David Needle

Apple and Android look to be the fast-rising stars in mobile, Facebook dominates social networking and Google is clearly the big Kahuna when it comes to search. But are these tech heavyweights immune from competition, technology advances and shifting consumer loyalties? Don’t bet on it, says the brain trust behind the Web 2.0 Summit. Datamation […]

Android devices are selling like hotcakes. In fact, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) says over 200,000 Android devices are activated every day. Many of these Android-powered smartphones are being used in the enterprise either as company-issued devices or personally owned by employees. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, Google has now made enhancements to Android’s security, giving Google […]

Google’s revelation early this year that it had been the target of a series of sophisticated cyber attacks it believed originated in China, highlighted the need for improved cybersecurity. Even top U.S. government officials have since admitted our cyber defenses can’t always keep up the bad guys. A new Unisys-sponsored survey shows a majority of […]

PayPal, the immensely profitable payments arm of eBay, is expanding its options for mobile commerce, announcing at its second annual developers conference a feature called Mobile Express Checkout. PayPal claims that its new offering will provide enhanced security and an easy, two-click process — two features the firm sees as critical to advancing its position […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Ray Ozzie, reminded everyone at Microsoft that he’s still very much around. Last month Ozzie, Bill Gates’ hand-picked successor as chief software architect, announced his plans to retire from the software giant after a transition period. But as Datamation reports, Ozzie […]

It’s become commonplace for workers of all kinds to carry mobile devices around with them on the job, and maintenance and facility managers are no exception. But all too often, those devices are only peripheral to people’s workflow. IBM is looking to change that. With the new Maximo Everyplace, an upgrade to the Maximo asset-management […]

A sideshow to Oracle’s controversial hiring of former HP CEO Mark Hurd as president was the departure of Charles Phillips. Phillips was a key executive at Oracle, directly responsible for many of the computer giant’s major acquisitions. But as eCRM Guide reports, it didn’t long for Phillips to land on his feet. The article details […]

Video is fast becoming a staple of most enterprise worker’s desktops. Whether it’s company-sponsored videos, or breaking news, sports and all the silly stuff that gets passed around via email, the amount of video clogging corporate networks is at an all time high. Blue Coat Systems points to a growing threat of “video floods” that […]

What’s the next phase of growth for social networks like Facebook and others? The big KPCB venture capital fund thinks it’s in applications and it’s putting it’s money where it’s mouth is. As Developer.com reports, the new sFund is designed to provide investment capital and resources to social Web entrepreneurs and developers. The launch event […]

What’s next from Apple? Perhaps no other tech company garners as much attention for both its product rollouts and rumors and speculation leading up to those rollouts. One of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) more highly anticipated rollouts came Wednesday at company headquarters. Hardware Central has the details on the two new MacBook Air notebooks from Apple […]

Yahoo enjoyed a double-digit lift in its display-advertising business and healthy growth in operating margins, enough to propel the company’s third-quarter profits past analysts’ expectations. But Yahoo fell short of the Street’s projections for overall revenues for the period, however, and CEO Carol Bartz acknowledges that the company is in an ongoing period of retooling, […]

Can your enterprise search engine comb through the postings on Twitter to retrieve relevant content? How about external blogs, or other industry sites? Google is aiming to do just that with a significant upgrade to its Google Search Appliance (GSA), the company’s enterprise offerings. With Cloud Connect for GSA, Google is seeking to deliver personalized […]