[Techtaffy Newsdesk] A majority (60%) of IT decision makers from North European countries believe the ability to work remotely leads to increased productivity, and it is no longer necessary to be confined to an office to be productive, according to…
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IBM Selects 33 Cities For Smarter Cities Program
March 17, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] IBM has selected 33 cities worldwide to receive IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grants during 2012. Launched in 2011, this three-year, 100-city $50 million program, IBM’s single-largest philanthropic initiative, funds in-person engagements staffed by teams of top IBM experts, who study…
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Lockheed Martin To Provide Cloud Services To UK Government
March 17, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Lockheed Martin UK has been selected by the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom (U.K.) to provide G-Cloud IT services across the full complement of Government departments and organizations. Under the framework agreement, Lockheed Martin Information Systems &…
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Brazilian Site Elo7 Receives Investment From Insight Venture Partners
March 16, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Elo7, a marketplace for buying and selling handicraft products in Brazil has raised capital from Insight Venture Partners. The new capital will be used to accelerate marketing initiatives, invest more in building the technology platform, recruit industry expertise…
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Carnegie Mellon’s Project MILLEE Laureate In Computerworld Honors
March 15, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The Human-Computer Interaction Institute’s Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies, or MILLEE, project at the Carnegie Mellon University, has been named a 2012 Laureate in the Computerworld Honors Program. The annual award program honors visionary…
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IBM Opens Mauritius Office
March 15, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] IBM has expanded its branch office in Port Louis on Mauritius in the South East coast of Africa. “As Mauritius strives to strengthen its international competitiveness, IBM is experiencing strong demand from the textile, banking, tourism, telecommunications and…
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Lay Koon Tan Joins Flextronics Board
March 15, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Lay Koon Tan, president and chief executive officer of STATS ChipPAC, has joined the Flextronics board of directors. He was appointed at the Flextronics Board meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Mr. Tan has been a member of STATS…
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Yelp Launches In Sweden
March 14, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Yelp is launching in Sweden with a new version of the website. The site supports Swedish, as well as Dutch, French, German, Italian, English, and Spanish. Sweden is the eleventh country to have a dedicated Yelp community in Europe.…
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Outercurve, UC Berkeley, Microsoft Putting Big History In Cloud
March 14, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The Outercurve Foundation, in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, Moscow State University and Microsoft Research, has accepted the ChronoZoom project, now available in version 2, into its Research Accelerators Gallery. The project, developed to help students,…
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Beanstream Lets Merchants Swipe Cards On Mobile Devices
March 14, 2012
[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Beanstream Internet Commerce, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vancouver-based LML Payment Systems has begun limited distribution of a multicurrency, multiprocessor mobile card acceptance product with enhanced credit card swipe technology and cash/check handling capabilities. The Beanstream application allows…
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