Posts Tagged: Microsoft
Microsoft Buys Skype in $8.5 Billion Deal
Microsoft announced that they are purchasing Skype, the "leading internet communications company" from Silver Lake investors group for $8.5 billion in cash.
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Is ‘Surface’ In Your Ops Centers Future?
[fblike]I remember seeing Microsoft Surface early last year for the first time. It was bulky, expensive, and one of those tech things that you never see become reality. That's about to change. At the Consumer Electronic Show yesterday, Microsoft revealed…
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Smartphone’s will become our Virtual PIO Command Posts
Smartphone technology has always interested me in relation to our duties as PIO’s. Since we operate in the field and on the fireground a good amount of the time, these technological wonders will become our virtual field command centers.
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Worrying about 2019
The most striking part of the tour for me was how our guide kept on emphasizing that the majority of technology will eventually emanate from a cell phone sized device that would in essence control our day. What if a PIO misplaced his new lifeline?
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Morning Lineup – November 21
Hardly a week goes by that we don't see a story about how Twitter is, or isn't, on the brink of making billions of dollars for its developers. So far, despite its tremendous popularity, nobody has figured out how to turn it into a money machine. But…
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