Sunday December 22, 2024

To-Do App Wunderlist Links Up With Dropbox, Its First Integration

 Wunderlist, the task management app with 9 million+ users, is adding a new feature to its web and mobile service: from today you will be able to link and access Dropbox documents through the app. Dropbox will be live first on Wunderlist’s web app and Android app, with the feature coming up in the iOS coming […]

Windows 10, Dubstep Edition

 Now that the market has had time to begin digesting the new bits that Windows 10 will unveil in the middle of next year, it’s important to place the operating system into proper historical context. It is Friday, so crank up your speakers and let’s get crazy: Jokes aside, there is a minor irony that much […]

Microsoft Launches New Office 365 Subscription Plans For Small And Midsize Businesses

 Microsoft is rolling out new Office 365 plans for companies with fewer than 250 employees that will slowly replace the company’s existing plans for small and midsize businesses. The company had already outlined some of these changes earlier this year, so this week’s announcement doesn’t come as a huge surprise. Here is what these new plans […]

The Windows 10 Technical Preview Expires In 196 Days

 Downloading the Windows 10 technical preview? You won’t be able to use it past two weeks after April Fool’s day next year. That’s jolly, because the consumer-facing preview that will follow the current build will be out long before then. But it’s worth keeping in mind: Microsoft is working towards a mid-year release of Windows […]

Nobody Can Win The Cloud Pricing Wars

 Earlier this week, Google lowered prices 10 percent across the board on their Google Compute Engine cloud platform . The cost is getting so low, it’s almost trivial for anyone to absorb the costs of running infrastructure in the cloud, but you have to wonder as the cloud pricing wars continue, how low can they go and […]

Vendor Management – CIOs need to magage vendors more effectively

CIOs should not under estimate or under value the time that needs to be spent managing the vendors.  CIOs need to managing vendor expectation, performance, and the vendor’s understanding of your priorities. CIOs need a clear plan to define metrics, evaluate, and manage the day to day performance of vendors. If they do this it […]

Big Data Analytics Go Large: GoodData Gets $25.7M Led By Intel, Eyes Up 2016 IPO

 GoodData, a cloud-based big data analytics firm, is rising higher into the clouds itself. Today it is announcing a $25.7 million round of funding led by Intel Capital, with participation also from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Tenaya Capital, TOTVS, Next World Capital, Windcrest, and Pharus Capital. This is a Series E round for the company, which […]

15Five Picks Up Another $2.2M To Improve How Work Teams Talk To Each Other

 15Five, a startup that has built a platform to encourage employees and managers to give feedback to each other, is today announcing a new round of funding: it has raised $2.2 million in a “Seed 2″ round. As with its first round in January 2013, 15Five has again attracted the attention of a host of interesting […]

Microsoft Woos Enterprise With Start Button In Windows 10

 Microsoft announced Windows 10 the other day. Putting aside the fact they skipped version 9, and all of the jokes that could evoke, the announcement appeared to be one long apology to the enterprise. We’re sorry we dissed you in version 8 and we want to beg you to take us back. And we brought […]

Next-Generation Email Platform Inbox Rolls Out Open Source Apps, Details Its Hosted API Pricing

 Inbox, the email startup founded by Dropbox and MIT alums offering modern APIs that allow developers to build new applications on top of email’s aging underpinnings, is today taking steps to make it even easier for developers to get started with the launch of open source email apps. The company is also announcing the pricing […]