Amazon Launches Kindle ‘Device Messaging’ In Beta
Amazon on Wednesday launched the beta version of a new push-messaging service for Kindle devices called "Amazon Device Messaging," which allows apps developers and companies to send specific messages up to 6 kilobytes in size directly to individual devices, without having those devices constantly pinging back to a server ("polling"), According…
Why text messaging is here to stay
The text message is 20 years old, and the landscape for communication is continuing to change. What does the future bode for the aging tool? Last week the text message celebrated its 20th birthday. Since 1992, it’s grown into an essential part of our everyday lives. How long it will last Some…
Microsoft Patches Critical Remote Flaws in Word, IE and Windows
A rare critical Microsoft Word vulnerability was patched today by Microsoft, one of seven security updates pushed out repairing 11 flaws in its December security update. The Word vulnerability earned a critical rating because the Outlook email client uses Word to display documents in the Outlook preview pane and therefore removes…
911 text messaging available in York County
YORK COUNTY, Va. (WTKR) The first system in the country to allow people to send text messages to 911 launched Monday in York County. Right now the system only works with Verizon Wireless customers; however, other carriers are expected to join the program by 2014. Folks in York County, Poquoson and Williamsburg…
Microsoft quashes critical bugs in IE10, Windows 8 and Word
Microsoft has patched a dozen vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, Word and Exchange, fixing flaws in the new IE10 for the first time and crushing bugs in Windows 8 and Windows RT for the second month running. Five of Patch Tuesday’s seven security updates were marked "critical," Microsoft’s most-severe ranking,…
CodeTwo Launches a New Signature Manager for Microsoft Outlook, Office 365 …
CodeTwo programmers have just rolled out a brand new signature manager for Microsoft Outlook, Office 365 and Outlook Web App (OWA). The program is especially useful for deploying company-wide signatures in hybrid and cloud-dependent company networks. Jelenia Gora, Poland (PRWEB) December 11, 2012 Many companies struggle with the problem of deploying a unified…
SMS messaging loses its text appeal
Updated: 2012-12-11 05:44 By Simon Parry (HK Edition)enpproperty 2012-12-11 05:44:36.0Simon ParrySMS messaging loses its text appealSMS messaging loses its text appeal11022443HongKong Focus2@hk/enpproperty Text messages sent on special occasions such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day have fallen significantly in the past year, figures from Hong Kong’s…
Are we getting a new Calendar for the holidays?
All we want for Christmas is a new Calendar, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we just may, finally, be getting one. While we don’t have much to go on, there are a couple of indications that a long awaited update to what used to be Windows Live Calendar…
Kotak Mahindra deploys Microsoft Exchange and Lync
Kotak Mahindra Group recently deployed Microsoft Exchange 2010and Lync 2010, across its different business units, as a part ofits unified communications strategy aiming at improving employeeefficiency and better IT management. The integration of the product into the existing techenvironment was achieved with ease, because of the product’sarchitecture, as per the company’s…
Microsoft’s Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky resigns
Microsoft has announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving the company and that Julie Larson-Green will be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering. Microsoft Windows chief and Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky (image: windows8news.com) Tami Reller retains her roles as…