Uber will require drivers of its Dutch UberPop ride-hailing service to have a taxi license. That will not, however, be enough to mitigate its legal troubles in the country. UberPop connects passengers with drivers who use their own cars and typically don’t have a taxi license, allowing them to offer …
If you’re building an Android phone these days, it can be hard to stand out in a fairly crowded market. It’s not impossible — for example, Motorola made quite a splash in 2013 with its roll-your-own Moto X. Some vendors are trying by offering good phones at lower prices, such …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based hedge fund advisory firm and two executives involved in improper allocations of fund assets to pay undisclosed operating expenses. The SEC also charged an accountant who conducted the outside audit of misleading financial statements that the firm …
Another day, another new Android phone. Hang on, though, gang: This is one you’ll want to check out. Hot on the heels of HTC and Samsung, LG is putting its best foot forward with the launch of its long-discussed 2015 flagship, the LG G4. The G4 builds upon last year’s …
Microsoft has patented technology that allows wearers of augmented-reality glasses like its HoloLens to interpret the emotional reactions of the people they’re viewing. The patent, granted to Microsoft the day before its Build conference kicks off, covers “see-through, head-mounted display and sensing devices” that “detect audible and visual behaviors of …
Microsoft has upgraded an IT management portal it’s developing for Azure that’s intended to calm the nerves of IT pros wary about moving on premises applications to the vendor’s cloud. The revamped version improves how IT staffers track their Azure services and how they interact with the tool, Microsoft said …
Advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), such as adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist, will grow from a $2.4 billion business today to $102 billion in 2030, according to a new report. The 26% annual growth rate that ADAS is expected to achieve over the next 15 years will also change the …
Cisco is looking to provide threat protection for data centers and clouds by integrating acquired security technology with its programmable, policy-based networking portfolio. Cisco this week announced that it is combining the FirePOWER threat protection services software obtained from the 2013 acquisition of Sourcefire with its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) …
Facebook has warned that overlapping national probes into its privacy policy could severely endanger the European Union’s economy if such a fragmented strategy is continued and applied to other businesses. The social networking company also warned that the high cost of compliance with multiple national laws, rather than with an …
A California robotics startup is deploying a dual robot system to speed the delivery of goods purchased online. San Jose-based Fetch Robotics on Wednesday unveiled Fetch, a mobile robot arm, and Freight, a mobile base that can carry a bin. They can work in warehouses and handle most kinds of …
At the end of October, IT employees at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts were called, one-by-one, into conference rooms to receive notice of their layoffs. Multiple conference rooms had been set aside for this purpose, and in each room an executive read from a script informing the worker that their …
Microsoft is taking a hard stance against advertisements that trick users into visiting malicious websites or downloading potentially harmful applications. The effects will be seen in Internet Explorer, whose SmartScreen Filter feature will enforce new rules against misleading ads beginning June 1. The filter will display warnings to users when …
Siri Siri is the best way to launch an app on your Apple Watch – those icons are quite small and you can easily tap the wrong one. So just say “Hey Siri” or hold down the Digital Crown and say, “Open [name of app]” and it will launch. Glances …
Вчера состоялась презентация флагмана LG G4, характеристики которого к настоящему времени были известны чуть менее чем полностью. Смартфон оснащен 5.5-дюймовым дисплеем с разрешением 2560 х 1440 точек с плотностью 538 ppi и яркостью 500 нит. “Сердцем” является процессор Qualcomm Snapdragon 808. Объем оперативной памяти DDR3 составляет 3 Гб, флеш-памяти 32 Гб, есть слот для карт памяти microSD, а также …
The Samsung Galaxy S6 has emerged as the benchmark for flagship smartphones running Android, but there are lots of challengers, including the new G4 from LG Electronics. The companies have had many of the same goals when building their respective high-end models, including improving the looks and the cameras. But …
Name a tech company, any tech company, and they’re investing in containers. Google, of course. IBM, yes. Microsoft, check. But just because containers are extremely popular, that doesn’t mean virtual machines are out of date. They’re not. Yes, containers can enable your company to pack a lot more applications into …
Has it really been four years since the buzzword “HTML5” came screaming across the sky and gave us every reason to believe in the power of JavaScript in the browser? Time flies when you’re writing code. Browser No. 1: Google Chrome To read this article in full or to leave …
Apple has outdone itself, making its most idiotic counterintuitive app policy to date: Custom watch apps are no longer permitted on…the Apple Watch. This means buyers, expecting to trick out their magic new timepiece with custom watch faces are out of luck. That’s not all, new reports suggest tattoos are …
The U.S. drone industry wants government regulations for private and commercial use of the remote-controlled devices as a way to ensure airspace safety, the head of a trade group says. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is taking good steps toward “responsible” regulation of small drones, or flying unmanned vehicle systems …
This help desk pilot fish has the job of getting the new administrative assistant for a remote office up to speed on the company’s applications — and, of course, the standard desktop stuff. “I got the remote screen-sharing software running, and began to cover the basics,” says fish. We’re using …
Advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), such as adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist, will grow from a $2.4 billion business today to $102 billion in 2030, according to a new report. The 26% annual growth rate that ADAS is expected to achieve over the next 15 years will also change the …
With its universal Windows apps concept, Microsoft is promoting the notion of apps that can be developed once and run across a variety of form factors. Unsurprisingly, the universal apps effort will be prominent at this week’s Microsoft Build 2015 developer conference. The conference’s session list details Microsoft’s outreach in …
Слухи о разработке флагмана Lumia 940 XL не дают покоя преданным фанатам Windows Phone — в Сети то и дело появляются наглядные визуализации, демонстрирующие возможный дизайн такого фаблета. Автор одного из концептов изобразил устройство ультратонким, безрамочным и с четырьмя цветовыми вариантами задней крышки. …
За прошедшие сутки четверо жителей Николаева стали жертвами телефонного и интернет-мошенничеств, потеряв в сумме почти 27 тысяч гривен. …
Наверняка, у вас бывали случаи, когда вы забывали какой-либо важный пароль. Хуже всего — забыть пароль от смартфона, ведь в этом случае вы лишитесь доступа к привычному средству связи, фотографиям и любимым приложениям. Далеко не каждая мобильная операционная система предоставляет возможность сброса пароля. …
Крупный производитель ПК-периферии Logitech заявил о прекращении производства компьютерных мышек. Такое решение компания объяснила низкой рентабельностью бизнеса, вызванной сокращением рынка ПК и, соответственно, падением спроса на аксессуары для них, такие как мыши и клавиатуры. …