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Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015, along with updates to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing. All will be generally available in the fourth quarter of this year This release will focus on knitting together the sales and marketing functions....

Bungie's second special Destiny event -- dubbed "Vault of Glass" -- went live early Tuesday. Bungie calls it "the most elaborate mission" it has ever created. Only gamers who have reached Level 26 will qualify. Attempts to complete the Raid are being streamed live on Twitch. After months of hype and anticipation, Destiny, the latest video game fro...

Change in the retail industry is occurring at such a breakneck pace that few retailers have the opportunity to take a moment to consider how emerging and disruptive trends are fundamentally transforming the business -- potentially making historical best practices outdated and irrelevant. In fact, a business concept that increasingly is becoming a ...

A new, flexible robotic suit funded by the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency could enable soldiers to walk longer distances with less fatigue and also improve mobility for disabled civilians Called the "Soft Exosuit," the biologically inspired device is made of flexible textiles woven together into a piece of smart clothing ...

Alibaba's forthcoming IPO will have a significant impact on Yahoo, but it's not likely to cause many ripples in the U.S. e-commerce market overall Although this one deal will make Yahoo more money than it has made in years of struggling, it could lead to its demise as an independent entity....

If you want to make an old-school salesperson flinch, just bring up the idea of data-driven selling in conversation. To sales pros, especially those who started in the game more than 10 years ago, the idea of data driving the sale is sacrilege. It minimizes the sales person's talent, and it suggests that sales are driven by a bunch of desk bound propeller-heads who never talk to customers.

Stanford and Duke Universities will use Apple's HealthKit in medical trials, according to a Reuters report Doctors at Stanford are working with Apple to let physicians track blood sugar levels for children with diabetes, while Duke is developing a pilot program to track blood pressure, weight and other measurements for patients with cancer or heart...

Microsoft on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire Mojang, the software developer that created the popular Minecraft video game. Although it's subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory review, the deal is expected to be finalized by the end of this year. Microsoft will pay US$2.5 billion for Mojang and gain full control of the ico...

Taken separately, last week's announcements from Apple, Intel and T-Mobile were impressive. Intel and T-Mobile basically announced they were going to explode the existing mobile market, changing it dramatically from what it is today Apple embraced some slow-moving technologies, which should speed them up dramatically. Frankly, I don't think what...

Apple's unveiling last week of its Apple Pay NFC mobile payments system has triggered a clash between banks and the retail industry Apple has lined up support from banks and credit card companies, but Best Buy and Walmart have said they will not support Apple Pay, according to reports.

Enterprise IT is a very serious matter, but you might not know it judging by the software tools that are often integral to enterprise application development and IT operations The list of odd names in today's data centers and enterprise IT shops also highlights the ongoing trend of polyglot programming. Today's applications and services are based o...

The Obama administration threatened Yahoo with fines of US$250,000 daily if it wouldn't comply with demands to hand over user information to the United States National Security Agency, Yahoo has disclosed Yahoo had filed suit against the demands in 2007, citing the Fourth Amendment....

Facebook on Thursday updated its ad policy with two changes. One gives users the option of explaining why they don't want to see a specific ad in their News Feed when they click to hide the ad. The second update takes this new policy a step further by giving more weight to the feedback provided from users who rarely hide ads. Users previously coul...

Google has purchased Lift Labs, which produces battery-operated utensils that make it easier for people with essential tremor or Parkinson's disease to eat their meals Parkinson's patients' hands shake, making it difficult for them to eat or drink. Lift Labs' products, offered under the "Liftware" name, cancel more than 70 percent of tremors....

Google on Thursday announced its acquisition of online polling startup Polar "I'm thrilled to welcome [Polar founder] Luke Wroblewski and the talented Polar team to Google!" wrote Dave Besbris, vice president of engineering for Google+, in a post on the social network. "They'll be joining our team and helping us make G+ even more awesome."

It's usually around here that I introduce the column and tease the agenda, but since absolutely nothing happened in the gadget world this week, I'm going to take it easy Oh, wait -- sorry. Apple happened....

The U.S. Defense Department is committed to pursuing cloud-based services and steadily has been improving its capabilities to utilize the technology. The latest evidence of DoD embracing the cloud is its approval of a protocol that will facilitate the use of the technology at higher security levels The department's Defense Information Systems Agenc...

Verizon in the first half of next yearwill launch an Internet TV service that offers a selection of custom channels as well as a bundle of content from the Big Four networks, according to reports Represented in the mobile-minded bundle will be not only content from ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, but also millennials-focused programming from DreamWorks Anim...

Despite the efforts of some big name tech players, consumers have been reluctant to turn their smartphones into wallets. That could be about to change with Apple Pay Apple Pay is the new mobile payment system Apple introduced with its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus earlier this week.

It seems no one's quite sure what to think of Apple's newly launched iPhone 6 family Apple's share price shot up when CEO Tim Cook announced Apple Pay, then spiraled down when he announced the Apple Watch, and reportedly continued to fall after the band U2 performed, closing down $1.05 Tuesday at $99.95. By Wednesday's market close, the stock had r...