Samsung Stabs SMS In The Heart, Ports ChatON Messaging Client To The Web
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Vaultive keeps your data safe in the cloud, raises $10M
Vaultive, which encrypts data before its gets stored in the cloud, just announced a second round of funding for $10 million. Many companies are still hesitant about using cloud services due to security concerns. Vaultive wants to calm those fears by encrypting data before it goes to a cloud server. Vaultive’s…
Microsoft Releases Outlook Troubleshooting Tools
Microsoft released two free tools this month that are designed to help IT pros troubleshoot Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients. The tools are the Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool (OCAT) and the Calendar Checking Tool for Outlook (CalCheck). Both tools are designed for use by help desk personnel, allowing them to proactively…
BlackBerry 10 OS to Support Microsoft ActiveSync, No BES: What It Means for IT
CIO Late last summer, when rumors about Research In Motion’s (RIM) next generation smartphone OS and handhelds first hit the Web, one particularly hard-to-believe report on BGR.com suggested that RIM’s first device running the shiny new OS, which is officially called BlackBerry 10, would not connect to RIM’s corporate BlackBerry…
Microsoft will finally kill off the Windows Live brand
One of Microsoft’s more baffling branding decisions may finally be coming to an end. A report claims that with Windows 8, the confusing "Windows Live" brand will finally start to be killed off. The brand never made any sense and combined apps and services that had little, if anything, to A…
Microsoft ‘Office 15’ Technical Preview Indicates Touch Mode
A leaked screenshot of the Office 15 technical preview shows a "touch mode" button. Microsoft announced earlier this month that it will release Office 15 applications for Windows 8 on ARM devices that will run using the classic "desktop" interface, rather than the "Metro-style" touch experience. However, a leaked screenshot of the Office…
Xobni takes $10 million from partner
Xobni Corp. Xobni Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Company names exposed: The good, the bad and the truly awfulXobni raises .2 millionXobni raises million Follow this company , an email and contact data sorting company, has taken a $10 million investment as part of a yet-to-be announced partnership, according San Francisco-based Xobni…
Spring position preview: Offensive tackle
Those three words explain the play of Oklahoma’s offensive tackles in 2011. Starters Donald Stephenson and Lane Johnson played a key role along an offensive line that allowed just 11 sacks in 13 games. Johnson returns but Stephenson is gone to graduation as the Sooners prepare for spring practice. OU has plenty of…
Nokia Asha 202, 203 and 302 hands-on
Nokia’s Asha series aren’t going to distract buyers looking at the Lumia 900, but for bringing smartphone-style tech down to the feature phone level they’re impressively cheap, flexible devices. A combination of a new, more HTML5 capable browser, Microsoft Exchange email support on the Asha 302 and dual-SIM support on The Asha…
Synchronica launches Unity messaging platform, shares rise
Mobile messaging specialist Synchronica (, CVE:SYN) has now launched Unity, its cross-platform unified messaging service that allows users to see and send all types of messages from a single view. Officially unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona which starts today, and previously known as Synchronica Mobile Gateway, Unity…