For developers who want to expose their Web applications to other computers and Internet services, API platform vendor Apigee is offering a free online tool to help create APIs using the increasingly popular Swagger API specification. With the Apigee API Studio, now in available in beta, developers can build REST-based …
After launching its Community Cloud last August for companies trying to engage their customers online, Salesforce has now given the platform a major update. Community Cloud, designed to let companies create their own “LinkedIn-style” communities for customers, partners and employees, has a new Targeted Recommendations feature aimed at promoting user …
Apple will not enter the television set market with its own long-lauded, long-expected hardware, according to an online report, putting an apparent end to one of the more persistent rumors weaving around the Cupertino, Calif. company’s future. That’s good news, said one analyst. “I never thought it made strategic sense,” …
As PayPal prepares for its upcoming IPO as an independent eBay spinoff, it wants to make at least one thing clear: It’s got mobile covered. Over the past couple years, the payments company has re-engineered its back-end technology to become a stronger platform for merchants, letting them incorporate a wider …
Google’s effort to add features and push Chromebooks into more hands is working, with shipments of the low-cost laptops expected to jump 27 percent this year. Chromebook shipments worldwide will touch 7.29 million this year, research firm Gartner said Thursday. Growth will slow down in 2016, though, with Chromebook shipments …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Speaking here today about the tremendous growth of the 3D printing industry, analyst Terry Wohlers slipped one name into a list of potential machine makers that took some by surprise: Apple. Wohlers was presenting at the RAPID 3D Printing Conference and Expo. His firm, Wohlers Associates, …
Hewlett-Packard has sold a majority stake in its China server and storage business to Tsinghua Holdings as they launch a joint venture they expect will boost sales of HP enterprise hardware products in the country. Tsinghua will buy 51 percent of the joint venture, called H3C, for US$2.3 billion. H3C …
Google’s Chrome OS is known for being a dead-simple platform with a specific and limited focus — but all signs suggest that’s about to change. Google appears to be on the brink of revamping Chrome OS to broaden its appeal and give it a whole new kind of life. The …
Mozilla today announced an expansion and rebranding of its in-browser advertisements, now dubbed “Suggested Tiles,” that will by default show in the new tab page of all Firefox users. Those who don’t want to see the ads can select an option to make then go away. The change to in-Firefox …
Building on its support for the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform, IBM this week unveiled a new slate of IBM Cloud OpenStack Services intended to help clients and developers integrate applications and data across hybrid clouds — including public, private and local cloud environments. [ Related: OpenStack company Nebula …
Android may soon power your coffee maker, refrigerator, and a whole host of home devices that connect to the Internet. The Information reports that Google is building an Android-powered operating system code-named Brillo that will run on low-powered devices with as little as 32 MB of RAM. Also, no screen …
Don’t call it a developer conference… …when it’s really Google Prom. OK, it’s also a developer conference, but isn’t that what you picture if I say the words “Google Prom?” I/O generally features at least a couple fairly major announcements from Google, and the 2015 edition isn’t expected to disappoint. …
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Today, much of the research around 3D bioprinting tissue and organs revolves around laying down enough cells in an abiotic substrate outside a living body, so they can culture and then be implanted where needed. One company, however, believes a better method will be to print …
Cisco reportedly skirted sanctions in order to sell networking equipment to Russia’s military. In an investigative piece published this week, Buzzfeed alleges Cisco knowingly sold gear through straw companies fronting for Russian government and military institutions in violation of American sanctions. Cisco denies any wrongdoing and any knowledge of the …
If you’re in a panic because the Internet told you that your shiny new SSD may lose data in “just a few days” when stored in a hot room, take a chill pill—it’s apparently all a huge misunderstanding, according to the man who wrote the original presentation all the fear …
Add the Xbox One to the growing list of hardware set to receive Windows 10, but not when Microsoft’s device-spanning operating system lands on PCs. Microsoft plans to take a staggered approach to releasing Windows 10. The operating system will launch first on PCs this summer, followed by subsequent releases …
When it comes to 3D printing, the general public is likely unaware how far the technology has come from the days when making figurines and trinkets was about all many believed the machines could do. Because of advancements in hard and soft thermoplastic polymers, metal sintering techniques and printing software …
Не секрет, что Samsung работает над линейкой Galaxy A и сегодня очередная модель засветилась в результатах тестирования в GeekBench, модель Galaxy A8. Новинка построена на базе 8-ядерного процессора Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 и использует в арсенале 2 Гигабайта оперативной и 16 Гигабайт встроенной памяти. Разрешение фронтальной камеры составляет 5 Мп, а …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against an Atlanta-based investment advisory firm and two executives accused of selling unsuitable investments to pension funds for the city’s police and firefighters, transit workers, and other employees. The SEC’s Enforcement Division alleges that Gray Financial Group, its founder and president …
В Интернет просочилась первая информация об очередном флагмане Huawei. Отраслевые источники пишут о начале сборки первых партий топового смартфона Huawei P9 с изогнутой поверхностью тыловой панели, и что внешне устройство похоже на продукты производства HTC. Как твердят слухи, Huawei P9 оснащен 5.2-дюймовым дисплеем и камерой на 16 Мп с функцией оптической стабилизации изображения. На задней стороне смартфона также разместился сканер …
Количество находок в игре GTA V продолжает расти с каждым днем. Геймеры видели в игре многочисленных персонажей из других игр и серий, однако до сих пор знаменитого Агента 47 из серии Hitman еще никто не встречал. …
User from HR emails this support ticket to the help desk, a pilot fish on the scene reports: “When I printer my documents nothing comes out.” “We have a brief laugh at the wording and assign a junior tech to it,” says fish. “The tech goes up to verify what’s …
Программист и давний поклонник платформы Android Джо Касабона решил перейти на iPhone 6 и несколько недель пользоваться только «яблочным» смартфоном. После этого он определился с выбором. К сожалению для Apple, фанат «гуглофонов» вернулся на мобильную платформу Google. О причинах, побудивших его отказаться от «яблочного» флагмана, разработчик рассказал в своем блоге. …
Компания Huawei объявила о скором выпуске операционной системы для интернета вещей. Она называется LiteOS, занимает всего 10 килобайт и сможет использоваться на множестве различных видов устройств — от фитнес-трекеров до автомобилей. По словам Huawei, LiteOS не требует настройки, автоматически адаптируется к разным устройствам и автоматически подключается к интернету. …
Подводя квартальные итоги на мировом рынке планшетных компьютеров, аналитики ABI Research заметили усилившееся падение продаж iPad. При этом весь рынок находится в стагнации в силу ряда причин. …
Специалисты по вычислительной технике из Университета Юты (США) объявили о высокотехнологичном прорыве, потенциально открывающем возможность к разработкам суперкомпьютеров, которые будут обрабатывать данные в тысячи раз быстрее, чем способны нынешние аналогичные системы. …