News and Trends

Recent Articles

  • Web Accelerator Contendo Courted by AT&T, Akamai and Juniper: Report

    Cloud-based Web and mobile acceleration services specialist Cotendo is being wooed by three companies, according to a report in the Calcalist financial daily reported on Sunday. Cotendo customer AT&T, Juniper Networks and Akamai, a company that develops software for Web content and application delivery, are vying to acquire the company, though the report states specifically…

  • Google, Adobe Prepare Flash for ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’

    Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) may be winding down the clock on its mobile Flash multimedia software, but it’s still going to be available to support Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) new Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” smartphones and tablets. It’s fair to call support for ICS mobile Flash Player’s swan song, as Greg DeMichillie, senior director of product management for…

  • Carriers, Manufacturers Fail to Update Android Phones

    Security firm Bit9 on Nov. 21 released its "Dirty Dozen" list of insecure smartphones. The list focused on Android smartphones because approximately 56 percent of Android phones in the marketplace are running out-of-date and insecure versions of the mobile operating system, Harry Svedlove, CTO of Bit9, told eWEEK. Smartphone manufacturers Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG…

  • Acer Vows to Continue Netbook Production

    Acer will continue to manufacture netbooks, even as many of its manufacturing rivals shift their focus to super-thin ultrabooks and tablets. Netbooks once proved a white-hot seller, snatched up by consumers interested in their low price and portability. Two opposing forces helped wither that market: manufacturers own desire to push products with higher margins (in…

  • Mobile Market Boom Presents VARs With Opportunities, Challenges

    Are you the "Channel Partner of No" when it comes to giving your customers what they want from mobile devices? Do you tell your clients that you can’t or won’t help them manage and support up-and-coming devices like iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones? If so, you could be missing out on some lucrative opportunities and…

  • Apple iPhone, iPad Owners Most Loyal: Report

    Nearly one in five consumers, who own both an iPad and an iPhone, say switching smartphones is more difficult than changing bank accounts. A simple, integrated user experience is driving consumers’ brand loyalty to their smartphones and they are less likely to switch brands the more applications and services they use on the device, new…

Get the Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Channel Insider to be informed on the changing IT landscape.

You must input a valid work email address.
You must agree to our terms.