David Needle

SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Google’s YouTube is nowhere near as popular as television, but the popular video sharing site is working hard to change that with a new method for video viewing and discovery. Company officials said TV viewers watch about five hours of TV daily but the average YouTube user only spends about 15 […]

Is there a “reality gap” between how many personal devices and unauthorized third-party applications employees use and how many IT thinks they use? A new Unisys-sponsored survey conducted by IDCsays the reality gap exists and IT departments would be well-advised to look at ways to close or eliminate it. The survey of nearly 650 global […]

Google has added several new settings to its Google Docs online document creation and editing software designed to make it easier to control the distribution of files to the right people in an organization or group. Sharing documents has always been a signature feature of the cloud-based Docs service, which ties in well with the […]

Hoping to expand the enterprise appeal of its social media platform, Socialtext has released a beta of a new feature called Socialtext Connect. Socialtext already brings companies popular social media features like blogs, wikis and real-time chat in an enterprise-friendly layer that addresses compliance and security. With Connect, the company said it can make corporate […]

New applications have been flowing to the Google Apps Marketplaceever since its debut in March, but today’s launch of 16 new programs is the biggest addition since the service launched. More than just an online storefront, programs in the Apps Marketplace are designed to integrate with other Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) applications such as Docs, Gmail […]

Enterprise collaboration continues to be a major focus for networking giant Cisco, which on Friday announced new features for its yet-to-be-released Quad enterprise collaboration offering that roll in new enhancements targeting users of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Cisco also unveiled an enhanced WebEx conferencing platform and a cloud storage system that integrates with the iPhone, […]

It’s not like Google was ever going to be a showcase customer for Microsoft, but a report that the search giant is phasing out Microsoft Windows underscores security concerns that have long dogged the widely-used software. According to a report in the Financial Times, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) began moving employees to other operating systems back […]

As Apple’s iPad celebrates its two month anniversary, the hot new tablet has gone on sale in the U.K., Canada, Japan and elsewhere, causing long lines in many locations reminiscent of the U.S. launch. However, it’s not just consumers who have their eyes on the tablet. An early survey by Citrix Systems indicates there’s strong […]

Every once in a while, Google livens up its spartan home page to take note of significant anniversaries and notable birthdays. On Friday, in honor of the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man, one of the first video games, Google embedded a playable version of the game above its main search box. Great fun, right? Not so […]

Does the world need another social network? BroadVision thinks so, particularly when it comes to businesses wary of consumer sites like Facebook that have had privacy and security issues. On Tuesday, BroadVision (NASDAQ: BVSN) formally launched Clearvale, a social networking site geared toward enterprises. BroadVision said Clearvale’s been under development for the past two years […]