Google makes Gmail sync harder on rival platforms by dropping Exchange …
Setting up an iPhone or other non-Android smartphone to sync with Gmail’s services just got a little more difficult. Google is dropping consumer support for the Exchange ActiveSync protocol soon as a part of a "Winter Cleaning," the company has announced. As a replacement, Google is recommending CalDAV for calendar,…
Gmail wobbles again, the fourth time since last week
Gmail ran into technical difficulties again on Friday, the fourth such issue in a little over a week, and all happening after Google announced the elimination of its free Google Apps edition. The latest problem cropped up early Friday afternoon Eastern Time and affected users’ ability to access or send…
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Connecticut state police are responding to a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, 50 miles southwest of Hartford. Twenty children and the school’s principal have been killed in Friday morning’s shooting.
App.net Releases Private Messaging API
App.net, a subscription-based social feed and API, has announced the release of the App.net Messaging API which allows developers to add messaging functionality to third-party apps. Image Credit: App.net The App.net Messaging API which is also called the "private messaging API" can be used by app developers…
Final Patch Tuesday of 2012 sees Microsoft issue five critical bulletins
Microsoft released seven bulletins on its final Patch Tuesday of 2012 this week. Patching five critical flaws and two rated as important, patches were issued for Windows, Internet Explorer, Word and Windows Server. It recommended patching MS12-077 first, which covers three critical-class issues in Explorer. Microsoft said that there are no…
Google blames Gmail disruption on faulty update
The brief failure struck on Monday afternoon, cutting off up to 170 million Gmail users around the world for 18 minutes. Google apologised and said the problem had been traced to a bug in a routine update to its load balancing software. It falsely detected that some data centres were offline, and…
Managing SharePoint Know Your Data
The only way you can truly manage your content is to understand it. Depending on who you are, that may sound really simple. The reality? It’s something organizations struggle with every day. SharePoint libraries, lists, file shares, Dropbox folders, Google Drive, Amazon EC2 storage, SkyDrive need I go on? Your…
Microsoft Office coming to iOS?
The latest iOS-related rumour is that Microsoft is planning to port its Office productivity suite over to Apple’s mobile platform. In fact, this speculation has been around for a while, but a new report from the Verge underlines it in fairly certain terms. That would mean iPhone and iPad users…
CrossOver updated to 12.0
Posted by: Chris Barylick Date: Thursday, December 13th, 2012, 07:48 Category: News, Software CrossOver, the popular virtualization program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 12.0. The new version, a 119.5 megabyte download, is available as a demo, offers the following fixes and changes: WHAT’S NEW:- CrossOver now incorporates our experimental Mac Driver. With…
Microsoft Tightens Outlook.com Security, ‘Encourages’ Hotmail Users To Upgrade
By the looks of things, we are entering the End of Days for Hotmail. In spite of this, Microsoft is still not finished tinkering under the hood of Outlook.com, Hotmail’s replacement, having just introduced new security features that should improve it. Outlook versus Hotmail Meanwhile, as of this week,…
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