Archive for the ‘September 2011’ Category

Windows 8 Targets Fast Growing Tablet Market

Windows 8 Targets Fast Growing Tablet Market

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, September 2011

Microsoft has been losing ground to Apple and Google in the operating system market as portable devices are strongly leaning toward Google’s Android and Apple’s Mobile OS. Set to release this year, Windows 8 will lend itself to the mobile market as well as the desktop and laptop operating systems. Microsoft is all set to

Apple Accidentally Releases Sensitive Data

Apple Accidentally Releases Sensitive Data

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, September 2011

It appears the genius bars at the apple store in Stamford, Conn, were understaffed. A hard drive used to restore a customer computer was left in the device when returned and left the building the hard drive immediately exposed a slew of sensitive data including “confidential docs, internal manuals, Apple’s sales [techniques], an Apple store

11 Lessons We've Learned from Steve Jobs

11 Lessons We’ve Learned from Steve Jobs

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, September 2011

He’s been called the modern day Thomas Edison, the Beethoven of business, and the most prolific visionary since Henry Ford.  Yet as Steve Jobs steps down from the helm of Apple, he has left us with so much more than incredible technology. Jobs completely transformed the industries of personal computing, digital animation (Pixar), music, mobile

Ridiculous Employee Benefits vs. Workplace Happiness

Ridiculous Employee Benefits vs. Workplace Happiness

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, September 2011

As more companies are doing more with less, and more employees are stretched thinner across additional job responsibilities we find more and more employees are finding it harder to be happy with their jobs. However there are many jobs that are very fulfilling and gratifying in the new work world. While some companies provide employee

Gartner Says Half of all Organizations Will Revise Their Privacy Policies by End-2012

Gartner Says Half of all Organizations Will Revise Their Privacy Policies by End-2012

By Matt | September 2011

Data breaches, cloud computing, location-based services and regulatory changes will force virtually all organizations to review, and at least half of all organizations to also revise, their current privacy policies before year-end 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. These issues will dominate the privacy officer’s agenda for the next two years. “In 2010, organizations saw new