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Microsoft unifies Lync and Skype communication platforms for enterprise users

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by on November 11, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Lync, skype

Skype for Business
Following Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s vision to ‘reinvent productivity‘, the company is hard at work turning its enterprise-focused communications platform Lync into Skype for Business. The idea behind the transformation is to “give organizations reach to hundreds of millions of Skype users outside the walls of their business.” While Lync allowed enterprise users to chat and call colleagues within their organizations, the next version of the platform will see a new client experience, a new server release and updates to the service in Office 365.   Users will get Skype’s call monitor to keep active calls visible while working with other…

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Groupon vs. GNOME: open-source foundation launches trademark battle

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by on November 11, 2014 at 1:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Gnome, Gnome foundation, Groupon, Insider, Open source

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Groupon launched an iPad-based checkout platform called Gnome in May 2014. However, the name Gnome already had a long history in the world of open-source software. The GNOME Project has been in use as a GNU/Linux and BSD desktop for 17 years and was registered as a trademark by The GNOME Foundation in 2006. GNOME technology can also be found in TVs, tablets, phones and other consumer devices. Crucially, for the potential clash between the GNOME Foundation and Groupon, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service system is based on GNOME. The GNOME Foundation has announced that it is setting…

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Kwilt creates a giant photo stream to discover and display all your stored images

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by on November 11, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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Digital photography and social networking are inextricably linked, but not always in a good way. As people shoot more and more photos and share them across multiple social networks, personal collections get harder to keep track of — especially if you factor in the auto upload features of storage and sharing networks like Flickr, Google+ and iCloud. Kwilt, a new iOS app released today, cuts through the confusion with an aggregation service that accesses nearly all the photos you have stored in the cloud and on your devices, displaying the images you have and their location in real time in an attractive scrolling layout…

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Vimeo’s original programming kicks off today with the first of 6 new High Maintenance episodes

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by on November 11, 2014 at 11:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Video-sharing platform Vimeo is reaching a notable milestone today, as it prepares to air its first ever original programming. The New York-based company first made the announcement back in May, revealing it would be funding six episodes of the Web series High Maintenance, a previously self-funded 13-show series that had already proven itself on Vimeo. On demand Vimeo has been focusing more on creators and film-makers in recent times, letting them sell original TV shows and movies through its self-distribution platform called Vimeo On Demand, which launched back in early 2013. High Maintenance is based around a cannabis dealer known…

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Sony’s $250 SmartWatch 3 is on sale now, no phone required

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by on November 11, 2014 at 10:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Google, smartwatch, sony, Sony SmartWatch3, wearables

Sony SmartWatch 3
The Sony SmartWatch 3, the company’s third attempt at making a smart watch but its first to run Android Wear, has gone on sale in the US. Priced at $250, it features a 1.6 inch square screen, IP68 waterproofing and built-in GPS. It doesn’t need to be paired with an Android phone, so should appeal to fitness fanatics disappointed by more tethered options. Read next: Sony SmartWatch 3 prototype hands-on  ➤ Sony SmartWatch 3, $250 [Google Play via Engadget]      

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