By building browsers with integrated ad blocking, German company Eyeo hopes to attract more users. A beta version of the Android browser is now available for download from the Play store. There are several reasons people choose to block ads: They can cause pages to load slower, consume data plans …
By building browsers with integrated ad blocking, German company Eyeo hopes to attract more users. A beta version of the Android browser is now available for download from the Play store. There are several reasons people choose to block ads: They can cause pages to load slower, consume data plans, …
Google — never one to shy away from a project it can’t drop in three years — is reportedly developing a new Android based OS named Brillo for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Brillo sounds remarkably like Android@Home, another Android based OS for IoT devices ballyhooed by Google in 2011 …
Many smartphones can stand up to a splash or a dip in fresh water, but they don’t go too well in seawater due to the corrosive salt. Now electronics maker Kyocera has launched an Android smartphone in Japan that’s at home in shallow seas, allowing users to surf, selfie and …
Connected cars will add to mobile traffic jams Expect mobile networks to struggle as they are called on to handle a rapidly increasing number of connected cars. Traffic growth from M2M (machine to machine) connections, particularly from cars, will cause headaches for mobile operators, says Machina Research. Car connections are …
It’s common sense to reset an Android phone to its factory state before selling or disposing of it. But beware, researchers recently found that this often fails to properly wipe all sensitive user data from the device. A test on 21 second-hand smartphones running Android versions between 2.3.x (Gingerbread) and …
Apple and IBM have begun introducing Apple Watch support to some of their jointly developed MobileFirst for iOS apps, a step that confirms the growing perception that the new Apple wearable is much more than just a consumer product and also has a part to play in enterprise IT. Life …
It’s common sense to reset an Android phone to its factory state before selling or disposing of it. But beware, researchers recently found that this often fails to properly wipe all sensitive user data from the device. A test on 21 second-hand smartphones running Android versions between 2.3.x (Gingerbread) and …
If you think drones are more than slightly creepy, wait until you meet one that will autonomously follow you and record video. Japanese security company Secom is launching a drone that will automatically launch when an intruder is detected and follow him or her while sending video to human supervisors. …
If you think drones are more than slightly creepy, wait until you meet one that will autonomously follow you and record video. Japanese security company Secom is launching a drone that will automatically launch when an intruder is detected and follow him or her while sending video to human supervisors. …
Growing interest in smartwatches has sparked user privacy concerns as companies find ways to collect and use personal health, location and purchasing data found on the wearable devices of their customers and workers. “Consumers need to demand, at a minimum, clear information about what exactly the collected information will be …
A trip down memory lane In many ways, a website serves as most companies’ digital fingerprint. While some corporate websites are merely gateways to buy and learn about new products (e.g., Apple), others may entirely define what a company is (e.g., Facebook). That said, it’s always fun to take a …
We want speaking machines because language is the best way to rapidly communicate ideas. Users want their lives made easier and Hollywood wants their 1960s predictions proven right. But computers don’t work for artificial intelligence (A.I.). Alan Turing, the famous British mathematician, cryptologist and a founding father of today’s computers would …
It’s decades ago, and this banking company is upgrading its check processing system to let local branches help out with the checks that have been deposited, according to a pilot fish in the know. “Instead of just sending deposited checks by courier from each bank or branch to the main …
In the course of this year, almost 10 million antiquated Windows Server 2003 servers will have their applications and data removed and deployed on new servers, and the old servers will be shut down and disposed of. It is a natural assumption that the destination servers will be Server 2012, …
Становясь все более производительными, аппараты китайских производителей продолжают быть лишены поддержки международных сетей 4G. Причиной являются процессоры, особенно производства MediaTek, которые не предоставляют поддержку нужных полос частот. Ситуация меняется с мартовским выпуском чипа MediaTek MT6753. Одним из первых смартфонов с его использованием стал Elephone P8000, имеющий следующие характеристики: дисплей 5.5 дюймов с разрешением Full HD; оперативная …
Charles Tendell is trying to repair a reputation problem for his website, Hacker’s List. The site debuted in November and quickly drew high-profile attention, including a front-page story in the New York Times. It’s an online marketplace where people can list computer-security related jobs for bidding and match them with …
When the Domino’s pizza chain announced on Wednesday (May 20) that it can now take pizza orders via Twitter, it was part of the chain’s buy-anywhere-anyhow campaign. The rationale is that customers can stay within whatever media form they are using — social media, mobile, desktop, Apple Watch, etc. — …
Adult Friend Finder, one of the largest online dating sites, may have been breached more than two months ago, and the sensitive files—include names, ages, email addresses, zip codes and more—are apparently still online. British broadcaster Channel 4 reported Thursday that the website had been breached, although information regarding the …
Traffic jams may become even more of an aggravation than they are today as mobile networks struggle to handle a rapidly increasing number of connected cars. In a future where money from voice and messaging will no longer be the cash cows they once were, connected cars, homes, cities and …
The ICANN leader who kicked off the Internet organization’s move away from U.S. government control will leave his post early, possibly before the transition is finished. Fadi Chehadé, who became president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in September 2012, will step down in March …
The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to move forward on efforts to extend the section of the Patriot Act that the National Security Agency has used to collect millions of domestic telephone records. Congress is facing an effective deadline of this weekend to extend the phone records collection section of …
Hewlett-Packard has reported another drop in quarterly revenue and profit, with a notable 16% slide in its enterprise services business. The company said it’s on track to divide itself into two companies later this year, but made a last-minute change to its leadership plans: CFO Cathie Lesjak will move to …
Google said Thursday it would make changes to its Maps search system after racist search terms brought up the White House among their top results. In Google Maps, some queries containing racist terms against African-Americans listed the White House and other surprising places among their top results. Google apologized and …
The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to move forward on efforts to extend the section of the Patriot Act that the National Security Agency has used to collect millions of domestic telephone records. Congress is facing an effective deadline of this weekend to extend the phone records collection section of …
Hewlett-Packard has reported another drop in quarterly revenue and profit, with a notable 16 percent slide in its enterprise services business. The company said it’s on track to divide itself into two companies later this year, but made a last minute change to its leadership plans: CFO Cathie Lesjak will …