Владельцы wearable — носимой электроники, подобной готовящимся к выходу Apple Watch или Microsoft Band — являются наиболее важной частью экосистемы продукта, потому что они создают ценную информацию каждый раз, когда надевают свои устройства. …
Smartphone maker Xiaomi faces a key setback in India after some of the company’s devices were temporarily banned by a court in a patent dispute with Ericsson. The Chinese company may, however, try to diffuse the crisis quickly by negotiating a license for the eight standard-essential mobile patents in the …
Если идея бросать дорогущий смартфон в воздух и смотреть, как он вращается, делает ваши ладони липкими от пота, это приложение, безусловно, не для вас. Мы вас предупредили. …
В течение недели компания Vivo дразнила нас тизерами нового смартфона X5 Max, и вот вчера аппарат был представлен официально. Vivo X5 Max стал самым тонким смартфоном на сегодняшний день. …
Ждать пришлось долго, но отраслевая ассоциация GSMA, наконец, опубликовала документ, который отражает взгляд организации на сети нового, пятого поколения — 5G. …
Компания Ubisoft выпустит обновлённую версию «Героев меча и магии III» (Heroes of Might&Magic III) для планшетов на базе iOS и Android. Об этом сообщается на сайте издателя игры. …
Генеральная прокуратура обратилась в Окружной админсуд Киева с иском к «Тримобу» (дочерняя компания «Укртелекома») и Национальной комиссии по вопросам регулирования связи и информатизации (НКРСИ). …
Компания Acer выпустила обновленную версию смартфона Liquid Jade — Liquid Jade S. Новинка работает на Android 4.4.4 KitKat и поддерживает две SIM-карты. …
Встроенный в систему Windows 8.1 видеоплеер наконец-то начал поддерживать файлы формата MKV. …
Брешь позволяет злоумышленникам изменять контент страницы и проводить сложные атаки, такие как похищение учетных данных пользователя и публикация фальшивых рецензий. …
Google is shutting down its news product in Spain rather than pay publishers for using snippets of their content. A new intellectual property law in the country requires every Spanish publication to charge services like Google News for showing even small news snippets from their publications, whether they want to …
While many activities have migrated online, Facebook is still eager to know how its users shop in physical stores. That information helps companies figure out if their ads are effective, and whether to follow up with other ads. Did you buy a bike in that shop but no helmet? Maybe …
While many activities have migrated online, Facebook is still eager to know how its users shop in physical stores. That information helps companies figure out if their ads are effective, and whether to follow up with other ads. Did you buy a bike in that shop but no helmet? Maybe …
The free Office Online applications still have only a fraction of the capabilities in Office 2013, but an update this week adds some welcome new features—some of which are actually ahead of the client versions. Showing a line to indicate where a page ends is something Word has done for …
Photo-sharing site Instagram said Wednesday that its active monthly user base reached 300 million, a dramatic 50% increase in the past nine months. Instagram, which launched in 2010, edged past 8-year-old Twitter and its reported 284 million monthly active users. Facebook, which bought Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion, has …
Businesses curious about exposing system services and data to the outside world can now test the idea with a free offer from 3scale for managing publicly exposed APIs. “We’re trying to enable as many people as possible to use APIs,” said 3scale CEO Steven Willmott. “Its not completely altruistic. Hopefully, …
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission can take action against patent trolls when the patent-holding firms engage in unfair business practices, even as the agency works to complete a study on their business model, a commissioner said. The FTC plans to complete its ongoing study of patent licensing firms—often called patent …
Microsoft yesterday added an optional anti-POODLE defense to Internet Explorer 11 (IE11), and promised that additional protection would be switched on by default in two months. The 15-year-old flaw in SSL 3.0 — an aged standard used to encrypt traffic between browsers and Web servers — was disclosed two months …
In 2014, people around the world were celebrating, mourning, protesting and connecting. And thanks to the approximately 500 million tweets being posted every day this year, they were largely doing it on Twitter. “Many millions of you contributed to the moments and conversations that all unfolded on Twitter,” wrote Gabriel …
Lenovo is recalling 500,000 power cords in the U.S. and 44,000 in Canada because they have the potential to overheat and catch fire. The company recommends that users stop using the power cord. The recall was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The company has set up …
Backlash! Disrupting the disruptors Image by Shutterstock Blowing up entrenched business models and picking up the profits that spill onto the floor is a time-honored tradition in tech, these days known by the cliche of the moment, “disruption.” This year everyone was trying to push back against those upstarts, whether …
Six days into its new “Cut Your Bill in Half” offer, Sprint was enthusiastic about the offer’s early reaction from new customers, but didn’t offer any details. “We are pleased with initial results …” spokesman Mark Elliott said in an email. “It’s a great deal and demonstrates our commitment to …
Cisco Systems plans to expand its security consulting services by acquiring Neohapsis, a small Chicago firm that tells enterprises how to secure their applications. The Neohapsis acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, is a classic “aqui-hire” intended to bring an experienced team at Neohapsis into the Cisco fold. Neohapsis President and …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Karol L.K. Pollock has been named the new leader of the examination program in the Los Angeles Regional Office. Ms. Pollock has nearly 25 years of experience in securities enforcement and examination regulation at the SEC, FINRA, and New Mexico Securities Division …
When the anticipated tsunami of data from the Internet of Things hits the enterprise, FoundationDB’s flagship NoSQL database should be ready to handle to deluge. The company has re-architectured its FoundationDB Key-Value Store to handle a significantly larger amount of data, which IoT sensors will no doubt soon generate and …
By now most people are pretty sick of hearing about how the internal networks at Sony’s movie studio were flayed, gutted and served up to strangers on the Internet. The coverage gets repetitive after a while, despite how riveting it can be to read gossipy little tidbits, like the ludicrously …