Smartphone shipments will decline through 2019, hitting Android phones and the Chinese market especially hard, according to research firm IDC. The slowdowns come at the same time that Apple is benefiting from big sales of its larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices. Overall iOS smartphone shipments will grow …
A Chinese web site has posted what it claims is the launch schedule for Intel’s upcoming new generation of CPUs, the 14-nanometer Skylake processor. If this list is accurate, it will be a much more steady rollout than the chaotic Broadwell release, which came later than planned and forced Intel …
A judge in Milan banned UberPop in Italy on Tuesday, ruling that the car-hailing service constitutes unfair competition for taxi drivers. Judge Claudio Marangoni said a complaint lodged by taxi drivers’ associations and trade unions was well-founded and the UberPop smartphone app linking private drivers with passengers is provoking a …
You’re only as secure as your weakest link. That bit of wisdom has hit home for Apple Pay of late. Fraudsters have wasted no time finding and exploiting the mobile payment system’s weak link to their advantage. The weak link is not in the transaction side of things. That part, …
Are Windows and OS X malware? Richard Stallman has never been…er…shy about sharing his opinions, particularly when it comes to software that doesn’t adhere to his vision. This time around he has written an opinion column for The Guardian that takes on Microsoft Windows, Apple’s OS X and even Amazon’s …
In the age of engagement, customers expect a seamless, integrated and consistent customer experience. But most companies can’t meet those expectations today. This video explains what holds many companies back. Then, check out this eBook, Mastering the Chaos of Customer Experience. It explains the 7 steps to becoming a customer …
Sony’s new flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z4, will be called the Xperia Z3+ when it goes on sale outside Japan in June. The phone has a sleeker design, faster processor and better front camera than the Z3 it replaces. Like the Z4, the Xperia Z3+ was announced with little fanfare …
Amazon has changed its tax-payment practices in Europe, but that is not going to halt the European Commission’s investigation into what it considers to be a likely illegal tax deal with Luxembourg. Amazon’s EU tax practices have been under investigation since October last year when the Commission said it was …
The number of people using the Internet is growing at a steady rate, but 4.2 billion out of 7.4 billion will still be offline by the end of the year. Overall, 35.3 percent of people in developing countries will use the Internet, compared to 82.2 percent in developed countries, according …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a securities lawyer who used his New York law office as the headquarters for planning and implementing market manipulation schemes. Also charged are two stock promoters from Canada who assisted him. The SEC alleges that Adam S. Gottbetter orchestrated promotional …
Charter Communications’ planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable faces a regulatory review by the same federal officials who were widely blamed for nixing the recent proposed merger of Time Warner with Comcast. The $55 billion deal (plus $23 billion in debt) between TWC and Charter, announced Tuesday, led immediately to …
EMC is purchasing the privately held Virtustream software provider for approximately US$1.2 billion to expand its portfolio of cloud management tools. Storage systems provider EMC will use Virtustream technology to aid customers moving to cloud-based services as an alternative to running data centers in-house. Virtustream’s software can be used to …
Skype will have to appear in a Belgian criminal court after ignoring a judge’s order to give law enforcement officials access to data from calls between suspected criminals. The criminal court in Mechelen, Belgium, will determine whether Voice over IP (VoIP) service Skype is a telecom operator, said court spokesman …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Deutsche Bank AG with filing misstated financial reports during the height of the financial crisis that failed to take into account a material risk for potential losses estimated to be in the billions of dollars. Deutsche Bank agreed to pay a $55 million …
Microsoft is bringing Cortana to iOS and Android smartphones, extending the voice-controlled personal assistant to platforms beyond Windows 10 and Windows Phone. Using the Cortana iOS and Android apps people will be able to dictate emails, set appointments and conduct Web searches by speaking commands, among other features. The app …
Microsoft is rolling out a red carpet for iPhone and Android users, giving them a standalone version of Windows Phone’s Cortana digital assistant and some help syncing their data to Windows PCs. Cortana will be an installable app for iPhones and Android devices. While it won’t have the same deep …
Network-attached storage (NAS) manufacturer Synology fixed several vulnerabilities in its devices’ software, one of which could allow attackers to compromise the data stored on them. The most serious vulnerability is located in the Synology Photo Station, a feature of DiskStation Manager (DSM), the Linux-based operating system that runs on the …
Как мы уже знаем, на этой неделе на конференции разработчиков Google I/O будет представлена новая модификация гугловской системы – Android M. Информаторы уже упоминали, что одной из ключевых особенностей системы станет нативная поддержка сканеров отпечатков пальцев, а теперь они раскрыли и некоторые другие возможности Android M. Как уточняется, при разработке Android M специалисты Google сосредоточились …
It’s great when retailers bring new technology innovations to the market. It’s even pretty good when they adapt not-so-new innovations to their processes in ways that help customers and/or the bottom line. What isn’t so great is taking credit for a technology that’s been around for a while — presumably …
Charter Communications confirmed it plans to acquire Time Warner Cable, a deal that if approved would create the second-biggest cable operator in the U.S. Cable operators are under pressure from a new generation of companies such as Netflix that offer competing video services, and Charter is hoping scale will help …
For those that don’t already suffer from high-definition fatigue, Japanese public broadcaster NHK is developing interactive and mobile technologies to make the idea of 8K video—the next resolution stage beyond 4K—more appealing. At an open house event on Tuesday, the company’s Science & Technology Research Laboratories demonstrated an 8K satellite …
The U.S military will come one step closer to its dream of arming fighter jets with ray guns this summer, as DARPA shifts one of its hottest laser projects onto White Sands Missile range for field tests. DARPA In lab and development tests in which it was pitted against mortars, …
Geofencing is an iOS feature that’s likely to see significant improvement within iOS 9, as Apple introduces new frameworks for connected (“Internet of Things”) devices; so how might Jony Ive use the feature to help him travel? Travelling man A short definition: Geofencing uses Core Location in iOS 8 to …
Stephen Fry has news for you: He once met Steve Jobs and burst through the reality distortion field, popping it like a bubble. Because of this, Fry annoyed himself (for bursting the bubble and annoying Steve Jobs) as well as Steve Jobs (for the very same reason). Incidentally, Jony Ive …
Microsoft has been racing to put the final touches on Windows 10 before its expected release date in late July. There have been three public updates in the last month: Builds 10061, 10074 and 10122. At this point, the interface and features for the new operating system are essentially set …
HP’s Gen9 servers are out, and we found them incrementally better than the Gen8 version we recently tested, due to both increased processor horsepower and efficiency. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) …