With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — from prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. The self-employed worker is becoming increasingly popular among software vendors. And there’s a good reason for that. There were 15 million people self-employed in 2015, according to the …
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Global shipments of devices, including PCs, tablets and smartphones, will grow at a 1.9 percent clip this year over last, but overall spending will decline for the first time, according to market researcher Gartner. The forecast highlights what is likely to be a rough year for computing devices. Markets have matured and largely stagnated. As a result, companies need new …
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IBM already has a supercomputing contract with the US Department of Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory IBM will team up with Nvidia and the US Department of Energy to launch two new supercomputer centers of excellence. These efforts primarily revolve around making sure applications can take advantage of supercomputing horsepower and gathering feedback from developers, engineers and scientists. The centers, …
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Nokia’s Here mapping app is now available in a beta version on all Android phones. Here.com screenshot by CNET Nokia has launched its Here mapping app for Android on all smartphones, the company said Tuesday. The move provides more distribution than the first effort with Here, which focused only on Samsung Galaxy smartphones. When Nokia sold its handset business to …
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With Apple Pay, iOS users can carry out purchases using the new iPhone and TouchID. Apple With the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus reaching tech buyers Friday, what could be one of Apple’s most lucrative services — Apple Pay — makes a debut. But don’t expect Apple Pay to change the mobile payment world right away. Why? Five primary …
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CEO John Chen at BlackBerry’s security summit. Larry Dignan/ZDNet NEW YORK — BlackBerry said Tuesday that it will acquire Secusmart, a German mobile security company. The purchase highlights how BlackBerry is doubling down on the enterprise as well as mobile security. The two companies have been partners since 2009. The plan is for Secusmart, known recently for its anti-eavesdropping software, …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. Paul Sakuma/Feature Photo Service for IBM IBM and Apple said they have forged an enterprise pact where the two companies will collaborate on exclusive industry-specific applications built on iOS. The deal makes sense on many fronts. First, industry specific apps will lock down Apple’s iOS …
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AT&T was the top ranked full service wireless carrier, according to J.D. Power’s latest survey. MetroPCS was the top-ranked carrier for customer service among wireless providers concentrated on the no-contract market. The biggest customer satisfaction improvement, however, went to T-Mobile. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best T-Mobile Deals …
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Lenovo’s move to buy Motorola Mobility from Google in a deal valued at $2.91 billion is likely to spur an Android ecosystem consolidation wave because smaller players aren’t going to have the scale to compete. The first casualty in this consolidation wave is likely to be HTC. Related stories Best Phones Under $500 for 2022: Pixel 6A, iPhone SE, Galaxy …
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BlackBerry (the company formerly known as Research In Motion) is reportedly seeing solid demand for its Z10 smartphone and analysts appear to be cautiously optimistic about sales. Whether cautiously optimistic saves the company remains to be seen. Generally speaking, Wall Street analysts seem to be betting that sales of the Z10 will be strong enough to support an upgrade cycle …
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