79% Of People 18-44 Have Their Smartphones With Them 22 Hours A Day [STUDY]

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Quick: what’s the first thing you do when you wake up? Yawn? Hit the snooze button? Go to the bathroom? Brush your teeth? If you’re like 80% of 18-44-year-olds, the answer is “check my smartphone.” KYE R. LEE / MCT FILE PHOTO A new IDC Research report, conducted online with data from 7,446 Android and iPhone users ages 18 to 44 during a week in March, reveals some eye-opening mobile social media intel.Facebook sponsored the report, so our sister site AllFacebook.com has the story from that angle, if you’re interested. But here’s the…

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5 Tips For Government IT Modernization

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Over the decades, agencies’ application environments have evolved into daunting sets of complex and often interrelated combinations of commercial-off-the-shelf software and homegrown applications, along with terabytes of data. While these complex, siloed environments may initially inspire a “rip-and-replace” mentality, below are five simple tips that can guide government IT leaders on a path to cost-efficient and incremental IT modernization wins. (Source: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay)   1. Know what you have in place by establishing an IT and enterprise architecture (EA) governance model. Modernization considerations should begin with an understanding of what’s currently…

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The year in tech: Net neutrality, IoT grows up, Uber turns heads

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As 2014 draws to a close, the tech world seems a little weary. It was a draining year if you were plugged into social media, with conflicts at home and overseas juxtaposed against the soaring wealth of the San Francisco Bay Area, home to an industry that has become one of the dominant forces in the world. As we inch closer to what will likely be the top of the Third Tech Boom-Bust Cycle since the web changed the world, technology has never been more present in our day-to-day lives,…

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Oracle’s at it again: Acquires data broker Datalogix

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Oracle continues to build its cloud-and-data arsenal, announcing its intention to buy Datalogix, a data marketing specialist that gleans consumer sentiment data via pacts with Facebook and Twitter and other sources. Photo credit: de.wikipedia.org In a statement, Datalogix said it aggregates information based on over “$2 trillion in consumer spending from 1,500 data partners across 110 million households to provide purchase-based targeting and drive more sales.” It also claims that 82 of the top 100 advertisers in the U.S. including Ford Motor Co. and Kraft Foods. In fact the availability of all that data has provoked concern at the consumer watchdog…

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Oracle Sales Cloud Marketplace: A New, Small App Store Is Growing

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Oracle offers many different applications—not a surprise to anyone who has ever bought directly from Oracle. But many of the applications appear to compete with each other, despite Oracle’s marketing efforts to differentiate them. Through the years, many companies developed applications that worked with Oracle applications, and although Oracle has never worked against its development ecosystem, it doesn’t usually sell other companies’ products directly. There are notable exceptions, but they are typically apps directed at large companies that can net Oracle a lot of money with just a few sales.…

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Vembu Offering Free Cloud-Based CRM

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SMB software and cloud services provider Vembu Technologies has launched a free, unified CRM cloud platform. Vembu CRM includes SalesDesk, HelpDesk, SocialDesk which mainly targets B2B, H2H business model. “Targeting business clients and staying customer centric is no longer an ordeal for organizations with the use of Vembu CRM, which is essentially FREE,” said Larissa Simone, director of marketing at Vembu Technologies, in a statement. The platform enables lead generation and through an intuitive dashboard to give sales managers a better understanding of Vembu SalesDesk forecasts. Vembu also offers sales…

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Cloud Enthusiasm Hits Near-Universal Levels

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Momentum for cloud deployment is reaching full-throttle levels, according to a new survey report from Evolve IP. The accompanying report, titled “Cloud of Dreams: The Adoption of Cloud Services—2014,” reveals that an immense majority of tech employees and leaders feel the cloud represents the very future of IT. Most have already launched cloud services, and nearly as many intend to expand their use of cloud resources. Just as in the classic movie “Field of Dreams,” “organizations built their ballparks (clouds), found some initial players (adopters) and waited to see if…

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Service Management in the Cloud – The $120bn Question

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 The Cloud. Can you really avoid it? The cloud market is expected to grow to $121 billion dollars in 2015, a 26% compound annual growth rate from 2010’s $37 billion. Such growth is set to continue, with research showing that 81% of organizations forecast a move to the cloud for 50% of their future transactions. So what are the drivers for the growth in the cloud market?  With 60% of CIOs stating that their number one priority is cloud computing, a major driver has been the adoption of Software as…

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Five mobile reference apps for quick access to the info you need

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From identifying fonts to monitoring data usage to tracking package deliveries, these apps can simplify the job of keeping up with vital info. One thing that’s boosted the popularity of smartphones and tablets is the way they put information at your fingertips right when you need it. Yes, you can find almost anything you’re looking for by using a Web browser and a little patience. But a number of reference apps can make it easier to track down all sorts types of information. Here are five apps I’ve found to…

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World’s Network Operators Urged To Defeat Multi-Billion Dollar Messaging Fraud

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With the A2P (Application-to-Person) SMS market poised for major growth over the coming years, now is the time to educate operators and help them evaluate their profit structures and take action for continued profits and growth. This was the message given at this week’s Wholesale Messaging and SMS World event in London by Perry Offer, CEO of Dialogue Group, the global A2P SMS messaging specialist.  Offer joined the event’s keynote discussion panel, which focussed on wholesale SMS and messaging technologies, services, markets and legislation, and coincides with the 22nd Anniversary since…

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