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Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Google Joins .NET Community
Jaws are dropping in software development communities today as IT enthusiasts and industry watchers learn that Microsoft has not only joined the Linux Foundation but that it has also welcomed Google to the .NET Foundation. Microsoft is also actively reaching out to Samsung developers to help it build .
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HP Acquires Samsung Electronics Printing Business for $1.05B
HP Inc. plans to acquire Samsung Electronics' printing business for $1.05 billion. HP claims the deal positions it to "disrupt and reinvent the $55 billion copier industry" by replacing copiers with multifunction printer (MFP) technology. Calling it the largest print acquisition in its history, HP said the addition of Samsung
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Why You Can Probably Live Without a Shiny New Apple Watch
It seems like we've been awaiting the Apple Watch for an eternity. But in reality it was just last September when Apple first announced the product. Today the highlight of the Apple Live special event was the skinny on features and functions of the much-anticipated Apple Watch.
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Cool Stuff You're Missing at Mobile World Congress #MWC15
So what if it’s a little cloudy in Barcelona, Spain today. The high is 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Those of us who live in the US Northeast would certainly enjoy the reprieve from the snow and the cold.
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Apple Watch, the IoT and Major Changes in Communication
Who could have predicted how widely and wildly the Internet would evolve when it was conceived more than 45 years ago? In a relatively brief time, it's grown from a few connected computers at select universities that only a handful of individuals knew how to operate to a globally connected
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Apple Gives 'Em What They Want: Phones, a Watch and U2, Too
Bringing to light several predictions about Apple’s new product announcements, Apple’s big press event yesterday, streamed live from Cupertino, Calif., did not disappoint.
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It's About Time: The Apple Watch is Here
Everyone has been wondering when Apple would unveil its smartwatch. Rumors about its entry into this niche of the wearable tech space have been swirling since the Sony SmartWatch hit the market in 2012, and they intensified after Samsung introduced the Galaxy Gear last year. Now the wait is over.
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Samsung Pushes Open IoT with SmartThings Buy
Samsung has just made a play for a bigger stake in the Internet of Things. It plans to buy SmartThings’ open platform for monitoring, controlling and automating homes from a single device.
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Here are the IoT Top 10 Movers and Shakers
Earlier in the week we identified the most influential companies working on the Internet of Things (IoT). Using the same research from the marketing influence platform provider Appinions, let’s take a look at the top ten movers and shakers.
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Can You Name the Top 10 IoT Companies?
The companies that are leading the Internet of Things (IoT) — now and in the future — are beginning to make themselves known. Appinions, in a recently published report, identified the most influential companies and what is driving them.
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Amazon's New Fire Phone Targets Apple
Amazon, the company that wants to sell you everything, today introduced a phone that should make that much easier. The Fire phone is the first smartphone from the Seattle-based retailer. But before you say ho-hum, it's not just the latest sparkly gadget.
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How to Mine Gold from the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been an idea at the edge of market disruption for some time now, and a lot of companies are jumping into the game. Google acquired Nest to elbow its way into the smart home market. Samsung is pumping out smart watches at breakneck speed
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Phone Calls Add Value to Facebook's WhatsApp Deal
Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp looked a bit smarter today after the fast-growing messaging service announced at the World Mobile Congress that it will add phone calls within the next few months.
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Social Media Addiction and Other Mobile Marketing Trends [Infographic]
With Lenovo buying Motorola and a new generation of devices on the way, there's rumblings of change in the mobile marketplace. But none of the hardware and network juggling will stem the tide of mobile marketing. Marketing campaigns are focusing on apps and social media. But as the dollars
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