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Offers for help from ‘Texas’ sure sound like a scam

Q:Twice now in the past two weeks, we’ve received a phone call in which the call screen shows "Texas," and the caller has a very strong, unidentifiable accent. He claims that Microsoft does not support Windows software and that our computer shows it is downloading an unusual amount of data….

Posted on: January 19, 2014 2:00 pm

Hotmail’s revenge? How the long-mocked email service became reborn with a …

It’s damn near impossible to convince someone to part ways with an email address even if it does carry the weight of junior high obsessions (NSYNCfan4lyfe@aol.com) or collegiate ties (longhornguy1999@netscape.net) let alone an email provider. The torment of the set-up process is exacerbated by having…

Posted on: January 19, 2014 9:00 am

Instant messaging overtakes texting in the UK

While instant messaging services may be winning the battle for volume, however, text messaging wins out in terms of revenue. Deloitte expects text messages to generate more than 60 billion in 2014, equivalent to approximately 50 times the total revenues from all instant messaging services. Text messaging’s superior revenue-generating ability is attributed to…

Posted on: January 19, 2014 9:00 am

Messaging App Usage Grew 203% In 2013, Leading All Other Categories

The App Store’s increasingly competitive nature may mean that only a minuscule number of apps (0.01% by 2018) become financial successes, but that hasn’t slowed down growth, either in number of applications available, or their usage. According to new data released by Flurry Analytics this morning, overall app usage in The rise…

Posted on: January 19, 2014 9:00 am

SharePoint 2013 improvements: Predictions for R2

It’s a new year, and among the Microsoft shops in my corner of the world, there’s a lot going onwith SharePointdeployments and migrations. There’s much to be enthusiastic about: unprecedented social mediautility, cloud deployment, stronger mobile interface and better search functionality. But mostproject teams will eventually trip over something theyneed…

Posted on: January 18, 2014 7:00 pm

Hotmail did not deliver 15 Jan 2014 CLG Newsletters

And, today’s obstacle is: Hotmail did not deliver 15 Jan 2014 CLG Newsletters Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 15 Jan 2014 Hotmail — and Live, MSN, and Outlook — did not deliver today’s CLG Newsletters. Perhaps they did not like the subject lines, ‘U.S. appeals court strikes down FCC net…