EPEAT green IT registry expanding to mobile phones
The Green Electronics Council plans to expand its EPEAT environmental rating system later this year to include smartphones, the council said Tuesday.
The promise of software defined networking
If you aren’t intimately familiar with software defined networking, don’t fret. Only 10% o 450 IT practitioners at a recent Network World event raised their hands when asked if they understand SDN. But if the emerging technology lives up to its promise to redefine networking as we know it, there is no time like the…
Google accounts for 25 percent of all Internet traffic, study finds
The diversified range of new products being built and provided by Google now make the company accountable for nearly 25 percent of all Internet traffic, up from a mere 6 percent just three years ago, according to a new study.
ISP did not throttle YouTube traffic at peak hours, telecom regulator finds
Allegations that an ISP throttled traffic from YouTube and other Google properties at peak hours were unfounded, according to the French telecommunications regulator.
What's next for Dish after losing out on Sprint?
As the dust settles after SoftBank’s US$21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint, losing bidder Dish Network may be just getting started at stirring up the U.S. mobile industry.
Zuckerberg says no ads on Instagram — at least, not yet
Instagram users fretting about ads clogging up their image feed can breath easy, at least for now. Facebook said Wednesday it has no immediate plans to put ads in its photo-sharing app — though make no mistake, they are coming eventually.
Google unveils $35 Chromecast device for TV and music streaming
Google has introduced a cheaper rival product to the Apple TV set-top box with Chromecast, a small portable device that streams video and music from people’s computers and mobile devices to their televisions.
Polycom CEO resigns after expense-report scandal
Videoconferencing is advertised as a tool to reduce travel expenses, but for the CEO of one of the biggest companies in the business, apparently that wasn’t enough.
Juniper CEO to step down as profits surge
The chief executive of Juniper Networks, Kevin Johnson has announced he is stepping down on the same day the network-gear company hit its second quarter targets.
Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Viber support website
The hacker group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) broke into the customer support website for Viber, an instant messaging and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) application available for both mobile and desktop operating systems.