The Choice Is Clear: Microsoft Continues Collaboration With Toyota to Drive …
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –A Microsoft Corp. today announced that Toyota Motor Corp. has chosen Microsoft’s technology platforms to build its communications and collaboration infrastructure for the Toyota family of companies worldwide. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and other affiliates in North America…
Text messaging: The downfall of man?
This, unfortunately, is not a new development. I refused to admit my problem years ago after announcing "BRB"(be right back) to a group of friends in person. I have managed to dodge the consequences of texting the wrong person with a message intended for somebody else, anybody else. Multiple…
Urban Airship puts SimpleGeo to use with location-based messaging
Almost a year after buying location data provider Simple Geo, app messaging platform Urban Airship is now putting its acquisition to work with a new Location Messaging Service that lets developers incorporate current and historical location data to better target in-app push notifications. App messaging platform Urban Airship bought SimpleGeo,…
Yammer, Jive, Microsoft Sharepoint are “blank pieces of paper,” says startup
SANTA CLARA, Calif. What if you could have all of your employees, cloud applications, documents, files, and customer data in one place? Sounds impossible, as the cloud is split up between a bunch of different applications and companies, but Zeppelin (yes, its URL really does have 3 p’s) thinks it "Tools…
Iran restores Gmail access after blocking it in response to anti-Muslim film
FILE PHOTO – Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran. TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have restored access to Gmail a week after blocking Google’s popular email service. The Islamic Republic blocked Gmail last week in response to video clips posted on YouTube of an anti-Islam…
Google Apps axes export support for .doc and other old Microsoft Office formats
Google Apps users are about to lose their ability to export Google Docs format files to the classic Microsoft Office formats, .doc, .xls and.ppt. Google said in a terse blog post on Wednesday that the option would disappear on 1 October, affecting users of the plain Google Apps and The…
Cadence’s Allegro PCB technology uses Microsoft SharePoint
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the newest release of its Allegro printed circuit board (PCB) technology, addressing customer need for a streamlined solution for efficient product creation. Allegro 16.6 accelerates timing closure for high-speed interfaces by 30-50 percent, through timing-aware physical implementation and verification delivered in the electrical CAD "As…
Exchange And Sharepoint Recovery Can Be A Time-Consuming Affair
Many businesses rely on Exchange and SharePoint, so if those services crash there’s often wailing and gnashing of teeth. However, recovering from an Exchange or SharePoint outage can be a slow task. A survey of 326 individuals by data recovery firm Kroll Ontrack asked participants how long it had taken…
FAA Seeks Messaging Service
MELBOURNE, Fla. (UPI) Enterprise messaging services for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to share mission-critical information are to be provided by the Harris Corp. Harris said the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award, given under an existing FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure contract, is worth $63 million. Its term of performance is five years the…
Infraware slashes price of Polaris Office business software for iOS to $9.99
The Polaris Office app, which runs on both the iPhone and iPad, can be used to view various Microsoft Office doc and other file formats including: doc/docx, xls/xlsx, ppt/pptx, and txt files and also edit them on the iPhone or iPad. The app also includes templates and…