Acer waits for Windows RT 8.1 to make tablet decision
Acer is waiting for the next version of Windows RT, due in the second half of this year, before deciding whether to release a tablet that runs on that OS. "The plan for an RT tablet is ongoing," said Acer President Jim Wong in an interview Friday at a company event in New York.
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SAP launches free online training for HANA, other new technologies
SAP is hoping to sow more seeds of interest in its newest technologies, including the HANA in-memory database, through a new online training program available at no charge. Dubbed openSAP, the program's first course will provide an introduction to developing software on top of HANA, and is scheduled to begin May 27, according to the openSAP website.
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Microsoft to expand Office 365's capacity to import contacts from third-party tools
Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Facebook and LinkedIn. Microsoft recently implemented a feature in Office 365 called Connect that lets some editions of the suite grab contacts data from third-party tools. The first supported source was LinkedIn in late February and more recently Microsoft has added Facebook.
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Acer stokes price wars with $169 Android tablet
Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, president of Acer, during a speech at a press event in New York on Friday morning.
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Gmail users can now automatically generate Calendar entries
Google has started rolling out a new feature in Gmail that lets users create Google Calendar entries from their email messages. Gmail now detects dates and times in the text of email messages and highlights them. Users can click on the highlighted text and trigger a pop-up box for configuring a Calendar item.
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Facebook rethinks its 'hackathons' with an eye toward mobile development
Facebook is retooling its famous "hackathon" all-night coding workshops to give engineers more time to conceive new products, hopefully with a focus on mobile. The hackathons, a longstanding event at the company where "hacking" is central to the corporate mantra, have previously run as anything-goes, all-night workshops in which employees think up new product concepts and develop rough prototypes. If they impress, those prototypes sometimes end up as commercial products.
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Intel's new CEO must get inside next-gen devices
Let's do the boring stuff first: Intel has found its new head honcho in current chief operating officer Brian Krzanich (pronounced Krah-ZAN-itch), who will take over the CEO reins when Paul Otellini steps down at the annual stockholder's meeting on May 16. Normally, we don't cover executive shake-ups at tech companies because the details of who is wearing what suit don't matter much to everyday users. Who cares who the head of MegaCorp 5 is?
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Top 8 sites for researching your next employer
Finding a good job these days is tougher than ever. There are so many factors to take into consideration but, thankfully, the Internet provides you with means to figure it all out if you're willing to invest the time. Whether you are at the beginning of your job search or preparing for an interview, being armed with as much knowledge as possible about the prospective company is in your best interest. Not only will it help you formulate more insightful questions, it will boost your confidence as well.
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U.S. mobile data traffic grew 69 percent last year
U.S. mobile networks carried 69 percent more data traffic in 2012 than in the prior year, but roughly the same number of voice minutes and fewer SMS messages, according to the industry group CTIA. The findings came from a semi-annual survey by the organization, which represents the nation's mobile operators. The results released Thursday covered the full year 2012.
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As Congress considers more H-1B visas, U.S. tech workers struggle to find work
Many tech companies have called for the U.S. Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions.
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The taxman cometh for cloud services
If you build it, they will come. And hot on their heels will be the tax collectors.
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Citrix adds IM to Podio enterprise collaboration software
Citrix has added instant messaging to its Podio enterprise collaboration product so that employees can engage in one-to-one and group text chats while they work on tasks and projects. This summer, Citrix will extend Podio Chat with audio communications and video conferencing, expanding the real-time communications features of the product. [ Discover what's new in business applications with InfoWorld's Technology: Applications newsletter. ]
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Cloud SLAs 'fall short,' says user advocacy group
Service level agreements in the cloud computing market are skewed in the favor of providers, can be difficult for customers to decipher, and in some cases are rigid and non-negotiable. Those are some of the findings from the Cloud Standards Customer Council, a user advocacy group that recently reviewed SLAs from some of the industrys largest providers. SLAs typically cover the terms and conditions of using the providers cloud, fees, liability and security, as well as uptime and data management, among a variety of other topics.
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