Google is looking to launch a fleet of high-altitude balloons that will circle the planet, providing Internet connectivity to remote areas — and it plans to do so within a year. That’s the plan that Astro Teller, head of Google’s secretive “moonshot factory” GoogleX, told an audience at MIT Technology …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Florida-based attorneys for their roles in an offering fraud conducted by a transfer agent that was the subject of an SEC enforcement action two months ago. The SEC alleges that Jonathan P. Flom and James L. Schmidt II were designated to receive …
In a copycat PC industry, Dell is trying to attract attention with features and technology firsts that it is bringing to PCs and tablets. Dell is adding new hardware and software features that could make an otherwise mundane PC or tablet more attractive to customers. Buyers may have to pay …
Should you dump Android for the iPhone 6? No, absolutely not and here's why. Plus: Ten Android features that still beat iOS 8, and Android L versus iOS 8. read more
Former Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has just released a mobile app and service — and it’s not for Windows Phone, but instead the iPhone. They can’t be pleased in Microsoft Land about this. The new service is called talko, and to a certain extent it’s looking to kill …
So far it's just for iPhone, but the goal is support for corporate work groups. read more
CRM data offers all sorts of goodies for hackers. Now's the time to step up your protections. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Florida-based penny stock company and its CEO with defrauding investors by issuing false and misleading press releases proclaiming large sales and fantastic revenue projections while the purported health food company actually was a failing enterprise. The SEC alleges that Heathrow Natural …
Now that Google has backed away from requiring new Gmail users to automatically sign up for Google+, analysts are wondering whether the company is giving up on its social network. Earlier this month, Google stopped mandating a Google+ signup for new Gmail users, but the company denies the move has …
Canonical releases the RTM version of Ubuntu Touch. Can it compete with Android and iOS? Plus: Fourteen ways to contribute to open source without being a programmer, and advice for open source programmers. read more
Microsoft yesterday made it easier for school and university students to obtain a free subscription to Office 365 by sidestepping institutional IT and going to the self-serve line. A year ago, the Redmond, Wash. technology company announced “Student Advantage,” a program under which educational institutions that licensed Office Professional Plus …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Barclays Capital Inc. with failing to maintain an adequate internal compliance system to ensure the firm did not run afoul of any federal securities laws after its wealth management business in the U.S. acquired the advisory business of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Liban Jama as director of the Atlanta Regional Office, where he will oversee enforcement and examinations in a region covering five states. Mr. Jama currently serves as senior advisor to SEC Chair Mary Jo White, and before that he served …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Rhea Kemble Dignam has been named as senior counsel to the director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE). Ms. Dignam will begin her new position when her successor as the regional director of the SEC’s Atlanta Regional Office begins …
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, took a stand against climate change at Climate Week NYC yesterday, saying he hopes the baby boomers won’t be the first generation to leave their children worse off. Time to act The boomers already have. The world reached record levels of CO2 pollution in 2013. This …
Apple очень гордится толщиной новых iPhone и при любой возможности стремится упомянуть этот факт. Данный параметр для iPhone 6 и 6 Plus составляет 6.9 и 7.1 мм соответственно. Однако корпорация забывает про выступающее на 0.7 мм кольцо основной камеры и не учитывает его при расчете толщины гаджетов. Недовольный блогер PeripateticPandas решил устранить …
In a copycat PC industry, Dell is trying to attract attention with the innovative features and technology firsts that it is bringing to PCs and tablets. read more
Online volunteers from more than 80 countries around the world are participating in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus disease, which has killed over 2,400 people in West Africa. read more
Apple again topped rival computer makers in an annual customer satisfaction survey, the 10th year in a row its Macs have whipped Windows PCs. But smaller-volume Windows PC makers closed the gap in 2014 to its narrowest margin since 1998. In results published today, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), …
Car-sharing service Lyft has acquired Hitch, a startup in the mobile app-enabled car-pooling business, to integrate the service with its own shared rides business that it set up last month. “Similar to Lyft, Hitch has always believed the shared rides experience is inherently social, and we’re excited that they’re joining …
Google has to improve its settlement terms in an antitrust investigation over its search practices or face charges, following opposition from some quarters to the deal, the European Commission’s competition chief Joaquin Almunia said Tuesday. Some of the 20 formal complainants “have given fresh evidence and solid arguments against several …
Ray Ozzie is back, baby. His new startup, Talko aims to get us talking on the phone again — but not on phone calls. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers say, “Golly baby, I’m a lucky cuss.” Not to mention: Singalongasensible… Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Christopher …
Компания Harman, на протяжении всей своей истории славилась качественными изделиями, и вот недавно данный бренд предложил современную линейку наушников JBL Synchros E-серии. Представленный модельный ряд сочетает в себе качество и разнообразие, это можно сказать, основываясь на разновидности типоразмеров вошедших в серию, а также исходя из конструкционных особенностей. Проводные и беспроводные: …
Also, Sony says Morpheus is 85% of the way there. read more
Сразу после анонса Apple Watch весь Интернет заполонили горестные стенания на предмет того, что они оказались не круглыми, а «всего лишь» квадратными. Причем традиционно больше всего сокрушались те, кто с техникой Apple не знаком. У меня есть свои мысли (не сказать, чтобы уж совсем нетривиальные) насчет того, почему же все-таки …
Flashback to the late 1990s, when the company where this pilot fish works is finally making the move to PCs — and a few employees aren’t clear on how this stuff works. “One user’s CRT monitor failed, and she was in a panic because she had to key in the …