A software update to the Apple Watch’s OS gave third-party developers access to the device’s sensors this week, fulfilling a request they’ve had since Apple unveiled the wearable. With watchOS 2, which Apple showed on Monday at its annual developer’s conference, developers can create more-capable apps that directly tap into …
Браузером по умолчанию в Windows 10, как известно, будет Edge, ранее известный как Project Spartan. Он займёт место сменившего уже одиннадцать поколений обозревателя Internet Explorer, но, как выяснилось, не во всех версиях «десятки». …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is seeking public comment to help inform its review of the listing and trading of new, novel, or complex exchange-traded products (ETPs). The request for comment addresses key issues that arise when exemptions are sought by a market participant to trade …
Ранее в Интернет уже попали скриншоты нового ролевого экшена Dark Souls 3, а также сведения о том, что игру покажут на предстоящей выставке E3, которая стартует на следующей неделе. …
A bill aimed at making it more difficult for so-called patent trolls to file unfair patent-infringement lawsuits has passed in a U.S. House of Representatives committee. The House Judiciary Committee’s approval of theInnovation Act late Thursday adds momentum to a congressional push to limit the ability of patent-licensing firms to …
Last week, the IRS released an updated damage estimate of the hack of the tax transcript request website — cyberthieves used the transcripts to file fraudulent returns in order to get their hands on as much as $39 million in tax refunds. What is more disconcerting, though, is that the …
На сегодняшний день обновлённая версия прошивки Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 доступна лишь на некоторых смартфонах. …
The slow and ugly death of SourceForge SourceForge has been in the news a lot lately, and not for any positive reasons. The site seems to stumble from one bad situation to the next, and some think that SourceForge is making a long, slow and ugly exit. Christine Hall at …
Компания Mozilla увеличила размер максимального вознаграждения в рамках программы по поиску уязвимостей в браузере Firefox. Теперь за обнаружение критических брешей исследователи смогут получить $7,5 тыс. Не исключено, что такое решение вызвано появлением большого количества аналогичных (и довольно прибыльных) проектов, запущенных крупными производителями ПО и аппаратного обеспечения. …
Американский рэпер Снуп Дог (Snoop Dogg) заявил о своей готовности возглавить компанию Twitter. Об этом он написал в своем микроблоге. …
В сети появилось новое видео сравнения качества графики Fallout 4 и Fallout 3. Специально для тех, кто считает, что графика в Fallout 4 не изменилась с момента выхода третьей части серии, фанаты специально подготовили видео сравнения на основе скриншотов и трейлеров из обеих игр. …
Microsoft will breathe life into Windows Live Writer by open sourcing the eight-year-old blog-publishing tool, a company manager said earlier this week. “We are going to open-source Live Writer, so don’t worry,” tweeted Scott Hanselman, a principal program and community manager for Microsoft. Hanselman, who has long advocated taking Live …
A deal for Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer to buy struggling phone-maker HTC makes sense to some, and on Friday Asus’s chairman said he wouldn’t rule it out. An acquisition of HTC would certainly help the PC maker boost its presence in the smartphone market. Asus has only recently begun …
Apple Watch and Apple Music dominated WWDC coverage this week, but the company had several announcements of interest to enterprise users, including gestures, pinned websites, and natural language search for OS X El Capitan. Swift Swift 2 as an open source programming language is a huge deal. Enterprise users will …
The number of LTE subscriptions will pass 1 billion before the end of the year, prompting operators to invest in technologies such as small cells to keep up. There will be nearly 1.37 billion 4G LTE subscribers around the world by year-end, up from nearly 650 million in 2014, according …
A deal for Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer to buy struggling phone-maker HTC makes sense to some, and on Friday Asus’s chairman said he wouldn’t rule it out. An acquisition of HTC would certainly help the PC maker boost its presence in the smartphone market. Asus has only recently begun …
Twitter CEO Costolo steps down Embattled Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will leave his post atop the micro-blogging company on July 1, bowing to intense pressure from investors disappointed with slow revenue growth and the failure to turn a profit. Co-founder and Chairman Jack Dorsey will serve as interim CEO while …
Google must respect the European Union’s ‘right to be forgotten’ court ruling on all its sites, not just those it says target EU countries, the French data protection authority has ruled, giving the company 15 days to comply. The French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) ordered Google to …
What does it take to make a smartphone exceptional? It’s a question I’ve been considering as I contemplate the G4, LG’s latest effort at creating a buzz-worthy flagship phone. My problem is that after using the G4 on and off for six weeks — first with the international version of …
Drones Image by Northrop Grumman/Chad Slattery/Handout via Reuters The world of drones — military and public — is changing so fast it’s hard to keep up with the changes. Here we take a look at some of the most recent advancements, such as getting drones to fly as a group, …
Dick Costolo “has decided to step down” as Twitter CEO. Voluntarily. Got that? Apparently, he was not asked to leave — and most certainly not because investors are fed up with Twitter losing money every quarter. Oh no. Not at all. OK then. He’s replaced by co-founder and board chair …
Consultant pilot fish picks up a small industrial company as a client, and finds that his predecessor has engaged in a few rather questionable practices at the site. “The latest of these surfaced when the client complained that one of the network drops had stopped working,” says fish. “I’d not …
Компания Bluboo сообщила, что выпустит две версии смартфона Bluboo X500, а топовая модель “Pro” получит камеру Sony IMX220. Базовая модель Bluboo X500 получит 4 Гб оперативной памяти и мощный процессор MediaTek Helio X10. Также стоит отметить наличие довольно приличной камеры – Sony IMX214, оборудованный 13-Мегапиксельной матрицей, в то время как …
Дик Костоло – генеральный директор Twitter подал в отставку. Несмотря на то, что Дик Костоло покинет рабочее место с 1 июля, он останется в совете директоров компании. Временно исполнять обязанности генерального директора будет Джек Дорси. В заявлении Костоло говорится, о том, чего добилась его команда за прошедшие шесть лет. «У …
В 2012 году японская компания Sony выпустила планшет-книжку Tablet P, но из-за больших габаритов и, что самое главное, разделения дисплеев девайс так и не обрел популярности. Тонкие и гибкие OLED-экраны позволяют устранить оба этих недостатка, и в Samsung работают над тем, как должен выглядеть мобильный ПК нового поколения. Южнокорейская компания получила патент на планшетный компьютер, который состоит …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has cautioned PayPal that provisions in its new user agreement for contacting customers with autodialed or prerecorded calls and text messages could violate federal laws. In order to comply with the rules, PayPal would have to get “prior express written consent” from customers before making …