Lugubrious smartphone maker BlackBerry has resumed the rollout of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for iOS and Android devices, almost a full month after it yanked the code from app stores following a botched launch.…
Review New Windows client, new Windows server seems to be the pattern; and October 18, 2013 saw the release of Windows Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows 8.1. The R2 release is a paid-for upgrade, but uses the same CALs (Client Access Licenses) as Server 2012, mitigating the cost of transition.…
Microsoft TechDays Online is a splendid opportunity for IT pros and developers to beef up on the latest developments in Microsoft client, server, cloud, system management and developer tools technologies.…
Google has pulled multiple Android apps that relied on a popular mobile app library that posed a severe security risk.…
Britain’s Prime Minister has slammed Facebook after the social network appeared to have lifted its ban on users posting graphic videos of beheadings.…
In an effort to make it easier to enter multilingual text into its online services, Google has added handwriting input support to Gmail and Google Docs.…
Microsoft has once again made the Windows RT 8.1 update available via the Windows Store, following an earlier boondoggle that left some owners of ARM-based Surface RT tablets unable to boot their devices.…
MariaDB expert SkySQL has taken on $20m in filthy valley lucre to help it build a drop-in replacement database for Oracle’s MySQL.…
Apple’s latest version of OS X, Mavericks, is now available at the low, low price of zero, zip, zilch. The iLife and iWorks creativity and productivity suites have also been marked down to nothing for buyers of new iOS and Mac hardware.…
In the never-ending quest to shield impressionable minds from some of the internet’s less family-friendly content, Google has unveiled “supervised users” for Chrome on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Chrome OS.…