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Stories by Mikael Ricknäs

Citrix links cloud-based storage to SharePoint and Azure

By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2013 17:01

Citrix Systems is making its cloud-based storage service ShareFile more Microsoft-friendly with SharePoint integration and the ability to store data on Azure.

Unity adds free mobile game development for Android and iOS

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 16:45

Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop for Android and iOS games for free using its platform.

OpenGL developer to create API for controlling smartphone cameras

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 15:54

The Khronos Group has announced plans to create an open and royalty-free application programming interface for controlling mobile and embedded cameras and sensors, giving developers access to features such as burst modes and flash.

Amazon Web Services gets FedRAMP certification for US government cloud use

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:55

Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in the U.S.

Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:12

Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.

Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone

By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 May, 2013 10:59

Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen.

Google woos developers as software becomes more important

By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 May, 2013 15:43

Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements.

Swedish domain admin comes out against Piratebay.se seizure

By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2013 16:24

Swedish top-level domain administrator .SE has to its surprise become directly involved in the local Prosecution Authority's court case to seize thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se, but it hopes to explain to the court that forcing domain names off the Internet does not help.

Spiceworks' free management software gets integrated MDM

By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2013 13:44

Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software.

Amazon gives DynamoDB a performance boost

By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2013 10:28

Amazon Web Services is improving the performance of its DynamoDB database service with Parallel Scan, which gives users faster access to their tables.

Lenovo and Apple grew as bottom fell out of PC market in Western Europe

By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 May, 2013 12:49

PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5 percent during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five.

SAP offers mobile device management for €1 per month on Amazon's cloud

By Mikael Ricknäs | 14 May, 2013 14:21

A new cloud version of SAP's Afaria mobile device management software offers IT departments a more convenient way of controlling mobile devices.

Nokia's Lumia 925 will use aluminium frame as antenna, go on sale in June

By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 May, 2013 08:04

Nokia's new Lumia 925 phone has an aluminium frame that functions as an antenna, and is lighter and thinner than the Lumia 920, but otherwise offers similar performance to its predecessor.

Samsung takes first 5G steps with advanced antenna

By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 May, 2013 14:37

Samsung Electronics plans to use advanced antennas to boost the bandwidth in mobile networks by what it said was "several tens of Gbps per base station", but the improved bandwidth won't be commercially available until 2020.

Nokia reboots Windows Phone push in the US but success will still be hard-won

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2013 17:02

Nokia's is rebooting its U.S. Windows Phone push with the arrival of the low-cost Lumia 521 on T-Mobile and Lumia 928 for Verizon Wireless, but increasing sales to meaningful volumes in the very competitive U.S. market will not be easy.

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