NBC will be streaming 11 hours of Super Bowl coverage this Sunday to lure fans to their TV Everywhere offering. For the Super Bowl coverage, no pay TV account will be required. The half time show will be broadcast as well after NBC was able to clear the digital music rights to the performances. Super Bowl Ads can be watched on Hulu and YouTube. As malware distributors take … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
FCC redefines broadband to address the digital divide
In 2010, the standard was set at 4 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed to define broadband. Yesterday, the FCC voted to update that definition in order to keep up with the times and reflect consumer demand. The new standard sets broadband equivalent or greater than 25 megabits per second download and 3 megabits per second upload. Now, having broadband should allow one … [Read more...]
Microsoft boosts Office products on Android and iOS
Coming off of the preview of Office for Windows 10 with a universal app and optimized for touch interfaces, Microsoft announced the general availability of several Office products for Android tablets. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android lost the 'Preview' tag in their title and are now available from the Google Play Store: Microsoft Word for Tablet Microsoft Excel for … [Read more...]
Amazon rolls out enterprise email and calendars with WorkMail
Amazon has opened another front in its battle with Microsoft and Google. Looking to take on Google Apps and Microsoft's Office 365/Exchange, Amazon Web Services introduced Amazon WorkMail. It is currently in a preview stage but the service allows secured, managed email and calendaring. Amazon WorkMail is a secure, managed business email and calendaring service with support for … [Read more...]
Depression in IT
At WordCamp Europe 2014, Yana Petrova gave a talk on a topic that is often seen as taboo - depression. Clinical depression should seek medical treatment but many people may encounter milder forms of depression occasionally. Her talk is aimed at the milder forms of depression and why IT can be a breeding ground for depression. You can watch Yana Petrova's talk embedded below … [Read more...]