At its I/O keynote, Google did its best to get developers excited about building apps for Android with new tools and money-making schemes. But Google is also expanding support for developers who’d rather create iOS apps. Google hasn’t always been the best partner a developer could have, but this year’s …
Evidence is everywhere Many of the building blocks are already in place. Vast server farms with vast renewable energy farms to match A deepening relationship with IBM and Watson A growing connected health network This week’s purchase of augmented reality firm Metaio Its recruitment of Yale robotics expert John Morrell in 2012 …
In a recent analysis of more than 30,000 websites, most had at least one serious vulnerability for 150 or more days last year. “These are the vulnerabilities that can get you into trouble,” said Jeremiah Grossman, founder at WhiteHat Security, the company behind the report. “They can compromise some or …
If you hate waiting for restaurant servers and can’t abide mistakes in your order, there’s an app—and a mat—for that. Putmenu lets diners send their choices directly to a restaurant’s kitchen once they place their smartphone on a smart mat. All they have to do is pick up the mat’s …
Google I/O brings a boatload of updates for mobile, payments, Internet of Things Google’s annual I/O conference was chock-full of developments, starting with the next update to its mobile operating system, code-named Android M. Improvements to the core user experience include an overhauled permissions system. The bottom line is that …
SAN FRANCISCO — The fact that Google launched a new photo sharing and storage service this week isn’t ringing the death knell of Google+. At least that’s what Google executives are saying. “I can commit to … Google+,” said Bradley Horowitz, vice president of photos and streams, during a press …
Yesterday, the bloggers that were hardy enough to endure long lines, torture by Pong, and Neverending Story length cartoon intro, were eventually subjected to rewarded with a keynote speech from Google VP Sundar Pichai. And so, let it be known, just as Pichai began uttering the first syllables of his buzzspeak speech, …
Social network Path will soon be under new ownership. The privacy-focused service found few friends in its native San Francisco, notching up just 10 million regular users in five years of existence, most of them in Southeast Asia. That geographical focus, though, has caught the attention of Daum Kakao Communications, …
On the face of it, software development jobs should be easy to find. The software developer workforce increased by 132,000 jobs last year, to 1.235 million, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here (Insider Story) …
This pilot fish is in charge of a small but tight IT department in this big printing company, and his group is responsible for everything from networks, servers and PCs to the fax and phone systems. And fish has one other major — if informal — responsibility. “I am a …
IT departments have long relied on log data to help keep systems up and running, but they’re not the only ones who can benefit from these vast stores of information. A new analytics language from Logentries could help managers tap log data to gain insights about their business. Log data …
Acer CEO Jason Chen wants his company to be the “last PC maker standing,” he said last month, and on Friday the company continued to rain blows on its competitors with a flurry of new laptops and desktops running Windows and Chrome. It will show the new PCs at Computex …
Компания Samsung в Украине сообщила о начале продаж обновленной версии очков виртуальной реальности Samsung Gear VR — инновационного аксессуара для флагманских смартфонов Samsung Galaxy S6 и S6 Edge. Очки виртуальной реальности Samsung Gear VR функционируют под управлением системы Occulus и предлагают пользователям насладиться полным погружением в кинематографическую реальность с максимальным эффектом присутствия и взаимодействия. Усилить эффект …
More Windows devices with Intel’s Atom chips code-named Cherry Trail were announced this week, giving the Microsoft OS an early lead over Android, which is not yet in any tablet based on the new chips. Acer said Friday it would launch a new Switch tablet-laptop hybrid with a 10-inch detachable …
More Windows devices with Intel’s Atom chips code-named Cherry Trail were announced this week, giving the Microsoft OS an early lead over Android, which is not yet in any tablet based on the new chips. Acer said Friday it would launch a new Switch tablet-laptop hybrid with a 10-inch detachable …
Uber Technologies is revising its privacy policy to allow it to access a rider’s location when its smartphone app is running in the background, and to send special offers to users’ friends and family. Users will be in control in either case, and will be able to choose whether to …
Can a Chinese PC vendor learn to be cool? On Thursday, Lenovo, a maker of business laptops, tried to answer that question. It brought out dance club music, a Chinese movie actress, and a retired NBA player at a company event that hailed Lenovo’s new logo. “Users need cooler, more …
The next big wearable hit could emerge at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, and any attempt to steal the device off the show floor could be thwarted by Internet of Things security devices expected to be on display. Once a mecca for PCs, the trade show is …
The next big wearable hit could emerge at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, and any attempt to steal the device off the show floor could be thwarted by Internet of Things security devices expected to be on display. Once a mecca for PCs, the trade show is …
If there’s one word that summarizes why Google’s new photo service works separately from Google+, it’s “privacy.” The company wanted Photos to be a “private, sacred, secure place for all of [its users’] memories, without agenda,” Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president of streams and photos, said during a press conference …
Apple has taken a big step into augmented reality by acquiring Metaio, a German company whose technology has been used by Macy’s, BMW and furniture retailer Ikea. Augmented reality systems add information to a user’s view of the world to help them do things like work, shop or drive. Whereas …
The intense rivalry in the wearables market has spilled over into court with Jawbone accusing rival Fitbit of “systematically plundering” its employees, trade secrets and intellectual property. In a suit filed in San Francisco against Fitbit and five employees, Jawbone has said that beginning this year, Fitbit recruiters contacted about …
A Louisiana man has been accused of creating counterfeit coupons and selling them on the Silk Road underground websites, potentially defrauding businesses of more than US$1 million, the Justice Department said Thursday. Prosecutors said Beau Wattigney, 30, of New Orleans, created coupons that look like print-at-home coupons from manufacturers, including …
Wander around the halls of Google’s I/O conference and eventually you’ll bump into a large table covered with a blue cloth. But being I/O, this is no ordinary cloth. It’s a smart fabric developed by Google’s advanced technology group that could one day control your smartphone or the lights in …
When the FTC recently cracked down on a vendor that tracks shoppers’ movements via their mobile devices and sells the data to retailers, it could have made a statement about what limits and notifications need to be in place. Instead, the FTC, as is its tradition, focused on a narrow …
Южнокорейская корпорация Samsung по-прежнему остаётся лидером на рынке Android-смартфонов, выпуская каждый год большое количество новых моделей. …