When it comes to the best way (or ways) to generate sales leads, or find new customers, “there is a lot of buzz surrounding social media,” says Mick Hollison, the CMO at InsideSales.com, a provider of cloud-based sales automation and predictive analytics for inside sales professionals. Social media “is exciting and highly utilized.
Apple and the enterprise: A complicated relationship
When Microsoft shipped Windows 2000 and Active Directory, Apple didn’t really have a solution for identity management or for linking Macs to an enterprise network. The company was just beginning the transition from its classic Mac OS – the first version of which had shipped on the first Mac in 1984 — to OS X.
Twitter's new Vine video service hits 40M users since January
Vine, the video service introduced by Twitter in January, now has 40 million registered users, it said Tuesday. The mobile …
'Instagram for PC' application is a marketing scam
An advertisement circulating on Facebook and Twitter for a desktop version of the photo-sharing application Instagram is a scam, according to security vendor Symantec.
8 Things You Need to Know About SEO Now
Google, like time itself, stands still for no one. Over the past 18 months or so, the search engine giant …
Mark Zuckerberg Wall hacked by researcher after bug warning ignored
Facebook has blamed a misunderstanding for an embarrassing incident last week in which founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline was hacked to draw attention to a security flaw a researcher believed was being ignored by firm.
Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out
Microsoft has integrated Outlook.com with Skype in several countries, including the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, offering users the ability to tap Skype functions and contacts from within the interface of the webmail application.
Surface channel distribution tempo shows Microsoft lacks Plan B after sales debacle
Microsoft’s slow expansion of commercial sales of its struggling Surface line is proof that the company had no backup plan …
Syrian Electronic Army targets Washington Post, CNN, and Time
Just days after they targeted the New York Post, the pro-Assad hacking group – Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) – has targeted …
Apple plunges to No. 79 on Forbes innovative companies ranking
Apple’s innovation problems were highlighted today when Forbes published its 2013 list of the world’s most innovative companies and ranked Apple at No. 79.
Intel proposes new standard to light up data transfers
Intel is looking to use light and lasers to shuffle data faster among servers, and is proposing a new optical …
The New York Times website suffers outage
Visitors to the site, which claims to be the most viewed newspaper on the Web, were greeted with a “Http/1.1 …
Living the X Factor – The Moto X surfaces
One of the most anticipated smartphones of the year, Motorola’s flagship Moto X, is finally here, and it’s said to be one of the most customisable phone ever built.
BlackBerry turns to 7 OS with social networking features for new 9720 smartphone
BlackBerry has launched the 9720 smartphone running the 7 OS in a bid to stay relevant in the growing low …
du offers opt-out option to users incensed over price hike
In an attempt to quell customer fury, du on Wednesday evening announced that it will give users three months to opt out of price changes to its home services.
IBM to license Power chips to keep them relevant
IBM said Tuesday that it will begin licensing its Power chips to other companies, pursuing a direction that companies like …
Clouds are backing up clouds, with more choices on tap
Enterprises that rely on cloud-based services are getting more options for falling back on another cloud if necessary. On Tuesday, …
LinkedIn turns your phone into a job-hunting machine
LinkedIn used to offer a pretty passive experience: Put your resume on the professional social networking site and hope it catches a recruiter’s eye.
CIOs Need to Push BYOD Policies to Lure Millennials
CIOs who think they can abandon BYOD risk upsetting an important and growing constituency of their workforce: millennials, also known as Generation Y.
Microsoft bleeds millions as it tries to keep Surface afloat
Eight months after the launch of Microsoft’s Surface line, the company has yet to turn a profit on its first …