BlackBerry strikes out of the hardware game

Many Major League Baseball pitchers have made names for themselves with the blazing speed of their fastballs. But as pitchers age, their velocity usually dips. A great pitcher adjusts and develops other options. When smartphones first burst on the scene, BlackBerry was firing 100 mile-an-hour...
IBM, Apple release Bluemix Runtime for Swift

IBM developers can now build apps with Apple's Swift programming language.
The Bluemix Runtime for Swift hit general availability this week, about seven months after its
UX-driven mobile app design helps businesses sack the competition

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The key to business success in the digital age is to glean meaningful data from users' mobile devices and apps. Learning how employees use their corporate resources helps organizations improve their business processes and strengthen their brands, said R. "Ray" Wang,...
Three mobile conferences to consider this fall

Microsoft, VMware AirWatch and JAMF Software highlight a busy autumn tech show season.
Microsoft Ignite
Sept. 26-30, Atlanta
This one’s a doozy, clocking in at five days and nearly 500 sessions. It attracts Microsoft IT pros and developers alike, who can find
There is no next big thing

What’s the next big thing in end-user computing? It’s a question anyone who works in the field has likely asked themselves over the past few years. But it’s not the right question to be asking. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) carried the “next big thing” torch for the longest...
Latest iOS vulnerability puts business users in the hot seat
Users are a huge security threat to the mobile enterprise. That's clear after last month's iOS breach that led Apple to implore people to update their devices as quickly as possible.
Apple discovered a