Why Text Messaging Still Thrives Despite Smartphones, Twitter and WhatsApp
The tech industry attracts the worst kind of futurists, Clayton Christensen-quoting types who behold shifting paradigms, looming inflection points and disruptive innovations everywhere they look. The futurism business is so competitive these days that technologies get declared dying at the very moment they are actually peaking. In monarchy terms, that’s…
Microsoft Partner Neudesic To Demonstrate Innovative Solutions That Add …
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Neudesic, a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold ISV Partner, will showcase its SharePoint expertise in booth 535 at Microsoft’s SharePoint Conference 2012, Nov. 12-15 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. As part of its "So Many Ways to Share" campaign, Neudesic will demonstrate…
Iran unblocks Google email again after officials complain
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have reopened access to Google Inc’s email service a week after blocking it, a government official and Iranians said on Monday. Iran maintains one of the world’s largest Internet filters, blocking access to tens of thousands of websites on the grounds that they are criminal…
Microsoft finally joins the BYOD revolution it enabled
The latest Forrester stats show that the majority of enterprises support BYOD. Whether you think it’s a good idea or not, it doesn’t matter. It’s reality. So it makes sense that Microsoft plans to increases its support for BYOD, such as in the Service Pack 1 release of System Center [ Exchange…
The SharePoint Shepherd Joins AvePoint Flock of Microsoft SharePoint Thought …
The partnership combines The SharePoint Shepherd’s renowned end-user training resources with AvePoint’s award-winning governance and infrastructure management solutions for ensuring successful SharePoint deployments Jersey City, New Jersey (PRWEB) October 02, 2012 AvePoint, leader in governance and infrastructure management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced a partnership with training and consulting company AvailTek,…
Survey: Better Messaging Improves Support for Modern Food Production
Explaining reasons behind modern ag production practices may improve consumer attitudes Compiled by staff Published: Oct 5, 2012 Consumer attitudes toward modern food production technologies can be improved by providing information that helps consumers understand broader social benefits of today’s systems, according to new Center for Food Integrity research released Thursday.
Microsoft Updates Built-In Windows 8 Apps
As part of its get-ready effort for the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft is updating some of the operating system’s built-in apps. The apps were included in the release-to-manufacturing build that was sent in August to manufacturers, which are also now receiving the updates. The first update, for the Bing search…
Game breakdown: UGA at South Carolina
David Ching covers University of Georgia athletics for ESPN.com’s DawgNation. Ching came to ESPN.com in 2011 after six years covering UGA for the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and Athens Banner-Herald. He lives in Athens, Ga. Email him at davidchingespn@gmail.com.Radi Nabulsi Radi Nabulsi joined ESPN.com in 2011 after covering…
Thrifty White, LDM partner to deliver targeted messaging to Rx patients
ST. LOUIS and PLYMOUTH, Minn. LDM Group, a provider of behavior-based health management programs, and Minnesota-based pharmacy chain Thrifty White have entered a partnership to support the "Million Hearts" initiative, a national public and private initiative led by the Department of Health and Human Services whose goal is to prevent…
Gmail and privacy: Could Canadian class action lawsuit threaten anti-spam …
If the British Columbia lawsuit against Google for its data mining of Gmail is successful, it has the potential to make anti-spam and anti-virus software that scans emails illegal. Similar cases have been launched in the United States, where Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law…