Cloud computing technology is one of the most significant, and most disruptive technologies that have sprung up in the past few decades, as it managed to redefine what is possible and how much said possibility costs. It is largely responsible for a lot of companies that didn’t have the budget for entire server farms to…
One of the biggest hindrances to a veterinarian’s job is the fact that animals – particularly domesticated ones – act differently when they are alone than they do around people. For instance, an owner may notice that his pet is limping, but when it is brought to the vet, it walks normally as a result…
First came the changes for the desktop. After just a few days, Google+ rolled out the changes for the mobile web. In its official page, the social networking site announced that posts are now easier to read as they are shown as a stream of cards. With this new change, posts are also easier to…
Is Tumblr to Yahoo as YouTube is to Google? And so it came to be, Yahoo now owns the ultra hip social networking site Tumblr making David Karp one of, if not, the most successful high school drop out in the history of civilization. Some analysts see very little to no financial sense in the…
And so it came to be, Yahoo now owns the ultra hip social networking site Tumblr making David Karp one of, if not, the most successful high school drop out in the history of civilization. Some analysts see very little to no financial sense in the deal. After all, it took Tumblr more than five…
Walmart is using its big data collection to inform customers of their choices as a mobile marketing strategy. It rationalizes that since its consumers have made their mobile devices as indispensable, the retail company can make use of this information to its advantage. The customers will be offered shopping tools to help them from pre-store…
The last holiday shopping season saw an increase of mobile commerce from 3% to 11%. This percentage is estimated to be worth around $18 billion, excluding purchases related to travel. Thus, we can see the birth of fresh merchandising trends like mobile coupons and catalogs to attract new customers. It is estimated that retail e-commerce…
Currently, Greece’s government is placing a lot of administrative burden on the country’s economy, affecting the local entrepreneurs’ ability to cut costs and increase value of their products and services. The onus of improvement is on the shoulders of both the State and the companies, in order to ensure that a new model of development…
Being the operating system of most smartphones, Android is now the target of malwares. Kaspersky Lab stated that almost all the mobile malware discovered during Q1 of this year are designed to target Android phones. According to Mashable, the most common Trojan virus steals money from unsuspecting victims by sending bogus text messages. Hackers use…
Today, IBM, one of the world’s largest cloud computing vendors, is announcing an agreement to acquire SoftLayer, the world’s largest privately held cloud infrastructure provider. CloudTimes has been covering Softlayer over the last years. For recent articles see here. This acquisition will: Speed IBM’s ongoing focus to provide cloud services for the Fortune 500 which…