experienced an outage earlier this week, which the company has attributed to a firmware update. Microsoft’s Outlook Blog reported that there was an outage to Outlook.com, Hotmail.com and SkyDrive services on Tuesday, March 12 at 1:35 p.m. PDT. The interruption cut off access to…

In January Facebook caught some flack for preventing Vine users from using Facebook to discover new friends, and now it appears the company is doing something similar with the messaging app MessageMe. TechCrunch reports that Facebook turned off MessageMe’s ability to search for friends via the social network on Friday….

Google’s mobile Gmail web app has been tinkered with in the Mountain View workshop, with developers making some design changes to give it a similar look to that enjoyed by users of the Gmail app for the iPhone and iPad. The changes were announced on Monday and should already be…

Software security company www.clearswift.com gives some advice this holiday season to make sure employees don’t end up on Santa’s naughty list! At a fundamental business level, social media is a useful additional tool for communicating and collaborating with customers, colleagues and new business prospects. From an HR point…

In case you haven’t heard, Mailbox is the iOS app that everyone wants to get their grubby little paws on. The hip new e-mail app is an alternative interface for Gmail accounts (yes, it only works with Gmail). People who have used it love the gesture-based interface and the ability…

Microsoft’s opaque plans for Yammer shouldn’t give pause to organizations deploying social networking solutions. That was the bottom-line message of Larry Cannell, a research director at Gartner Inc., as explained in a Webinar today. He outlined what Microsoft has disclosed so far with its plans for integrating the Yammer enterprise…

Lombard Risk Management plc ("Lombard Risk") and AcadiaSoft Inc ("AcadiaSoft") are pleased to announce a successful collaboration for electronic collateral messaging. Lombard Risk COLLINE has been enabled for collateral messaging, with full two-way integration achieved with AcadiaSoft’s MarginSphere community, using the Lombard Risk REFORM messaging engine. The combined solution of…

Sega has replaced its Sharepoint system with Huddle’s cloud collaboration software, supporting the development of games such as its iconic Sonic the Hedgehog series. The software developer chose to implement Huddle to help improve collaboration tools between its UK and US teams, supporting communication between more than one hundred staff…