Cynthia Harvey

Yahoo has taken the wraps off a revamped version of its Yahoo Mail service. Some observers say the redesign is one of the most important moves new CEO Marissa Mayer has made during her time at the company. On the Yahoo blog, Mayer announced, “You’ve told us loud and clear that you want fewer distractions […]

On the heels of an announcement that it would cease operations in South Korea, Motorola Mobility has announced that it will close a factory in India, has sold a factory in China and is outsourcing management of a factory in Brazil to a company called Flextronics. In August, Google, which now owns Motorola Mobility, warned […]

Cisco has announced a new business strategy with a greater emphasis on services and the cloud. At the same time, the company is launching a new branding campaign. NetworkWorld’s Stephen Lawson reported, “Cisco Systems plans to expand its services business over the next several years, seeing a more important role for itself in a world […]

Apple and Google are usually fierce competitors, but reports suggest the two companies may be working together. Unnamed sources say the two firms have offered a joint bid worth $500 million for Kodak’s imaging patents. Bloomberg’s Serena Saitto, Beth Jinks and Brian Womack broke the story, writing, “Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. have joined […]

Google has announced plans to shut down most of Motorola Mobility’s operations in South Korea. The move will result in layoffs for about 500 workers. The Next Web’s Jon Russell reported, “Motorola Mobility is to close down almost all of its operations in South Korea next year as its reorganization under the ownership of Google […]

Judge Lucy Koh, who continues to oversee the Apple v. Samsung patent lawsuit in the U.S., appears to be tiring of the litigation. She is pushing both firms towards “global peace” and said she intends to finish up her rulings in the case before the end of the year. PCWorld’s Martyn Williams reported, “At the […]

The December 11 “Patch Tuesday” release from Microsoft will include seven updates that fix eleven vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), Word, Windows 8, Windows RT, Exchange and other Microsoft software. Five of the seven updates are labeled “critical.” Infosecurity reported, “Critical Bulletins 1 and 4, both remotely executable, are worth noting. The first involves […]

Microsoft is making its social network, called Socl, available to anyone who wants to try it out. Socl is still technically a beta release, and Microsoft hasn’t said when or if it will commercialize the site. Janet I. Tu from The Seattle Times reported, “Microsoft has opened to the public Socl, the company’s experiment in […]

Google is making some changes to its Google Apps cloud computing services for small businesses. In the past, Google Apps was free for groups with up to 10 users, but from now on, new small business customers will be required to sign up for a paid plan. However, SMBs that already signed up for free […]

Unnamed sources tell The Wall Street Journal that the FBI is investigating a cyberattack that targeted the computers of retired Adm. Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The hackers are believed to be located outside the U.S., possibly in China. According to The Wall Street Journal’s Devlin Barrett, Julian E. […]