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Nyansa gets really, really detailed about user application experience

Voyance+ SaaS offering insights into Wi-Fi calling, Cisco UCM and Microsoft Skype for Business, among other apps and services

Nov 7, 2016 2 mins

Network Management Software Small and Medium Business Unified Communications

Microsoft consolidates its Windows update platforms

New design will make it easier for devices to perform OS upgrades

By Andy Patrizio

Nov 4, 2016 3 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Skills deficit hampers IoT growth in 2017

IoT will affect nearly every role in IT, Forrester warns

Nov 4, 2016 4 mins

Careers Mobile Small and Medium Business

Is the smartwatch market tanking or on a long, slow climb?

Two analyst firms are far apart on Apple Watch shipments in Q3

By Matt Hamblen

Nov 4, 2016 4 mins

Android Small and Medium Business iOS

How to speed up Windows 7 Update scans—forever

Win7 Update scans got you fuming? Here’s how to make the most of Microsoft’s 'magic' speed-up patch

By Woody Leonhard

Nov 4, 2016 6 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Microsoft will shrink and speed up Windows 10 updates

Unified Update Platform is supposed to cut the size of updates and require less processing power

Nov 3, 2016 2 mins

Small and Medium Business Windows

Wired internet will be replaced by mobile

Internet use via mobile shot up from 40% to 70% globally—in just four years. That growth is expected to continue and suggests the fixed-line internet’s glory days are over.

By Patrick Nelson

Nov 3, 2016 3 mins

Internet Mobile Small and Medium Business

Mobile subscriber identity numbers can be exposed over Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Auto Connect and Wi-Fi calling pose privacy risks for mobile device users, researchers show

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 3, 2016 5 mins

Mobile Small and Medium Business Telecommunications Industry

Join the Black Friday club: BJ’s Wholesale, Sam’s reveal tech deals

Samsung Galaxy Android tablets, TV, Linksys wireless routers among hot Black Friday deals

Nov 3, 2016 2 mins

Android Small and Medium Business Smartphones

The day the 911 network stood still

The frail, legacy emergency 911 network in the United States was accidentally brought to its proverbial knees recently by a teenager looking for an Apple iOS bug

By Mark Fletcher

Nov 3, 2016 5 mins

Mobile Security Small and Medium Business