Many IT leaders are desperately seeking digitization as a way to transform their companies, but century-old, nontechnology improvements can produce results that can impact operations across all lines of business. Review any survey of senior business executives’ IT priorities conducted in the last few years and you’ll find digitization hovering at the top of each […]
Digital transformation is rewriting the rules of IT, and CIOs need to revamp their approaches if they want their companies to survive and thrive. Here are five predictions for what 2016 will bring under the ‘new IT.’ Amit Pandey, CEO of cloud application delivery specialist Avi Networks, says 2016 will be the year of the […]
At today’s Google for India event in New Delhi, Google’s vice president for product management Caesar Sengupta showed off a sexy upcoming feature in the company’s Translate service, which makes messaging in multiple languages a lot easier. Sengupta said, “Our most active users in India translate between Hindi and English multiple times a day, spending […]
Netflix has launched an all-new universal Windows 10 app so you can now binge-watch your favorite shows on its network without firing up your browser. The app currently works with PCs and tablets, and will soon support phones. It offers a revamped Browse experience that supports gestures, so you can quickly scroll or swipe vertically […]
WebKit, the engine behind Safari on iOS, will soon have a built-in feature that can redirect you to new pages faster when you click links on mobile-friendly sites. Before this upgrade, there was a 350 millisecond delay when you tapped on a link. That’s because WebKit doesn’t know if you’re going to double-tap to zoom, or if […]
Facebook and Uber are teaming up to allow users to request rides through the popular Messenger app, and offering quite an incentive to do so. According to a blog post, users will be able to hail rides directly within Messenger, provided they are located in a city where the ridesharing app currently operates. And, the […]
Topsy, a popular social media analytics tool, suddenly shut down today almost two years after Apple reportedly acquired the company for more than $200 million. The service provided in depth social media analytics and was a great way to access Twitter’s firehose to look at trends. The company’s website now forwards to this Apple Support […]
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This article is an extension to our recent article, Microsoft Exchange in 2016: Onsite or Offsite? While traditionally, companies have always preferred to host sharepoint onsite for control and security reasons, today’s services and cloud technology offer lower cost options make it a little more appealing and easier to make the decision. In addition, the latest Office […]
The undisputed leader in the western world for instant messaging, with over 900 million active users, WhatsApp is synonymous withsmartphones and messaging. Despite this, there are constantly new controversies relating to the security of the application and this has led to many doubting the integrity of the service. From fraud to malicious programs that take […]