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IBM Launches New Software to Tackle ‘Big Data’
IBM has announced new software to deliver "big data" analytics to users on a variety of devices and platforms. At its Information on Demand (IoD) 2011 conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 24, IBM unveiled new offerings that span a wide variety of big data and business analytics technologies across multiple platforms from mobile devices…
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Tablet, Shmablet! Why iPad, Tablets Are Just a Fad
Mark me down as a skeptic of all the tablet hoopla. Sure iPads are cool, but most other tablets have failed to rouse any real interest in the market, so don’t toss your laptops to the junk heap just yet. The iPad is no iPhone. It’s more like the iPod and, as such, will likely…
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HP Offers Business Services for Mobile Devices
Hewlett-Packard is creating a suite of services aimed at helping enterprises extend their businesses applications to employees and customers who are using mobile devices. The HP Mobile Applications Services, announced Oct. 24, are designed to enable workers and consumers to access applications, data and businesses processes through any device and from any location. HP, like…
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Android Tablet Share Hits 27 Percent Vs. iPad’s 67 Percent
More than 4.5 million tablet computers based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system shipped in the third quarter, comprising 27 percent of the market shipments, according to research released by Strategy Analytics Oct. 21. Android’s tablet share pales in comparison to the 67 percent table share enjoyed by Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad, which the company said…
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone to Go After the Midmarket
Can a lower-cost Windows Phone carve off a significant portion of the smartphone market? After months of positioning its smartphone platform as the counterpoint to high-end competitors such as Apple’s iPhone and some Google Android devices, Microsoft plans on aiming Windows Phone at a less-pricey market segment. “We are dramatically broadening the set of price…
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Apple’s Steve Jobs ‘Throws Stones’ at Microsoft in New Bio
Near the end of Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs, the author steps aside to let his subject opine about a variety of topics, including Microsoft and Bill Gates. “It’s easy to throw stones at Microsoft,” Jobs said. “They’re clearly fallen from their dominance. They’ve become mostly irrelevant. And yet I appreciate what they…