There has been a lot of press about the tendency of batteries in Samsung's devices to catch on fire. My Galaxy Note burst into flames but fortunately I was able to call the fire department. I guess they'll have to tie fire extinguishers into the Internet of Things. Or this could be a chance to develop a notebook with a sprinkler button.

Acumatica pumped out its latest edition of its software with an emphasis on CRM, dashboards and a new API. The cloud and desktop software vendor this week also used the roll out in Boston, Mass., as a chance to bring in some reseller prospects—whose names shall remain private, for the moment. New in Acumatica 6 is an integrated CRM-Acumatica add-in for Microsoft Outlook.

 T. Rowe Price has told NetSuite it opposes the cloud-based company’s acquisition by Oracle and will not tender its shares. In a detailed letter to NetSuite’s independent director’s, the investment company, which holds about 14.5 million common shares, said it was reiterating points made in an August 30 meeting with NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson, CFO Ron Gill and Steve Gomo, a member of NetSuite’s board of directors.

Sage has named Jerry Connor as product evangelist, a title I don't think I've heard before from that software company. Conner worked at CCH/Wolters Kluwer for 24 years, primarily in marketing and product management. Among the jobs he held after joining the software publisher in 1991 was senior product line manager for CCH products from April 2010 through May 2014.