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RIM finally launches closer link to Office 365
By: Howard Solomon (30 Jan 2012)
Mobile workers whose organizations subscribe to Microsoft Corp.’s cloud-based Office 365 service can now access some of the messaging appli ...
New Rogers USB sticks almost double LTE speeds
By: Howard Solomon (07 Feb 2012)
When two of the country’s biggest cellular carriers started their high speed LTE data service last year, it was a bit disappointing to some that ...
EHR app causes buzz at mobile health care summit
By: Howard Solomon (26 Jan 2012)
A soon-to-be released medical application for smart phones was the talk of a Toronto mobile healthcare summit Thursday, not so much for what it w ...
Salesforce customers angry about fees
By: Chris Kanaracus (30 Jan 2012)
BOSTON -- Salesforce.com customers are sounding off about the fact that an upcoming Analytics Edition of the CRM (customer relationship management) so ...
ISPs get go-ahead to offer faster speeds this week
By: Howard Solomon (30 Jan 2012)
A group of independent Internet service providers has won a temporary victory in their continuing fight with BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada over the who ...
ISPs aren’t broadcasters, Supreme Court rules
By: Brian Jackson (2/9/2012 10:11:00 AM)
UPDATED (12:00PM EST): Canada’s wholesale Internet Service Providers (ISPs) do not act as broadcasters by providing end-users access to the Inte ...
How to attract and retain IT talent in 2012
By: Hamish Barwick (2/9/2012 8:43:00 AM)
The tight Australian IT job market has been touted as a blessing for job seekers and a curse for employers. Hamish Barwick looks at strategies compa ...
Oracle buys talent management firm Taleo for US$1.9B
By: Shane Schick (2/9/2012 8:19:00 AM)
Oracle beefed up its competitive position against rival SAP in the growing human capital management market on Thursday with the acquisition of Taleo, ...
Rise of the career contractors
By: Sim Ahmed (2/9/2012 8:15:00 AM)
Confidence returning to the financial sector and greater desires to balance work and life, are contributing to a recent increase in the number of ca ...
Project management salaries show growth, career potential
By: Merideth Levinson (2/9/2012 8:10:00 AM)
Project management may not be the most exciting job in IT these days, especially when most of the talk about hot IT jobs pertains to software develop ...
SAS's Carl Farrell on staying on top in the big data game
By: JD Speedy (30 Jan 2012)
In this week's RADIO IT World Canada, executive vice-president for SAS Institute Inc. and former president of SAS Canada Carl Farrell joins us to disc ...
U.S. Institute of Health taps Canadian site for database
By: JD Speedy (01 Feb 2012)
The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Library of Medicine have been trying to devise a system that can intelligently answer med ...
Toyota CTO Tadao Saito: My IT leadership lessons
By: Stephen Ibaraki (31 Jan 2012)
At the World CIO Forum late last year, I sat down with the Tadao Saito, CTO of Toyota. The full discussion can be found in the largest management blog ...
Rogers gives up on traffic shaping, for now
By: Howard Solomon (03 Feb 2012)
After fielding complaints from the federal telecommunications regulator and the online gamers that it slows residential Internet customer traffic, Rog ...
Interview: McAfee's Doug Cooke on mobile security
By: JD Speedy (06 Feb 2012)
In this week's RADIO IT World Canada, Doug Cooke joins us to explain some of the finer points of McAfee's new mobile security software service, Mobil ...
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Google to launch Dropbox rival, according to a rumour
Source:
JD Speedy
I think today must be rumour day in the IT biz. Google is not immune to this, and in the 'most likely to be true' rumour of the day, the big G is getting ready to launch it's own secure storage service, Drive.
This would come as a surprise to almost no one, except for maybe the few that ask "but I already use Gmail for that".
For everyone else, this would offer the same kind of experience you know and love, but with dedicated ties to Google Docs, Gmail and - wait for it - Google+. Or at least that's what I figure.
