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Google to launch Dropbox-rival cloud service called Drive
Google is rumored to be launching a cloud-storage service that would compete head-to-head with wildly popular cloud provider Dropbox, SugarSync and others. The search giant’s cloud service will be called Drive and it’ll not only be free to consumers up to a certain size limit but it will also be folded into Google Apps for enterprise customers. Drive will offer users some cool features out the gate, like the ability to store photos, documents and videos on Google’s servers so that they could be accessible from any Web-connected device, according … Read more
Charles West
Halliburton dumps BlackBerry, starts distributing iPhones to workers
One of the world’s largest oilfield companies, Halliburton, publicly acknowledged its decision to stop giving workers BlackBerrys and start equipping them with iPhones. This is a gigantic blow to Research in Motion because the BlackBerry has for a very long time been widely considered the best phone for enterprise users. Halliburton obviously disagrees and so will many other companies if RIM doesn’t step its game up in time. Spokesperson for Halliburton, Tara Mullee Agard, said to Reuters in an email, “We are making this transition in order to better support our … Read more
George Tinari
Yahoo chooses PayPal President Scott Thompson as its new CEO
After months of searching, Yahoo has announced that Scott Thompson will take the helm of the struggling Internet company. The 54-year-old Thompson comes from PayPal, where he was President of the mobile payment processing company. He held his first conference call Wednesday morning and was upbeat about the future of Yahoo. It’s too early to comment on Thompson’s strategy as he doesn’t have one yet. He’ll officially assume his role as CEO and join Yahoo’s board of directors on January 9th. During the next few months, he’ll learn more about … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Volkswagen turns off BlackBerry e-mail service overnight
If you work at Volkswagen in Germany, your BlackBerry e-mail starts coming in 30 minutes before your shift, and 30 minutes after, thanks to a new union agreement. Senior staff are exempt from the new rule, who likely need to be accessible around the clock, though standard phone functions will still be available for everybody during off-hours. This is a very progressive move, and shows how we might be able to reign in the always-connected lifestyle BlackBerry, and now smartphones at large, are promoting. The responsible thinking goes, “just because … Read more
Simon Sage
First look at BlackBerry App World for businesses and Work mode on the PlayBook
RIM had a short webcast today to talk about their new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion enterprise product, which will support Android and iOS devices, on top of their own next-gen BBX products. One nice little tidbit to emerge from the webcast that we didn’t hear anything about in this morning’s press release was support for a Work tab in BlackBerry App World and within the PlayBook OS. Here, company-issued BlackBerry PlayBooks (and eventually smartphones) will be able to access and download apps that have been given the go-ahead by the IT … Read more
Simon Sage
RIM announces management service for Android, iOS, and BBX called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion
Awhile back, RIM announced that they would be supporting Android and iOS devices in their enterprise management suite, and today they’re getting a little more specific with the details. The new management suite is called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, and will support tablets and smartphones, including those running RIM’s new BBX platform based on the PlayBook operating system. All of the core enterprise mobility management stuff you’d expect is in there, like user and group administration, remote lock and wipe, policy definition and implementation, multiple devices per user, app rollouts, easy scalability, connectivity … Read more
Simon Sage
Android claims 40% of enterprise mobile web traffic
Internet security service provider, Zscaler, recently published some interesting usage data for the last quarter, including some insight into mobile browser usage. Although iOS may be winning device adoption over BlackBerry in businesses, it looks like the majority of Zscaler’s enterprise subscribers that browse the web on smartphones (40.3%) are doing so through an Android device, while BlackBerry claimed 37.26%, and iOS 22.38%. Zscaler further broke down those numbers into geographies; 75.34% of the Android users were from the U.S., followed up by Spain (5.48%), Israel (9.17%), and Singapore (2.76%). … Read more
Simon Sage
Survey says iPhone and iPad now more popular among businesses than BlackBerry
The enterprise market, where BlackBerry has traditionally reigned supreme, is now ruled by the iPhone according to recent reseach. A survey by iPass questioned 2,300 employees across 1,100 businesses around the world, and showed that 32.2% owned a BlackBerry (compared to 34.5% last year), while 45.0% claimed to use an iPhone for work, compared to 31.1% in 2010. If that wasn’t enough, BlackBerry placed fourth among planned acquisitions for 2012, after Windows Mobile (?), Android, and iPhone. The tablet market isn’t much prettier. The BlackBerry PlayBook, often toted as “the … Read more
Simon Sage
Nvidia reports good quarter thanks to mobile
Today, Nvidia posted some pretty good quarterly earnings that were ahead of what analyst expected. This news comes after the company’s announcement of its beastly Tegra 3 quad-core processor, that will be jammed into the world’s first device to carry it, the Asus’ Eee Pad Transformer Prime next month. The chipmaker reported earnings of $178.3 million, or 29 cents per share, on revenue of $1.07 billion for the three months ended Oct. 30, while expected earnings were suppose to be around 26 cents per share, on revenue of $1.06 billion, according … Read more