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Oh SNAP, here comes Amazon: EMC drops prices for Syncplicity
EMC has made dramatic pricing and capacity changes to its Syncplicity product after Amazon has entered the market with its Zocalo services. The news was announced in an EMC blog. Syncplicity has an Enterprise Edition ($150/user/year or $12.50/user/month) which now has...
Why Klout Had to Change and Why You Shouldn’t Count It Out
When was the last time you checked your Klout score? And more importantly, did you really care about it? The answer to that question could help explain why, late last week, Klout gave itself a whole new business model. Now it won't just measure your score and offer...
11 Free Services for Monitoring Your Website’s Uptime
When your hosting fails and your site is down, you could be losing potential new customers and sales. Maintaining 100% uptime is critical to your business’ success. That’s why it’s a good idea to sign up for a service that will monitor your uptime and notify you the...
Android Makes Up Nearly 80% of Global Smartphone Shipments
IMAGE: CHRISTINA ASCANI, MASHABLE There is no end in sight to the Android versus iPhone debate, but while we can all argue over the pros and cons of each, the numbers don't lie: Android is still the most popular operating system in the world.According to data from...
Hands-On First Impressions of Apple’s New Payment Initiative, Apple Pay
Alongside the Apple Watch and iPhone 6, Apple today unveiled Apple Pay, its mobile payments initiative that allows users to pay for items either by waving their iPhone or Apple Watch at a checkout counter or by using Touch ID after clicking the Apple Pay button in an...
Microsoft Makes Scaling WordPress On Azure Easier
Almost a quarter of all sites on the web today run WordPress (including TechCrunch), but it’s not the easiest content management system to scale up for high-traffic sites. A bit of basic caching goes a long way, but to run a very large site — or to manage a huge...