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Mobile Shopping Sites Buckle Under Holiday Rush

Despite the hype of a mobile revolution, trying to buy a holiday gift on your iPhone or Android smartphone was a wretched experience on Cyber Monday.

29 Nov 2012 3 mins

E-commerce Software Small and Medium Business Smartphones

10 Examples of Mobile Health Around the World

Health care workers in the developing world are using mobile phones to address critical health needs ranging from maternal mortality to HIV testing to clean water. Here are 10 examples of mobile health around the world.

29 Nov 2012 7 mins

Healthcare Industry RFID Small and Medium Business

How Mobile Apps Developers Can Best Target Geolocation

Geoloqi, a scrappy software development startup in Portland, Oregon, claims to be re-inventing the way companies build location-aware applications. Here's the story behind the company and geolocation technology.

21 Nov 2012 10 mins

Consumer Electronics Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi

Florida CIO Takes Election to the Cloud

On election night, as the rest of us again wondered what was going wrong in Florida, the CIO of Florida's Department of State had a different perspective: He was bearing witness to the successful culmination of 17 months of hard work.

16 Nov 2012 10 mins

CIO Developer Government IT

Agile and Beyond Shows Value of Regional Software Development Conferences

Don't overlook the value of small, regional IT events put on by nonprofit organizations: They offer candid conversations, multidisciplinary sessions and networking opportunities and, in this case, the chance to dig in to agile development.

16 Nov 2012 8 mins

Agile Development IT Skills Open Source

Mobile App Developers Speak: ‘Stick to One Platform’

Shall it be iOS, Android or Windows 8? It's a tough choice these days for developers. Here are some words of advice from two in-demand developers. Key tip: Don't be a platform jumper.

15 Nov 2012 4 mins

Laptops Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Can Windows 8 Give Developers What iOS and Android Lack?

Microsoft's future hinges on attracting developers to build Windows 8 apps. But by offering financial incentives, supporting a range of programming languages and allowing developers to write code once for multiple devices, those developers may s

8 Nov 2012 5 mins

Developer Small and Medium Business iPhone

Apple Management Shakeup: The End of Virtual Wooden Bookshelves?

Will the skeuomorphic design of flipping pages and green felt casino tables on iPads and iPhones become collateral damage in the latest Apple management shakeup?

1 Nov 2012 3 mins

Consumer Electronics IT Leadership Tablets

Microsoft’s Wave of Office, Server Product Releases Brings Flood of Questions

Amid the Windows 8 buzz, Microsoft has released to manufacturing Office 2013, Exchange, SharePoint and Lync server products. Not surprisingly, there's a heavy emphasis on the cloud. There's also already talk of what might appear in the firs

26 Oct 2012 7 mins

Enterprise Architecture Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business

Are Mobile Apps Leaving Quality Assurance Practices Behind?

Consumerization of IT and BYOD have increasingly put IT organizations on the hook to deliver continuous access to employees and customers. But despite the focus on mobility, quality assurance of mobile apps is being left behind. n

23 Oct 2012 5 mins

Developer Small and Medium Business Smartphones

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