Asian mobile messaging service Line embraces apps and opens the API for its …

Japanese mobile messaging service Line has moved towards introducing third-party apps and services to its 45 million user-strong platform, after it revealed that it will introduce a new content-hosting platform Line Channel and open its API to developers. The new feature, which will debut in Japan before rolling out to other…

Posted on: July 3, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft Office 2013 Consumer Preview expected in late July (rumor)

An earlier rumor claimed that Office 2013 would hit public beta phase by this week but now a new report is indicating that this is no longer the case due to last minute bugs that were discovered by Microsoft. Instead, the report suggests availability in late July. This rumor comes from…

Posted on: July 3, 2012 9:00 am

Nokia Releases Mail for Exchange for the Nokia Asha 302 and Asha 303 Phones

Nokia announced today that the Mail for Exchange, which enables push email, calendar and contact data synchronization between compatible Microsoft Exchange email servers, is now available for free in the Nokia Store for Nokia Asha 302 and Asha 303. By bringing Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol-based app to the sub-100 euro Mail for…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

HP To Skip Windows 8 ARM Tablets

Microsoft Surface Tablet: 10 Coolest Features (click image for larger view and for slideshow)Hewlett-Packard, one of Microsoft’s closest hardware partners, said it has no plans to produce a tablet PC that runs a new version of Windows optimized for slates, according to a published report. An HP spokeswoman told Bloomberg…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

Perficient Acquires Northridge Systems, Adds To SharePoint Expertise

Solution provider Perficient has acquired Northridge Systems, an Atlanta-based business and technology consulting company with expertise in building collaboration solutions based on Microsoft’s SharePoint software. Perficient paid approximately $14.4 million to acquire Northridge, including $10.6 million in cash and approximately $3.8 million in Perficient common stock, the St. Louis-based company The acquisition expands…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

DavMail delivers email from Exchange to notebook

Enabling Cookies in Internet Explorer 7, 8 & 9Open the Internet Browser Click Tools> Internet Options>Privacy>Advanced Check Override automatic cookie handling For First-party Cookies and Third-party Cookies click Accept Click OK and OK Enabling Cookies in FirefoxOpen the Firefox browser Click Tools>Options>Privacy<Use custom settings for history Check…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

Suit: Google, Yahoo Scan Your Emails

By now most of us have accepted a fact of the digital age: If, say, we write the word "eyeglasses" in the body of an email, advertisements for LensCrafters and Armani specs will most likely pop up on our computer screens soon. We may not like it, but we understand…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

OpenText upgrades SharePoint Governance

OpenText is offering a refined ability to archive content with a new version of its Application Governance and Archiving (AGA) for SharePoint. Faceted browsing also lets users leverage metadata to navigate through vast volumes of content that is located in OpenText Content Server through SharePoint. Container specific views also allow…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

Oracle’s Hurd to Spell out New ‘customer Experience’ Product Strategy

Oracle is planning to build on its acquisitions of companies such as ATG, Fatwire and RightNow with a new product strategy centered around customer experience management, as co-president Mark Hurd will explain on Monday during an event in New York. Mark Hurd CEM refers to the notion of improving a…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft office in Greece attacked

A security officer stands by the mini-van used by attackers at entrance to the Microsoft office in an Athens northern suburb on June 27, 2012. Attackers targeted the Microsoft main office in the Greek capital in a pre-dawn arson attack Wednesday, smashing the entrance with a mini-van and setting off by Associated…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am