Sprint said it will begin selling the WiFi version of the Motorola Xoom May 8 for $599, becoming the second U.S. carrier after Verizon Wireless to offer the beleaguered Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” tablet. Verizon began selling the WiFi + 3G version of the Xoom Feb. 24 for $599 with a two-year contract, or $799 without a contract. [...]
In every industry, companies are drowning in data. Business analytics (BA) provides the tools that decision-makers need to leverage all that data and turn it into actionable, profitable guidance. Smart leaders use that information to predict future trends and leverage opportunities. A recent survey of 3,000 executives, managers, and analysts, conducted by the MIT [...]
Effective this week, the Allen Telescope Array, used for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute’s work, has been placed into hibernation due to funding shortfalls for operations of the Hat Creek Radio Observatory where the ATA is located. Not only does the Array enable SETI search, but it also has been used to make advances [...]
Yahoo April 25 said it has acquired IntoNow, which built a software platform and iPhone application that learns what users are watching on TV and recommends the show to their friends via Facebook and Twitter. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though tech blogs are reportingthe purchase price was in the vicinity of $13 [...]
Business, government and public safety agencies could be better prepared for natural or man-made disasters with the help of AT&T Remote Mobility Zone, the company said. The offering provides mobile voice and data services in the absence of wireless coverage. Designed to support essential communications, the Remote Mobility Zone allows organizations to set up their [...]
Google April 21 inked its second clean power purchase agreement, agreeing to buy 100.8 megawatts of wind energy to power its new data center in Oklahoma. Google agreed to purchase all of the energy from clean energy provider NextEra Energy Resources’ Minco II wind facility in Oklahoma for the next 20 years. Google expects its Oklahoma data [...]
RockMelt April 20 launched RockMelt for iPhone, which looks to make inroads against Apple’s Safari browser by syncing favorite Websites and bookmarked Web pages with the PC and Mac desktop browser versions. RockMelt launched last November as a social Web browser that frames the browsing experience with people’s contacts from Facebook, tweet streams from Twitter and [...]
Small businesses are using cloud predominantly for storage (67 percent) and Website hosting (56 percent), according to a recent survey by Iconnyx, an managed IT and Web hosting company. Research of more than 300 small business leaders conducted over two events in the past month shows these to be the typical SMB applications, followed by [...]
Google upped its total clean energy spend to $350 million after pumping $100 million into the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm April 18. Spanning over 30 square miles in Arlington, Ore., Shepherds Flat is expected to cost $2 billion to build and should produce 845 megawatts of electricity, or enough to fuel more than 235,000 homes, [...]
Businesses and service providers using cloud-based backup and recovery solutions are achieving “significant returns” on IT investments, according to internal field research released by cloud backup and recovery software provider Asigra. The returns cited include major reductions in hardware and software investments, greatly reduced maintenance- and support-related expenses and better use of IT resources to [...]
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