Android 15 releases to AOSP
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Richard Harris
Android has officially unveiled Android 15, the latest iteration of its mobile operating system, now available through the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). This new version will be rolling out to supported Pixel devices over the coming weeks and will also be available on select devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, Nothing, OneP...
Ransomware prevention platform ProLion sees large increase in revenue
Monday, October 24, 2022 by Freeman Lightner
ProLion has recorded an 80 percent increase in revenue for FY2022, driven by the addition of over 250 new customers worldwide. The uplift has been driven by demand for its ransomware protection solution CryptoSpike, which has soared as a result of the rise in ransomware and ransomware-as-a-service attacks.
The company also reported a renewal rate of 89...
Google Cloud Next 19 announcements
Thursday, April 11, 2019 by Brittany Hainzinger
Next ‘19 is underway, and here’s a summary of the important news announced from the event.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off talking about Cloud’s momentum and announced their new multi and hybrid cloud offering called Anthos. Anthos lets customers write once and run anywhere—in the cloud, in their data center, or even in other clouds.
In...
DevOps skills needed for transformation found in new report
Monday, March 11, 2019 by Austin Harris
DevOps Institute announced the results of the "2019 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report." The report outlines the most valued and in-demand skills needed to achieve DevOps transformation within enterprise IT organizations of all sizes.
The research and analysis were conducted by Eveline Oehrlich, former vice president and research director at F...
IoT marketplace to get ADLINK thanks to new partnership with Lenovo
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 by Richard Harris
ADLINK Technology, Inc. is teaming with Lenovo to expand ADLINK’s reach into the IoT marketplace while enhancing Lenovo’s integrated hardware/software solution offerings. Through this new partnership, Lenovo’s OEM Solutions business will expand its portfolio of products with ADLINK-provided embedded PC solutions and services.ADLINK offers a variety of technology buildin...
Digital transformation will create jobs not kill them
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 by Richard Harris
When it comes to organizational impact, IT companies may be expecting to add jobs (including mobile app developers) over the next three to five years due to new projects (72 percent) and new technologies (69 percent) for digital transformation, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by Appian. Even more, 77 percent of IT leaders report digital transformation is a job...
Insights on push alert frequency to improve new app user retention
Monday, March 27, 2017 by Richard Harris
Mobile growth company Urban Airship detailed industry findings from its mobile app retention study, spanning new users’ first 90-days of app usage within retail, media, sports & recreation and utility/productivity. By analyzing the frequency of messaging users received and their corresponding retention rates, Urban Airship provides a deeper understanding that dispel...
How Apttus machine learning technology is helping sell Lenovo PCs
Thursday, March 23, 2017 by Austin Harris
Apttus has announced the live implementation of its Configure Price Quote solution at Lenovo, a PC manufacturer and provider of consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology. Apttus CPQ reduces the time needed to complete Lenovo’s end-to-end sales quoting and approval processes from days to mere minutes. These strategic differentiations will allow Lenovo to focus more...
VR First says universities everywhere are adopting VR - AR
Friday, January 6, 2017 by Austin Harris
As more universities use VR and AR, it could help guide the future of developer learning courseware.The latest research from VR First presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with the support of the CONTEXT and IEEE Digital Senses Initiative, reveals an increase in VR/AR adoption at universities worldwide in 2016, highlighting the early impact of VR First's acad...
Oculus Connect 3 announcements recap
Monday, October 10, 2016 by Richard Harris
A quick recap of the news Oculus announced during this morning’s keynote at Oculus Connect 3. - Touch Launch: You can pre-order Touch starting October 10 for $199 and it ships December 6. All pre-orders come bundled with VR Sports Challenge and The Unspoken. Touch comes with an additional sensor and a connector for Rock Band VR. Oculus has also created a room-scale opti...
Newzoo offers insight into the app market with new survey report
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
Global market intelligence firm Newzoo has announced the release of its first Global Mobile Market Report, a unique publication on the global mobile ecosystem, including global app revenues and forecasts, device brand market share, smartphone penetration, and consumer profiling.
According to the report, global app revenues will reach $44.8 billion in 2016...
Sales of laptops from the Summer of 2016 reached $2.2 billion, Apple still king
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 by Austin Harris
According to new research from 1010data, online sales of laptops from the summer of 2016 reached $2.2 billion and grew 12 percent year over year. 1010data uncovered how consumer purchases impacted the biggest players in the laptop space online from June – August 2016. And it turns out that Apple is winning as a brand and as a retailer. This comes from 1010dat...
Apple Still Leads Tablet Market but Microsoft Has Significant Increase in Share
Monday, May 16, 2016 by Richard Harris
In the highly competitive tablet category for Q1 2016, Apple’s dominance is being challenged from a number of companies, with Microsoft as the top contender. In a recent report by 1010data Apple remained the #1 tablet brand sold online, however, Microsoft increased share year-over-year with increasing sales for its Surface Pro and Surface Book. The tablet market is...
Google's Project Tango Virtual Reality Platform Featured on New Lenovo Smartphone
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Lenovo has announced the upcoming release of the first consumer-ready smartphone with available with Google’s Project Tango technology which gives an Android powered mobile device the ability to navigate the physical world with a new kind of spatial perception by adding advanced computer vision, image processing, and special vision sensors.Available in summer 2016, the ...
Smartphone Market Grows 25 percent While Samsung Loses Grip on Android Market
Monday, November 3, 2014 by Richard Harris
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker for the third quarter of 2014, increased emphasis on emerging market smartphone releases drove global smartphone shipments above 300 million units for the second consecutive quarter. According to preliminary data, vendors shipped a total of 327.6 million units during the ...
IDC: Android and iOS Devices Dominate Shipments of Smartphones
Monday, August 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone in the second quarter of 2014. For the first time in history over 300 million phones were shipped in a quarter. According to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 301.3 million smartphones worldwide, up 25.3% w...
Intel Brings a New 64 bit Processor To Android Named Merrifield
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Intel is expanding its footprint in mobile with several announcements released at the Mobile World Congress.
From a hardware standpoint, Intel announced its Merrifield 2.13GHz Intel Atom processor Z3480 for Android smartphones and tablets. The 64-bit ready processor is based on Intel's 22nm Silvermont micro architecture and features a PowerVR Series 6 Graphics ...
CodeProject Announces The Intel App Innovation Contest
Thursday, August 1, 2013 by Richard Harris
Intel App Innovation Contest Challenges Developers to Get Creative to Win Over $100,000 in Cash Prizes Global competition pits developers against each other in the ultimate Windows 8 App challenge August 1, 2013 - TORONTO, Canada CodeProject has announced its newest contest, the Intel App Innovation Contest (AIC) 2013, with over $100,000 in cash prizes. The global ...
Intel App Innovation Contest (AIC) 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Intel, in partnership with Lenovo, has announced the launch a global app development competition to encourage the creation of Windows 8 tablet and All-in-One desktop apps.
The Intel App Innovation Contest (AIC) 2013 is open to app developers in 20 countries including the US, Russia, China, Japan, and Israel. There are six categories - Education, Entertainment, Finance,...
