Oracle buys LiveLook for co-browsing technology

From InfoWorld: Oracle is scooping up co-browsing software maker LiveLook in a bid to flesh out its suite of customer experience software.

LiveLook's product is already being used by more than 100 Oracle customers, having been embedded into Oracle's customer service application. It gives support...

First wave of Surface Pro 3 tablets land on store shelves

From PC World: After weeks of promises and reviews, the Surface Pro 3 hit store shelves on Friday. But only one version of Microsoft's latest (and closest) attempt to create the perfect tablet-laptop hybrid is ready for purchase.

Starting Friday at Microsoft Stores and other retailers such as...

Android 4.4.4 rolls out to several Nexus devices

From CNET: Even though Android 4.4.3 KitKat has only been out a couple of weeks, Google quietly released an updated version to its operating system on Thursday.

Android 4.4.4 is now available for download on several Nexus devices via the Nexus Factory Image page. Those devices listed for the...

ADATA DashDrive Durable HD650 500GB Review (Page 1 of 8)

When I was working in the retail industry part-time selling photo electronics, one of the products I have been asked most about are OtterBoxes. Fortunately, the place I worked at did not carry these cases for a good chunk of time I was there. I am sure you readers have heard about these thick, chunky, and ultimately, horrendous cases that attempt to protect your phone from those accidental drops and bumps. If you have seen APH Networks' video...

Facebook back up after short but widespread outage

From InfoWorld: Facebook's website went down temporarily on Thursday, showing an error screen when users attempted to log on to the social network.

"Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed as soon as we can," read the error message, which was displayed on a nearly blank...

D-Link expands its DIY connected-home portfolio

From PC World: D-Link fired a shot across the bow of Belkin’s WeMo brand today, announcing not only a new Wi-Fi router, but a new motion sensor and a Smart Home app to manage all the products in its burgeoning connected-home portfolio.

D-Link’s DIY approach is in obvious contrast to Vivint’s...

BlackBerry beats earnings expectations thanks to cost-cutting

From CNET: Sales are still shrinking at phone maker BlackBerry, but cost-cutting measures buoyed the company's earnings for its fiscal first quarter, the company said Thursday.

BlackBerry, which has been trying to reinvent itself under new leader John Chen, reported a narrower loss than analysts...

Cisco buys its way into AT&T SDN

From InfoWorld: Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held Tail-f Systems, a developer of multivendor network service orchestration systems for traditional and virtualized networks, and one of the vendors AT&T selected for its Domain 2.0 SDN/NFV project.

Under the terms of the...

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