TOKYO–Rakuten Inc (4755:Tokyo), one of the world’s largest Internet services companies, announced today its acquisition of pioneering messaging and VoIP company, Viber. Rakuten will acquire Viber for a total consideration…
The first phase of a city pilot program of firefighters using iPads and other tablet computers drew praise from officials as helping the department improve both its response times and…
Welcome to the Mobile Olympics. Some of the official apps for phones and tablets are slicker and easier to use than their website counterparts. It’s as though the app developers…
Google has passed Exxon to become the second most valuable U.S. company by market capitalization. According to FactSet data, the Internet company’s market capitalization surpassed that of oil company Exxon…
Explore your options when looking for the best deals online By now, travelers of any age realize that if they don’t use online resources they have almost zero chance of…
Four years ago at the last Winter Olympics in Vancouver, NBC streamed just two events live — ice hockey and curling. All 15 venues will be live-streamed at the Games…
It has been 10 years since a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg created a website called Thefacebook.com to let his classmates find their friends online. They did. And in the…
Apple has always used third-party content delivery networks (CDNs) to deliver content to its customers, but it has long been speculated that the company wants their own CDN. These days…
Redesigned Citi Mobile App Optimizes Navigation and Adds Key Mobile Features for Banking and Credit Card Customers Today Citi launched its redesigned Citi Mobile App for iPhone and Android devices…
LEWISTON – Niagara University has launched a new app that will connect the world to the campus, giving users access to news, events and scores, as well as an employee…
Apple is pushing toward an expanded mobile payment system with which consumers can buy physical goods through their iTunes accounts. In its retail stores, the company has allowed shoppers to…
There’s no shortage of music subscription services that offer unlimited streaming for a monthly fee. The conceit of the latest offering, Beats Music, is that its playlists and other recommendations…
Google has sent a notice to some users of its Gmail service letting them know a recent bug may have caused some of their messages to be incorrectly categorized. The…
Clumsy Ninja came out last year and has gained quite a following since its release. The premise of the game is to help your “clumsy” ninja to train and become…
Not that long ago, drivers could get behind the wheel, start the engine and cruise down a country road, immune to the world’s distractions, unless they chose to turn on…
