Windows Phone edging out iPhone in China, says Microsoft
Is Windows Phone starting to give the iPhone a run for its money in China? Microsoft thinks so. Making its debut among Chinese consumers just two months ago, Windows Phone has already picked up a market share of 7 percent, according to Microsoft. That’s a tad higher than the 6 percent share owned by Apple’s […]
Woz: Zuck = me + Jobs
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sees both himself and Steve Jobs in Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the social network prepares to go public. Is Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg a combination of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak? That’s how Woz himself paints the 28-year-old CEO. Offering his insights on Facebook as the company Zuck founded and […]
Hispanic-owned marketing agencies grow in size, scope
Alma is a Hispanic advertising agency in Miami helping Americans see Latin culture in a new light. Consider an English-language TV commercial called Disfruta that Alma produced for McDonald’s to promote the restaurant chain’s fruit smoothie beverages: The 30-second spot shows a crowd of young Latinos and Latinas throwing paint-filled balloons at each other in […]
7-Eleven expands, remodels in South Florida
Notice a lot of new 7-Eleven stores in South Florida lately? Well expect to see even more in the future. 7-Eleven is expanding in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. The convenience store chain opened 57 new or remodeled stores in the tri-county area since 2010. There are 15 more stores set to open by […]
Amazon launches content support in CloudFront
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched support for dynamic content in CloudFront, the company’s content acceleration service. The technology giants are keen to increase the presence of the new capability, highlighting it as a cost-effective alternative to traditional CDNs for AWS customers looking to improve the performance, reliability and global reach of their websites. By […]
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LightSquared Files For Chapter 11
Wireless Internet provider LightSquared has filed for Chapter 11 protection. LightSquared, the ambitious 4G wireless venture recently poised to bring lightning-fast Internet to the masses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier today. Government tests found that LightSquared’s signals interfered with GPS reception, a setback LightSquared was never able to recover from. In an official […]
For Toyota, JPMorgan, And State Farm, Arizona Is The Silicon Valley Of Data Security
In the Phoenix metro area, sprawling data centers and fraud-prevention companies bloom like the cacti and agaves of a growing tech ecosphere. In the desert, only the hardiest plants and animals survive. They develop spines and foul smells to ward off water thieves, and poisons to cut down competition. They hunker down, specialize, and waste […]
The Whole Enchilada expanding in Fort Lauderdale
A building that was once an auto repair shop and before that a gas station, will soon be converted into a full-service Mexican restaurant on Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. The Whole Enchilada, a fresh Mexican grille restaurant, is opening its second location there in the coming months. The 1,200-square-foot space just north of Broward […]
Brighton & Sussex NHS Trust deploys Microsoft private cloud
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying Microsoft’s Hyper- V private cloud platform, to help deliver improved services for desktop PCs and unified communication and collaboration across its entire IT estate. The move will allow the Trust to depart from its existing shared service model and benefit from the advantages of a private […]
Savvy cities see consignment shops as a way of boosting business
Consignment shops have become the new favorite of bargain-savvy shoppers and municipal governments looking to boost local redevelopment efforts. Since its opening five years ago, Baby Posh, an Aventura consignment shop that specializes in gently used baby-wear, has been a huge success with moms. “A lot of them have told us that it look like […]
Creating semantic Web sites could be smooth as Silk
Now officially available to everyone, the Silk project lets you build your own Web site and view those of others using information linked together from different sources. You can now build and view a Silk Web site that combines lots of information into one single spot, sparing you and others from searching different places for […]
Heavy Reading study says mobile cloud will rule
The mobile cloud is set to ‘subsume’ cloud computing as we currently know it, according to a study released yesterday by Heavy Reading. Despite cloud’s obvious benefits to the business enterprise, it is the mobile industry where recent hype has centred, with much of the focus based on how companies such as Google, Apple and […]
Genting cools interest in buying Miami-Dade School District property
The cash-strapped Miami-Dade School District has several options to consider from developers interested in buying its prime downtown real estate, but interest has cooled from its biggest suitor — the Genting Group. In December, the Malaysian investors told the School Board they were interested in buying the district’s downtown property, which spans more than 10 […]
Miami-Dade growth plan is complete
Now the hard work begins, as community leaders on Monday laid out a blueprint to create 75,000 targeted industry jobs in Miami-Dade County over the next five years. The Beacon Council, which leads the One Community One Goal effort, presented the last in the report’s four-part series, with recommendations outlined in 113 pages. The goal: […]
Here are the winners of the 2012 Business Plan Challenge
A winery at sea, an aquaculture venture, coupons on the go, a cookbook for kids, Priceline for brides — all were winners in the 2012 Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge. South Florida is often recognized as one of the nation’s most entrepreneurial communities, and this year’s winners and contestants represent the passion and diversity of […]
Adobe ships CS6 software; Creative Cloud imminent
The Creative Suite 6 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and all their companion apps are now for sale. Adobe’s subscription for them arrives Friday. Adobe Systems today began selling Creative Suite 6, its mammoth but expensive collection of software for designers, artists, photographers, videographers, publishers, and others in the “content creation” business. The […]
West Palm Beach woman accused of more than $28K in Medicaid fraud
A Palm Beach County woman was arrested Thursday and charged with grand theft and Medicaid fraud of more than $28,000, the Florida Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. Edna Iris Torres, 62, of West Palm Beach, was arrested on a felony warrant by the AG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and taken into custody at […]
Yahoo and its CEO: What’s the worst that could happen?
Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson is accused of lying about his college education. Tempest in a teacup, or scandal in the making? Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson has been accused outright of lying on his resume in an already brewing scandal dubbed “Resume-gate.” Carol Bartz: “LOL.” The whole debacle appears on the face of it […]