Business and Technology news of the day
The short answer is, in UPDATE ROLL UP 2 or 3 or 4. Nearly all of the documentation on this points to Update Rollup 2 KB2554629 containing the Office 365 add-in. The problem is that if you install a fresh SBS 2011 today in 2012 or 2013, you can not Read more…
Our Chestermere In Winter Theme contains more than 40 images my daughter and I took from various parks and common areas around our beautiful Town. Most of these images were taken in December 2012 but there are a few images from other winter periods like our Olympic Rings on the Ice in 2008. This Read more…
Microsoft is apparently working on eye glasses which will allow “users” to access the internet AND view augmented reality (like what was in the line of site 100 years ago, or the weather forecast or wholesale prices of the item being looked at). This is similar, but far superior to Google’s Read more…
ANSER: The week of November 20th! Late yesterday Telus told me “off the record” that the update will be released the week of November 20th. This morning I received an official notice from Samsung business support. Jelly Bean ver. 4.1.x being released by all carriers commencing sometime during the second half Read more…
Does anyone really like to be bullied? Is arrogance something most people aspire to achieve, or behavior socially embraced? You know the answers. But these qualities too much describe Apple since its sudden success starting in 2010. The company continually sticks a middle finger in the face of competitors, judges, Read more…
The graphic below shows the briefest of comparison between the iPad Mini and the Amazon Kindle: The table below is from mashable.com/2012/10/16/microsoft-surface-vs-ipad-kindle-fire/ Microsoft Surface RT Apple iPad Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Screen Size 10.6 inches 9.7 inches 8.9 inches Resolution 1,366 x 768 2,048 x 1,536 Read more…
You may have seen hundreds of SMART FORTWO blue and white cars driving around your city and wondered who is behind this pay by the minute car sharing operation. Wonder no more… it is Mercedes itself and they have some SMART Electric cars on the way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwvpB8gVVFo
Apple’s Secret Chip In Official Lightning Cable & Adapters Revealed, Knock-offs Probably Won’t Work Apple has placed a chip between the cord’s USB contact and the power pin on the Lightning plug, which seems to be the key to keeping Lighting cables and adapters proprietary and its the first time that Read more…
DataGenics.com took a look at 10000 pin codes they assembled from various leaked data sets. The results are amazing: I was able to find almost 3.4 million four digit passwords. Every single one of the of the 10,000 combinations of digits from 0000 through to 9999 were represented in the Read more…
One of my clients legal department recently explained why we could no longer allow staff to freely use their personal cell phones / tablets to connect to our corporate email. Their logic was that we have an obligation to keep all corporate data private when someone leaves the company and even Read more…
Android (Google Inc.) — 104.8 million units, 68.1% share (46.9% a year earlier) iOS (Apple Inc.’s iPhone) — 26.0 million units, 16.9% share (18.8% a year earlier) BlackBerry (Research in Motion Ltd.) — 7.4 million units, 4.8% share (11.5% a year) Symbian (mostly used by Nokia Corp.) — 6.8 million Read more…
Count the blue shirts in this photo, then count the number of customers and you can see why layoffs are in order: …Rumored layoffs, hours cutbacks and hiring freezes led to an immediate response from Apple, that seemingly puts new retail chief John Browett in a tight spot… Read more…
No. The $15 upgrade offer https://windowsupgradeoffer.com is available only for individuals.
Windows 8 RTM’d on August 1st 2012 and will be made available to developers and techs on August 15th. “General Availability” meaning retail packaging and OEM hardware sales will commense on October 26th. The President of the Microsoft’s Windows group said: While we have reached our RTM milestone, no software Read more…
The new OUTLOOK.COM looks very similar to Windows Mail in Windows 8 (and to a lesser degree Outlook 2013) with an ultra clean “metro” layout. Microsoft said the new web interface has 60% fewer pixels than Hotmail and as you can see in plain screen shot below, I don’t think Read more…
…global market share fell to 16.9 percent from 18.8 percent a year earlier. Meanwhile, Samsung smartphone shipments surged 172.8 percent to 50 million units from 18.4 million. Market share rose to 32.6 percent from 17 percent a year earlier. Quarter on quarter, Apple share fell from 24.2 percent, erasing most Read more…