In his first public comments since being named chief executive Tuesday morning, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella promised a “mobile first, cloud first” strategy that will carry over the “devices and services” strategy of outgoing chief executive Steve Ballmer. Nadella, in a question-and-answer session with Susan Hauser, who leads Microsoft's enterprise sales team, mainly recapped his earlier
There will soon be nowhere to hide from Facebook selfies, Justin Bieber news and emails from your boss. Satellite communications company Iridium has developed a Wi-Fi hotspot that can bring Internet connectivity to almost every corner of the planet. The pocket-size device, set to be released in the second quarter, connects to the company’s satellite voice network to provide service similar to the analog modems that were commonly used for landline Internet access until about a decade ago. Speeds will be low—about 20 kilobits per second, according to the company—but a slow connection might be better than none at all, depending on the location.
Adobe released an update for Flash Player to fix a critical remote code execution vulnerability that is actively being targeted by attackers. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely take control of an affected system, Adobe said in The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-0497 on the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures list and is classified as an integer underflow. It can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the system. "Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for this vulnerability exists in the wild, and recommends users update their product installations to the latest versions.”
Foursquare’s been a roll lately. First, it pulled off an with real-time recommendations. Then the app, best known for bar check-ins, launched an to integrate those recommendations into the software giant’s search products. Foursquare updated its iOS and Android apps to run in the background, offering tips without having to open the app.
Congratulations on your new job, Satya Nadella! Now meet all of your new problems. Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the Surface tablet were supposed to catapult Microsoft into a competitive position in the tablet and smartphone markets, but they’re all still works in progress. The company still trails Apple, Samsung and Google in the mobile arena, while the importance of the PC erodes. Yes, Windows 8.1 was better than Windows 8, but it came with its own set of bugs, including some very disruptive ones. Now, rumors are that Microsoft may fall on its sword and demote its controversial “Modern” tile-based interface in the next release of the OS, opting to make the OS boot by default to the traditional desktop interface.
Singing along to the Disney movie playing in the background, Dulcie Madden helped hand-package thousands of high-tech baby clothes from her start up in Boston’s Leather District. Madden is the CEO and co-founder of Rest Devices, which just last weekend started shipping its
Samsung’s Here’s the price breakdown for all four tablets, which arrive in stores and online starting February 13:
Online music providers such as Spotify, iTunes and Last.fm have been given a boost from a new European Union law approved on Tuesday. The new Collective Rights Management Directive was approved by the European Parliament by 640 votes to 18, with 22 abstentions. Under the new law, online music service providers in the E.U. will be able to obtain licenses from collective management organizations that are valid across the entire 28-country bloc. Currently management organizations representing authors’ rights are generally confined to single countries. With licenses covering more than one member state, service providers should find it easier to offer streaming music services across the E.U. It also means that Internet users will have more legal access to copyright-protected content.
Tumblr now allows users to encrypt their connections with the microblogging service, but the feature is only offered as an option for now—not the default. "You can now take extra precaution against hackers and snoops by enabling SSL security on your Tumblr Dashboard,” Conrad Rushing, Tumblr’s director of security engineering, said Monday in a The adoption rate of HTTPS—HTTP with SSL encryption—by online services has increased rapidly over the past several years, driven in part by significant growth in the mobile market.
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that longtime 'Softie Satya Nadella will follow in the footsteps of Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates as Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed Microsoft was the best company in the world. I saw then how clearly we empower people to do magical things with our creations and ultimately make the world a better place. I knew there was no better company to join if I wanted to make a difference. This is the very same inspiration that continues to drive me today.
It looks like a NUC and acts like a NUC, but it's actually the Asus Chromebox. Announced Tuesday, this cunning little creature could easily be mistaken for a mini-PC such as The Chromebox will offer your choice of 4th-generation Core i3 or Celeron CPUs.
The design of Samsung's next flagship phone has to be substantially different from its predecessors, says analyst
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google AdWords To Roll Out Flexible Conversion Counting, Says Goodbye To 1 Per-Click, Many-Per-Click This morning, Google announced in an email to a number of...
This morning, Google announced in an email to a number of advertisers that upcoming changes will give advertisers more flexibility in how they track conversions in AdWords. With the update comes a semantic change that ushers in new names for the Conversions one per-click and Conversions...
Satya Nadella being named CEO of Microsoft isn’t just big news for Microsoft. It’s big news for search. For the first time in ages, the three major search companies in the US are all run by CEOs who either came out of a search-background or have a solid understanding of it. Despite the...
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In a sign of where its focus lies and the growing importance of PLAs in the search ecosystem, today Google is introducing the DoubleClick Search Commerce Suite, what it calls “a smarter, faster, product-centric layer to search management”. The Commerce Suite is comprised of two new...
Google quietly pushed out an update to the iOS version of the Google Maps app that now checks for faster routes to a destination as you drive. The new iOS version of the Google Maps app and the Android app will notify you if there’s a faster route available while you are in transit. Here […]
After having more of a management role in my company for the last few years, I’d almost forgotten how easy it is to burn out when it comes to link building. But lately, I’ve been in the trenches myself, and I’ve approached that brick wall that we all hit at some point. Luckily,...
Welcome to Part 2 of my PPC Health Check series! In part 1, I covered account structure, settings, conversion tracking and budgets. Today’s piece will help you understand the areas you need to be checking with regard to keywords, ads and performance. Reviewing a campaign properly isn’t...
Google announced its newest “Doodle 4 Google” contest today, asking young artists to create a doodle around the theme, “If I could invent one thing to make the world a better place…” According to the announcement, parents, teachers and after school programs may submit...