You’re in the Army now, Office 365
The US Army gave Microsoft an early Christmas gift by purchasing 50,000 seat licenses for their collaboration toolset, Office 365. The U.S. Army will purchase 50,000 seat licenses of Microsoft's...
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Twitter hides money in Ireland, just like everyone else
It's a common practice in the world of business to find tax havens somewhere in the world. Ireland is a favorite and Twitter is in the same game. If Twitter's...
First Mexico, now France hits the NSA radar
The NSA just can't stop spying. That is, of course, their job, but it's discouraging that they spy on allies as well. The future will perhaps tell us one day...
Experian sold data to an ID thief
It's common knowledge that companies sell our data to other companies, but it's assumed that they take the time to make sure they're not selling our data to someone with...
David Pogue joins Yahoo
As announced on their newly acquired Tumblr property, David Pogue is now with Yahoo. I am thrilled to announce that award-winning columnist, best-selling author, and TV host David Pogue will...
How the iMessage hack works
If you ask Apple, iMessage is completely secure. If you ask hackers, security specialists, bloggers, competitors, consumers, or the NSA, it's child's play. Hackers this week showed security conference attendees...
Can Android really be considered “open”?
It's the open way of doing mobile... only it isn't. Google let's you do everything that you could possibly want... except some of the most important things that you want....
The ongoing subversion of Wikipedia
All it has is its credibility. The crowdsourced hub for human knowledge has challenges in the form of PR firms bent on making things more correct for their clients than...
How VC funding has changed since 1995
Here's a look back to the past of the world of technology cash... Earlier today, PricewaterhouseCoopers and National Venture Capital Association released a report showing that total venture capital spending in the U.S....
Keep your guns safe with fingerprint scanner
The fear of an intruder taking your gun can be alleviated with this fingerprint scanning lock box... unless they chop off your hand first, of course. When guns fall into...
Clever spammers circumvent Twitter safeguards
You can't keep a good spammer down. That's the unofficial motto of those who are using Twitter's crackdown on Direct Message link spam. When sending Twitter direct messages with links stopped...
Tuesday’s Apple event could get expensive for consumers
Every time Apple holds an event like this, money seems to find its way out of the wallets of millions of consumers. Expect the same on Tuesday. The invitations for...
A tech investment story that doesn’t involve VCs
It's a win and a loss at the same time when companies take investments. Yes, they get money to fund their projects, but they also lose a measure of control...
Sshhhh! There’s an OS upgrade that Apple is being quiet about
It's all hush-hush in Cupertino as OS X Mavericks Gold Master has a new version rolled out without fanfare or even notice. This weekend, Apple seems to have updated the...
Tech surge coming to fix government site
You've heard of the war surge. Now we're going to get a tech surge that is intended to make getting insurance as easy as 1-2-4. The Department of Health and...
Fans of next-gen games need to find perspective
It's definitely exciting to see the new platforms coming out with their amazing games and cool features, but the reality is that it's all getting overblown. We’re now a scant...
Investors think Twitter needs more patents
Those who are outside of the business world of technology often do not realize the importance of patents. Savvy investors get it. Will Twitter? Profits aren’t the only thing lacking...
NSA hacked Mexican President
Nobody is safe in NSA's reign of terror. The National Security Agency (NSA) has a division for particularly difficult missions. Called "Tailored Access Operations" (TAO), this department devises special methods...
Amazon tax thrown out in Illinois
Is this a one-off incident or will the dominoes soon fall in Amazon's favor? The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that required online retailers, like Amazon,...
Long line of mistakes led to Nokia’s downfall
The former CEO of Nikia, Jormal Ollila, blames a lack of keeping up with the trends as one of the reasons Nokia fell from the top to be lingering somewhere...