YouTube is planning a paid service that will let viewers watch select videos without ads, Google confirmed on Wednesday. YouTube began laying out the terms of the service in a letter seen by IDG News Service. The letter was sent Wednesday to members of YouTube’s Partner program, which lets YouTube …
A security breach or big data loss can trigger an emergency for the entire business, not just for the IT or security teams, so staffers from multiple departments must know how to react quickly and effectively in such situations. This was one of the main lessons taught in a cyber …
A security breach or big data loss can trigger an emergency for the entire business, not just for the IT or security teams, so staffers from multiple departments must know how to react quickly and effectively in such situations. This was one of the main lessons taught in a cyber …
Zynga founder Mark Pincus is rejoining the gaming company as CEO effective immediately, replacing Don Mattrick, who led Zynga for less than two years. The executive shuffle comes after the company struggled in recent years to maintain its early growth rate. It hired Mattrick in 2013 to help restore Zynga’s …
In the thin-margined restaurant industry, companies live or die by table turnover time. Yet the process by which most eateries serve their customers is anything but efficient. After initially greeting diners who probably aren’t yet ready to order, waiters and waitresses make numerous trips back and forth between the their …
Would you pay to watch your favorite band go on a road trip? Or shell out five dollars for a short film series, with a new installment each week? Oz will host that content, and charge you for it. The company will launch on Thursday a new video platform to …
It usually takes months for mobile devices to get Android updates, but Intel and Google want to slash the wait time. Tablets and smartphones made as part of a new Intel mobile-device development program will be able to receive new Android versions and features in two weeks via over-the-air upgrades. …
It usually takes months for mobile devices to get Android updates, but Intel and Google want to slash the wait time. Tablets and smartphones made as part of a new Intel mobile-device development program will be able to receive new Android versions and features in two weeks via over-the-air upgrades. …
Meet Jesse Nunez, an avid opponent of bloatware on smartphones. Nunez clearly doesn’t work for a smartphone maker or a wireless carrier. For the past four years, he’s been using third-party software to strip off unwanted apps on his various models of Samsung Galaxy S smartphones sold by AT&T. He’s …
Facebook has launched a standalone Messenger app for chatting on the web outside of Facebook.com. The move is Facebook’s attempt to create a dedicated hub for chats on the web as it incorporates many new features into the Messenger mobile app, and grows its use. Facebook users can still chat …
The Venue 10 7000 from Dell and the Surface 3 from Microsoft share a few things in common: they will ship in a few weeks, are marketed as tablets that can be used as laptops, and start at $499. But they offer different advantages. To determine which one provides better …
Dell has added the Venue 10 7000 to its tablet line-up, a relatively high end device that boasts a crisp OLED screen and a 3D camera — with a price tag to match. The 10.5-inch OLED screen displays images at a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. And at 6.2-millimeters, …
It’s been just over half a year since Oracle completed its US$5.3 billion acquisition of Micros, and on Wednesday the company added several new services to the retail-focused technologies it gained through that deal. Six new Oracle Retail cloud services, specifically, are now available by subscription, with the goal of …
Apple today updated OS X Yosemite to 10.10.3, a build most notable for Photos, a new application that replaces the aged iPhoto. The third update to Yosemite since the OS’s debut last October, 10.10.3’s release followed a public beta by just over a month. That beta was offered to users …
As the capabilities of vehicle infotainment systems advance, and consumers come to expect information in real time, new car models are shipping with a basic system based on the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) paradigm. By 2020, 75% of the world’s cars will be connected to the Internet, and the growth …
Apple released the latest version of Yosemite on Wednesday, ushering in a wave of new features. OS X 10.10.3 includes the all-new Photos app—which we got a sneak peak of during the introduction of Yosemite during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in 2014—plus 300 new diversified emoji. The update also includes …
Hoping to build on the success of Docker-based Linux containers, Microsoft has developed a container technology to run on its Windows Server operating system. “We’re finding that interest in containers is very high,” said Mike Schutz, who runs cloud platform product marketing for Microsoft. Twenty percent of Azure users deploy …
Erwin Liu is the CEO of a fledgling Chinese startup, and he’s been the happy recipient of free chips from Intel. “Whenever I went to Intel’s offices, they would always give us some free samples,” he said. Liu’s company, CEIN Biotechnology, which develops finger vein scanners, is just one among …
What would convince you to purchase a 3D printer? Low price? Ease of use? A viable purpose? If so, then 3D printing start-ups may be on the right track. While 3D printing’s uptake has been impressive — a 33.8% compound annual growth rate over the past three years — the …
Windows 10 and Office are two of Microsoft’s most popular products, and next week Microsoft says the company will show off how future versions of each will work together. Microsoft plans to hold an event on April 16 “to experience modern Office on Windows and see how Microsoft is rethinking …
The arrival of Windows 10 later this year could usher in more convenient, fun and wire-free PC computing. Some new features that make for easier hardware handling are already available, but not yet in Windows PCs, which still make up the vast majority of desktop and laptop machines. For example, …
Employees at three overseas call centers sold hundreds of thousands of AT&T customer records, including names and Social Security numbers, to criminals who attempted to use the customer information to unlock stolen mobile phones, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said. More than 279,000 U.S. customers of AT&T were affected by …
The arrival of Windows 10 later this year could usher in more convenient, fun and wire-free PC computing. Some new features that make for easier hardware handling are already available, but not yet in Windows PCs, which still make up the vast majority of desktop and laptop machines. For example, …
Few things in the workforce present as many challenges for corporations as expense reports. Filing them is a task few enjoy and most avoid for as long as their bank accounts can bear the burden. Zoho wants to alleviate some of the pain with a new expense reporting application that’s …
A Massachusetts police department paid $500 to free up town files that had been encrypted by CryptoLocker, the ransomware that locks down hard drives until the owners pay up. + More on Network World: FBI: Be wary about Web searches for federal information + Police in Tewksbury, Mass., came up …
In about two weeks, Google plans to make a major change to the algorithm for its mobile search, giving mobile-friendly websites a higher position in search rankings. For a company that dominates the search market with an approximately 75% share, this is going to mark a significant change for mobile …