Q&A: Stuart Lynn, CIO at Sage
Sage provides a range of business software for thousands of firms in the UK, including Specsavers, Lloyds TSB and the MarussiaF1 team. IT Pro caught up with Stuart Lynn, the company’s CIO, to discuss all manner of things ranging from the consumerisation of IT and BYOD policies as well as the importance of infrastructure and [...]
Amazon blows past analysts’ 1Q profit projection
For the fifth straight quarter, Amazon.com’s bottom line sagged under the weight of an expensive push to dominate an even bigger share of the e-commerce landscape. The world’s largest Internet retailer said Thursday its first-quarter profit declined 35 percent from a year ago amid increased spending on everything from new warehouses to digital-content offerings. But [...]
Meet Google’s secret weapon for fighting Apple and Microsoft
(Credit:Photo by: Jason Hiner/CNET)Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha pulled off one of the most difficult things to do in the technology industry: he surprised people at a press conference.When Jha took the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 and revealed the Motorola Atrix smartphone and the “Lapdock” that made it act like a laptop [...]
5 vijanden van de iPad 3
De meestverkochte, meestgeprezen en meestbegeerde tablet tot afgelopen woensdagavond is net nog wat aantrekkelijker geworden. Want hij wordt 80 euro goedkoper. Waar concurrerende tablets al moeite hadden om de 480 euro instapprijs van de iPad te evenaren, duikt Apple nu nog eens onder die grens. Wie zonder de pracht van het Retina-scherm kan, of daar [...]
Gamasutra – Press Releases – NOBLE MASTER GAMES RELEASES REAL-TIME STRATEGY GAME “TROPICAL STORMFRONT” FOR PC, MACINTOSH AND LINUX
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] Tokyo, Japan – March 6, 2012 — Noble Master Games releasestheir strategy game title “Tropical Stormfront” for PC, Macintoshand Linux computers. the game is a real-time strategy (RTS) similarto the classic “Command & Conquer”, and modern [...]
Can Anyone Beat Apple at Its Own Game?
Apple’s devoted customers love the company’s ecosystem, which weaves the company’s devices and software together with users’ content almost seamlessly. That ecosystem has become the envy of some rival businesses that actually have better sales and a bigger market share than Apple does.You may not know, for instance, that in October 2011, Samsung beat out [...]
Get a Logitech Bluetooth speaker for $59.99
I’m a big fan of Bluetooth speakers. Plunk one down just about anywhere and you can wirelessly stream tunes from your smartphone,tablet, or laptop. I have one of those Jawbone Jamboxes, and it’s proven a great little accessory.But pricey; it lists for around $200. Here’s a much more affordable alternative: for a limited time, and [...]
Honeycomb: What went wrong?
The Honeycomb bee has lost its buzz.(Credit:Google)Yesterday, Tech Republic published a great editorial making the case thatAndroidtablets are a failure. I don’t entirely agree, but as we head intoCES 2012, one thing is certain: there will be no more talk of Android 3.0 (aka Honeycomb) as anything other than a disappointment. The future of Android, [...]
OnlyFactoryDirect.com Adds New Portable Speaker Line Designed for Kindle Fire and iPhone
Canoga Park, Ca (PRWEB) January 01, 2012 The overwhelming popularity and upswing in sales of smart devices such as the iPhone, iPad, Android and now the more competitively priced tablet, the Kindle fire, reveals a telling trend in the consumer electronics market. Amazon alone sold over a million Kindle devices per week in the month [...]
BYOD: You ain't seen nothing yet
Some IT trends move fast — way fast. BYOD, the “bring your own device” phenomenon that raised its head in late 2009, is one of them. Like Internet and email, it caught on with users faster than IT and corporate risk management expected. In 2010, businesses were asking the question “Who should own your smartphones?” [...]
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