As European Union lawmakers in the Commission, Parliament and Council debate a new data protection law, the EU’s data protection watchdog has chimed in, expressing some concerns and saying individuals’ privacy rights should be at the core of the legislation. Although he is perhaps best placed to offer an opinion …
In this age of digital disruption, some companies — Amazon, Netflix, Apple, Uber and Airbnb, among them — are doing things right. A highly positive digital customer experience drives customer satisfaction, which in turn leads to increased revenues and ongoing customer loyalty for businesses. Consumers now expect and even demand the same …
Google is now requiring that publishers that carry its ads comply with a European Union directive and ask their site visitors’ for permission before setting cookies on their computers. Google spelled out the requirement in its new EU User Consent Policy for publishers that participate in services including AdSense, DoubleClick …
Chinese vendor OnePlus has done it again and produced a powerful smartphone at a bargain price. The company unveiled its second-generation Android phone, the OnePlus 2, on Tuesday. It comes with all the cutting-edge specs you’d expect from a flagship handset, but starts at only $329 when bought without a …
Уже завтра пройдет презентация долгожданной Windows 10, новейшей версии операционной системы от Microsoft. Огромное количество пользователей вступило в ряды инсайдеров, помогая тестировать сборки ОС и еще больше людей следили за новостями о Windows 10 и с нетерпением ждут релиза. Если хотите знать, что они думают, зайдите на новый ресурс, посвященный ОС Windows …
A new vulnerability in emulation code used by the Xen virtualization software can allow attackers to bypass the critical security barrier between virtual machines and the host operating systems they run on. The vulnerability is located in the CD-ROM drive emulation feature of QEMU, an open source hardware emulator that’s …
Retail giant Nordstrom provides a useful example for anyone struggling with how to adopt IaaS cloud computing services such as virtual machines, storage, and cloud-based application hosting. As cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure have matured, more businesses are comfortable using these public cloud tools. But …
Your favorite Linux desktop environment? One of the best things about Linux is the sheer range of different desktop environments. There’s something for everybody out there, regardless of whether you are a minimalist or a maximalist. You can find a desktop that meets your needs and desires. Opensource.com is featuring …
Компания Huawei сообщила о выпуске смартфона Huawei G8 в Китае. Huawei G8 оборудован 5.5-дюймовым дисплеем с разрешением 1920 на 1080 точек, а за обработку данных отвечает 64-битный процессор Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, которому помогает графический микрочип Adreno 405. Размер оперативки – 2 Гб, в т время как на встроенном накопителе 16 …
Rapid The Apple Music team is rapidly developing essential iTunes improvements required as they work to convert early trial listeners into fully paid-up Apple Music subscribers. Major label sources claim Apple Music already has more than 10 million active users. But to keep them, Apple must do everything it can, such …
Tonight is the night, Windows fans. Starting around midnight Eastern on Wednesday, June 29, 2015 Windows 10 will start rolling out to Windows Insider members. And if you’re part of the first wave upgrading to Windows 10, your PC may already be primed for the upgrade. Some Windows Insiders are …
Small, responsive and dedicated performance teams tend to be the ones that produce the highest-performing Java code, according to a study released today by RebelLabs. The study, which polled more than 1,500 Java developers around the world, revealed a number of trends around development and performance – including the fact …
Wow, the OnePlus 2 price is low. That much we expected, given the company’s previous market outing. But a hands-on test shows this is no mere cheap phone: Its design is gorgeous and its specs are salivatory. “Never Settle” says the company. But it is missing a few obvious items. …
After nine months of testing, Amazon Web Services is now offering its Aurora database as a full commercial service, positioning it as a high-performance alternative to the widely used open source MySQL database. “For the majority of workloads, we’re recommending Amazon Aurora for database use,” said Matt Wood, Amazon Web …
Samsung tipped to upstage Apple with August phone launch Samsung has sent out invitations to an event in New York next month that looks like it’s planned to be the coming out party for a new, larger version of its flagship Galaxy S6 edge smartphone. The S6 line has been …
Chinese vendor OnePlus has done it again, and produced a powerful smartphone at a bargain price. The company unveiled its second-generation Android phone, the OnePlus 2, on Tuesday. It comes with all the cutting-edge specs you’d expect from a flagship handset, but starts at only $329 when bought without a …
Microsoft will break Internet traffic records this week as it begins to distribute Windows 10, a content delivery expert said Monday. “Windows 10 … will easily be the largest day/week of traffic ever on the Internet,” said Dan Rayburn, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan who also writes on his …
Когда-то создатель бренда Ситроен, Андре Ситроен говорил, что образ автомобиля необходимо формировать с детства. «Если ребенок играет с автомобилем Citroen, то позже он вероятнее всего отправится покупать настоящий Citroen». Этому правилу решил последовать Илон Маск. Команда Tesla Design Team создали точную копию электоромобиля Tesla Model S в масштабе 1:18. Модель …
Microsoft appears to have patched a bug in Windows 10 that caused a key part of the OS to crash for some testers just two days before launch. The bug caused Windows Explorer to crash when users tried to remove an application or disable an enabled network interface using the …
A safety system that ties cars and smartphones together to stop those heart-stopping near misses between cars and pedestrians could be standardized by the end of this year. The technology involves smartphones broadcasting data over a short-range radio channel to nearby cars, so the cars can determine if a collision …
Samsung Electronics has announced a key event in August in New York, suggesting that the company may be attempting to launch new products ahead of Apple’s closely watched annual iPhone event a month later. The South Korean company announced Tuesday the “Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015” event on Aug. 13 at …
Sales of mobile management software will grow at a slower pace over the next few years but will still top $2.9 billion in 2019, according to IDC’s latest forecast. The projected annual sales growth by multiple enterprise mobility management software (EMM) vendors globally will slide from last year’s 27% growth …
Компания Samsung представила свой последний смартфон раскладушку на – Samsung Galaxy Folder. Интересно, что мобильник работает под управлением мобильной операционной системы Android Lollipop, хотя непонятно зачем она нужна в раскладушке. Было бы куда полезнее использовать “легкую” платформу типа Android Wear или Android M. Раскладушка Samsung Galaxy Folder оборудована 3.8-дюймовым дисплеем …
Компания OnePlus представила свой последний смартфон, который получил название OnePlus 2 и довольно привлекательный технические характеристики. Смартфон OnePlus 2 получил 5.5-дюймовый дисплей с разрешением 1920 на 1080 точек и построен на базе 64-битного процессора Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 и графического ускорителя Adreno 430. Аппарат будет выпускаться в двух вариантах: с 3 …
В сеть попали шпионские фотографии, которые скорее всего были сняты на производственном предприятии, где происходит изготовление фронтальной панелей для смартфона следующего поколения iPhone. Если верить новым изображениям, деталь будет абсолютно идентична аналогичному компоненту, который используется в нынешнем iPhone 6. Неизвестному, который сделал фотографию не удалось подтвердить или разоблачить факт о том, что следующий смартфон iPhone 6s …
За “устранение неполадок” со своей банковской карточкой 51-летняя кременчужанка поневоле отдала 10 тысяч гривен. …