All smartphone and tablet apps, all the time. Veteran mobile tech journalist James A. Martin offers mobile app reviews, news, tips and more on a variety of major mobile platforms, with a focus on iOS and Android.
May 16, 2012|
Google’s answer to Flipboard for iOS, Currents, can’t compete with Flipboard's deep social-media integration, sharp interface and better content selection. But if you’re an Android user or you're frequently on the go without Wi-Fi, Google Currents deserves a place on your mobile device.
May 14, 2012|
In 2010, not long after the iPad’s debut, Steve Jobs famously said the tech world was transitioning to an era in which PCs would be like trucks and mobile devices would be like cars. In the “post PC” era, computers would do the occasional heavy lifting but mobile gadgets would be...
May 11, 2012|
Two main planets make up the streaming-music universe these days: Pandora and Spotify. I live happily on Pandora, and though I do like the new Spotify iPad app, I don't like it enough to switch planets.
May 09, 2012|
Managing Android devices on your computer is a hit-or-miss affair, especially if you use a Mac. Sand Studio’s free AirDroid app handles the job quite nicely.
May 07, 2012|
The folks at Frommer’s, in partnership with Inkling Systems, Inc., did a superb job tailoring select Frommer’s travel guidebooks to the iPad. But inherent limitations with Apple’s tablet decrease the usefulness of Frommer’s interactive travel guides.
May 04, 2012|
I used to step on the scale every morning to check my weight, then I'd log into Klout.com to assess my Klout score. Unfortunately, the number on the scale slowly crept upward while my Klout score dropped.
May 02, 2012|
Picture me disappointed.
I recently read about a new iPhone/iPod touch app called FaceVault, which brings facial recognition and pattern-based unlock features to iOS. The app is said to be similar to the Face Unlock feature in Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.
April 30, 2012|
LinkedIn’s iPad app is finally here, and it was worth the wait. Unfortunately, like many mobile applications, the LinkedIn software doesn't have all the features of the desktop site.
April 27, 2012|
Earlier this week, Microsoft made some noise with new, paid SkyDrive cloud-storage plans and new beta SkyDrive desktop apps for Windows and Mac. Never to be outdone, Google in turn fired a long-range missile at SkyDrive by announcing its long-rumored Google Drive cloud service.
Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most significant game changers to hit the technology landscape in the past 20 years. With this massive expansion of the cloud, the perception of the IT organization is shifting from a utility player to a change agent. This eBook breaks down five ways progressive organizations are using cloud-based IT Management solutions to help drive innovation and become more strategic, including: adding visibility and analytics, speeding up time-to-value, lowering costs, improving prioritization, and providing a blueprint for future cloud deployments.
There are 3 ways to modernize legacy applications: rewrite completely, acquire packaged solutions or migrate existing code. This paper explains why it's best to migrate and how IBM® Rational® software can help.
Accommodating specific lines of business can result in a hybrid ecosystem of applications and servers. The resulting complexity of this architecture makes for an environment that is costly to maintain and difficult to change when addressing new challenges.
This whitepaper will help you to define a mobile device passcode policy. Security managers must attempt to reconcile two opposing goals. They must: 1) create a passcode policy that is strong enough to protect the device if it is lost or stolen, while: 2) not annoying users with needless length or complexity.
This whitepaper, authored by The Radicati Group, looks at the key reasons organizations should consider moving to a cloud-based archiving solution. Email archiving solutions enable organizations to store, monitor, and collect electronic data exchanged by their users to comply with internal policies and regulations.
ATERNITY will showcase a 30-minute demo on how Fortune 500 companies are leveraging its award-winning FPI Platform to deliver a user-centric approach to Proactive IT Management.
For businesses to move forward and tap into the ever-expanding universe of Internet users and network-enabled devices, it's critical to learn how to make the transition to IPv6. Learn the critical steps your organization must take to make a seamless transition-and keep your business world connected.
Learn how IT teams can protect against spear phishing tactics. Harry Sverdlove, chief technology officer of Bit9 offers a frank discussion about spear phishing - the most common technique used in today's advanced attacks.
Learn how to build a solid business case for your migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux so you can run leaner, innovate faster, be more flexible and own the New Now.
Social media isn't about you; it's about everything around you. As you consider how your customers want to communicate with you, social media is something that can't be ignored. But what should your strategy be? Is social media "just another channel?" What kind of a plan makes sense for your contact center and for your customers? Join our experts as they share their insight and research results.
Hardware tokens were a popular method of strong authentication in past years but the cumbersome provisioning and distribution tasks, high support requirements and replacement costs have limited their growth. The additional log-in steps that hardware tokens require and the resulting user frustrations have limited adoption and make them impractical for larger scale partner and customer applications.