Microsoft unveils Office for iPad
Due to a reporting mistake, Update 2 of the story “Microsoft unveils Office for iPad,” posted Thursday, incorrectly explained how Microsoft has modified the licensing of Office Mobile for iPhones and Android smartphones. Read more here: Microsoft unveils Office for iPad
NSA may have spied on 122 foreign leaders
We’ve known for a while that the NSA has spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other international leaders, but it now looks like that surveillance was just the tip of the iceberg. Der Spiegel and The Intercept have published an Edward Snowden leak revealing that the NSA snooped on as many as 122 foreign heads of state in 2009, ranging from Merkel to Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. A custom search system,...
Switched On: Amazon’s Puzzling Prime Directive
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. Apple makes its money by selling devices. As such, it’s incentivized to have content — or at least the delivery of it — exclusive to its devices. For years, the company implemented DRM (digital rights management) on music sold through iTunes. It fought such restrictions, but nonetheless benefited from them. Even today it proclaims its...
Evan Schuman: Wal-Mart is latest big company with mobile-app security problems
The Computerworld (US) story “Evan Schuman: Wal-Mart is latest big company with mobile-app security problems,” which ran on the wire March 25, contained errors throughout the story. See original here: Evan Schuman: Wal-Mart is latest big company with mobile-app security problemsweight loss tips
Apple’s Oppenheimer to Retire at End of September
CUPERTINO, California—March 4, 2014—Apple® today announced that Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s senior vice president and CFO, will retire at the end of September. Luca Maestri, Apple’s vice president of Finance and corporate controller, will succeed Peter as CFO reporting to Apple CEO, Tim Cook. Peter will transition the CFO role to Luca in June and the balance of his responsibilities over the remaining time allowing for a professional...
