Microsoft in dispute with OnLive over Windows desktop-on-iPad licensing
That this latest "Onlive Desktop" app for iPad, is an innovation coming from a 3rd party and not from home-grown Microsoft development is actually quite disappointing. There for a minute I started to think that Microsoft Executives and Senior Engineers were finally starting to "get it" when it came to…
Jive Targets Social CRM Market with Customer Service Solution
The social software company says a key differentiator for its solution is the ability to support both external customer communities and internal communities where customer service agents can share expertise and collaborate to resolve customer issues. As Forrester Research analyst Kate Leggett pointed out in a recent Enterprise Apps Today…
Gmail Users Blame Google of Sending Messages On Their Behalf
Gmail Users Blame Google of Sending Messages On Their Behalf / image via Google Google seems to have switched to an aggressive strategy to promote its products, which involves sending emails with advertising purpose to non-Gmail addresses of users’ contact lists. As expected, such messages on behalf of users, without requiring…
The Farr Side: Most diverse ‘AI’ group yet
With Kelly Clarkson sitting at No. 1 atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)," Carrie Underwood readying a new album, Clay Aiken trumping other celebrity-hopefuls on "The Apprentice" and Jordin Sparks putting finishing touches on the remake of "Sparkle" with the late Whitney Houston, one could Season 11 I…
Gmail Gets Unlimited: ForgetBox, an Application Recommended by Google, Enables …
PARIS, March 7, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — ForgetBox, a PC & Mac application launched a few months ago by Severin, a French student, is in good position to challenge the market of file sending applications. Last October, the startup made the sending of 9665 pictures possible in 4 simple clicks. After having been downloaded…
YouSendIt Launches Collaboration Tool With SharePoint Tie-Ins
YouSendIt got its start as a service for people who had to send large files to one another. It’s evolved to become a leading business solution for file transfers, online storage, and other content-collaboration services. Its latest entry, Workstream, launched this week as a document-management and file-sharing tool, custom-tailored to…
Thanks to Windows Live, Ovi Share is dead
Microsoft’s silent Nokia takeover, which started with last year’s Windows Phone agreement, is starting to pick up momentum. This afternoon Nokia emailed that Ovi Share will close up, effective the last day of May; I signed up for the service three years ago (gasp, or was it longer). It’s just…
Community Cloud Option Offered to Government Agencies Using Microsoft Office 365
With the popularity of cloud computing growing on a daily basis, a few service providers are looking to stand out from the crowd, by targeting specific industries with community cloud options. Microsoft announced in a blog post, that it will be joining this burgeoning trend by offering Office 365 customers The…
prairieFyre Software Completes Qualification for Contact Center for Microsoft Lync
OTTAWA, Ontario — prairieFyre Software, a global leader in delivering business communication solutions for enterprise telephony, call center, and business process automation, announced today that it has passed all tests required to become a qualified contact center solution provider for Microsoft Lync 2010. The Microsoft Lync ISV Qualification Program is for…
Rock Ready To Roll
For old-school, hard-core NASCAR fans, the best news for 2012 might be that the fabled Rockingham Speedway will once again host a NASCAR race after disappearing from the calendar following the 2004 season. On April 15, Rockingham will be the site of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Good Sam Roadside Assistance To…