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Gmail’s ‘unsubscribe’ tool comes out of the weeds

An 'unsubscribe' link would appear prominently at the header of some emails

Study: Companies that go all-in with SaaS can save big

Computer Economics compared heavy cloud users' IT spending with industry benchmark data

Facebook coughs up $19B to buy WhatsApp, draw younger users

Purchase of messaging app company also seen as boosting Facebook's mobile presence

Orange hasn’t given up competing for the future of messaging

Users of its upgraded Libon service can start chatting by sending an SMS with a link to a Web client

Did Facebook overpay for WhatsApp?

How will we discuss the WhatsApp acquisition when we look back on it years from now?

Facebook’s Auto Play Video Ads ‘Imminent’

Office for tablets: Microsoft’s Godot

Halfway through the first quarter of 2014, Microsoft's 'touch first' version of Office is still nowhere to be found

Microsoft Lync gathers data just like NSA vacuums up info in its domestic surveillance program

IT execs need to keep a legal/ethical eye on what's being done with Microsoft Lync info, experts say

WhatsApp deal gives Facebook a path to crowded China market

Facebook has been blocked in China, but WhatsApp can still be downloaded

With WhatsApp, Facebook aims for immediacy

Facebook sees opportunity in real-time conversations carried out using WhatsApp