David Needle

Remember RIM? The good folks who brought you the BlackBerry and transformed the smartphone market? They’re back at it. The company has announced plans to roll out two new BlackBerrys loaded with computing features, including one that counts as the smallest device RIM has ever brought to market. In a separate announcement, RIM said that […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs and his company are clearly no fans of getting behind Adobe Flash on the iPhone or iPad, despite the two technology giants’ long history of working together. The stage is now set for Google, backer of the rival Android mobile OS, to step in. The search leader is eager to lock […]

In the new world of Web 2.0, social network sites encourage users to post personal information about where they are, what they’re buying and who their friends are. But how safe is this information? And how trustworthy are the social networks? eSecurity Planet reports on a new conference that will attempt to tackle the privacy […]

Video can be an important part of any company’s strategy to foster better communication and collaboration among employees and market its message to the outside world. But as CIO Update reports, there are technical, resource and training issues that need to be resolved. Some big name tech firms have cleared those hurdles and offer useful […]

Most social networks aren’t even within shouting distance of Facebook’s 400 million users. But despite Facebook’s considerable reach, the company has made a number of moves to connect to Web sites outside its direct sphere of influence, notably Facebook Connect. As Developer.com reports, Facebook is moving quickly beyond Connect as it looks to make the […]

No one can deny that the buzz around “the cloud” is practically deafening, with its supporters seeing the potential for reshaping the way we think about everything from enterprise software and storage to consumer devices and services. But security concerns lurk despite all the hype, and to a panel of experts speaking at this week’s […]

Google’s high profile battle with the Chinese government has been well documented. But the search giant has faced other censorship issues in various parts of the world as well as business and legal decisions on whether it should make certain content available. As Datamation reports, Google established a set of principles related to censorship and […]

For small businesses, search engines represent a colossal opportunity, but elevating the company’s profile to ensure it doesn’t get buried underneath all the clutter can be a challenge. With the release of its Places suite of search services, Google is attempting to address the issues. Now, businesses can append more detailed location data and other […]

When they hear the term “Webcast,” most people think of a one-to-many communication platform. Typically a handful of speakers, or maybe just one, addresses an audience of many. But what if it were a more social experience? Such is the question that ON24 seeks to answer with its new social Webcasting service, offering a bevy […]

Can Twitter maintain the rapid growth it’s achieved the past few years? The company is regularly dinged by analysts for not having a revenue strategy, but the well-funded micro-blogging service has never made profits a near-term objective. As Instant Messaging Planet reports, Ev Williams, Biz Stone and other Twitter executives, held court at the company’s […]

Two of the more common Internet-based functions in datacenter and server management is remote access and backup. But has anyone thought about combining them? KineticD has, merging remote access similar to pcANYWHERE with cloud-based storage into a single system. Why would you want that? Well, why run two separate applications when you can use just […]

For Twitter, the near future is looking bright. The company at long last just rolled out a way to begin making money, while its executives this week hosted the company’s first developer conference, giving application-builders a sneak peak into Twitter’s goals and plans. Those plans include widening API access to the Twitter “Firehose” of tweets, […]