Mobile instant messaging co Fring fires 25% of employees
Mobile instant messaging company Fring has fired 10 employees, 25% of its employees. The measure is being initiated by Fring’s new CEO Roy Timor-Rousso who assumed his position at the end of 2011. The layoffs are being made to position Fring as a company providing cloud-based services to professionals and companies. Timor-Rousso says…
Text messaging scam sweeps across area
Amarillo, TX – A text messaging scam has phones ringing off the hook at local banks. Leaving many area consumers vulnerable of falling victim. Here’s what you need to know to keep your banking information and identity safe. Thanks for calling the Credit Union Center, 24/7 activation services. Please enter…
CRAFTON: Power Failure Results In 25th Place At Paperclip
Matt Crafton was headed for a top-10 day in the No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Toyota Tundra, but an alternator issue surfaced in the first half of the race and continued to trouble the team for the remainder of the event, resulting in a 24th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway. Taking the…
Microsoft Gives Office a Metro Makeover
By Rachelle DraganiTechNewsWorld Part of the ECT News Network 03/19/12 11:54 AM PT Officially, Microsoft’s Office 15 is in a hush-hush preview stage, available only to select testers sworn to secrecy. But at least one reviewer claims to have gotten hold of a copy, and he’s reported that the next version of Microsoft’s…
Toshiba Shapes Tablets, Sony Vaio Q, and Gmail Tap
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Five hot collaboration trends
Effective teamwork is one of the most critical keys to success. As a result, collaboration tools are one of the hottest sectors in software. New solutions ranging from startups, such as Trello and Central Desktop, to established players, such as Microsoft, Salesforce, Jive and my own employer Mindjet are vying…
Google April Fools’ Day 2012: The 7 Greatest Gags This Year (VIDEOS)
With The YouTube Collection, Google is offering "a whole new way to enjoy the videos you love."And by "whole new way," Google means having YouTube videos delivered on DVDs right to your door. And if that’s not enough — you’ll also be able to get trending videos on laser disk…
Malware infects Macs through Microsoft Office vulnerability
By Lucian Constantin, IDG News Service | Security Add a new comment March 29, 2012, 10:42 AM Security researchers have encountered new email-based targeted attacks that exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Office to install a remote access Trojan horse program on Mac OS systems. The rogue emails appear to target Tibetan activist organizations and…
Google really likes April Fools’ Day
If the classic video game recreation of its maps application isn’t enough indication, Google is a big fan of April Fools’ Day. Consider some of the other "announcements" the Internet giant is making today: The self-driving NASCAR ride. Over at the official Google blog, co-founder Sergey Brin unveils Google Racing,…
Santa Rosa software engineer is ‘answer man’ for Gmail users
Published: Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8:44 a.m. In a little over two years, the Santa Rosa software engineer has posted more than 100,000 comments on the online Gmail forum, offering unpaid advice for those with lost messages, hacked accounts and other problems. Google calls During…