Naturally, Google is a great fit for this type of service, if only for the amount of successful cloud products it's already launched and the fact that anyone familiar with consumer cloud probably already stores stuff with Google.
Reportedly, and by reportedly, I mean it's a rumour, the service would be free up to a certain GB mark for all users - much like Gmail - with premium space available at a premium.
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Reports of iPad 3 announcement in March
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JD Speedy
Ok, this one you can file under 'absolutely suspect' and 'completely unverifiable', or create a new file for 'absolutely suspect unverifiable' if you'd like.
According to some Mac blogs, most notably the notorious Cult of Mac, the iPad 3 is not only in the late stages of being designed, but will be announced this March, that's March 2013 and a case for the new unit has already been spotted.
If these rumours are true, and I must stress that they are
rumours
, the new iPad will look a whole helluva lot like the iPad 2 and get upgrades only on the internals. This means the trade up will be more aligned with the difference between the iPhone 3G and the 3GS and the iPhone 4 (and iPhone 4S).
That said, this would put the iPad release cycle on about the same timeframe as the iPhone. I'm not sure I can believe that, not because I think it's compeltely out of the realm of possibility, but because it's a lot harder to believe that people want to refresh their tablet as often as they do their smart phone.
But, the iPad has only seen two iterations, which means Apple may not
know
yet how many iTablets the market can bear and a quick update could make enough to cover R&D at the minimum. That, and everything Apple has released that is even rumoured to be the last project of Steve Jobs seems to sell. But that's just my inner cynic. Likely an iPad 3 (and subsequently 3S and 4) will sell because there will be something it does better, does differently or adds besides new hardware (like the iPhone 4S's must-have Siri).
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Playbook OS 3 already in the works?
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JD Speedy
Though details are scarce, Blackberry blog, NFBB reports that RIM has already begun work on the follow-up to the as-yet-unreleased Playbook 2.0 operating system.
This, in reality, probably won't surprise many, as OS 2 adds a lot of functionality that users expected would be bundled with the initial tablet release. Email, better integration with your handheld Blackberry, and more are all set to be added when the new OS launch later this month.
So what might RIM be planning for OS 3? It's anyone's guess, but recent moves on the phone front by RIM - to add BBM elements into other apps and make Blackberry server software play nice with other devices - might lead some to believe that more convergence between RIM devices is on the horizon. How about a unified Blackberry account where apps downloaded on a phone could be used on your Playbook? More ties to the Android app store?
I don't want to speculate too much as RIM is probably just readying design docs and feature lists at this juncture while putting the finishing touches on OS 2.
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Reaffirming yesterday's move, Nokia fully backs Windows Phone
Source:
JD Speedy
It might not come as much of a surprise to many, with Nokia dropping 4000 production jobs in the U.S. yesterday, but Nokia has completely given up on making its own open-source mobile OS.
Nokia's European manager, Victor Saeij, said that the company's only plan B is that plan A will work. It will fully back Windows Phone as the platform for all of its mobile offerings going forward.
Previously, Nokia planned an open source operating system, much like Google's Android. This puts Nokia in a good position to continue to be as Samsung (or now Motorola) is to Google for Microsoft.
This is a really good sign for Windows Phone, which needs this kind of dedicated backing to get the kind quality smart phone designs that have pushed Android and iPhone adoption.
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Why a company social network is better than an Intranet
Source:
JD Speedy
The short answer, from this list of very good reasons to choose a social network over a company Intranet is; people will use it.
From experience, I can tell you that Intranet's are often riddled with permissions problems, convoluted log-ins and hard to remember locations. Part of that, however, is that usually no one uses it. It's all started with the best of intentions and usually some useful, if a bit clunky, functionality.
But social networks promote more real-time interaction, and, by design, foster more of a community because of their emphasis on
social
.
And, by choosing a social network, you'll also be able to associate yourself with a more current buzzphrase (something not mentioned in the article) which might entice
younger
newer employees to actually try out your service instead of scoffing at it until it becomes mandatory.
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