Monthly Archives: January 2014
eWEEK at 30: WiFi Fills Insatiable Demand for Fast Wireless Web Links
People were tethered to their computers and the networks that connect them via copper or optical cables for most of computer history.That situation started...
Apple iPhone 6 to Feature More Durable Sapphire Display: Report
Apple's next iPhone may feature a display made of sapphire glass, BGR reported Jan. 27, citing a report from Taiwanese site Apple Daily. The...
Apps World Feb. 5-6 Examines Innovation in Mobile Apps
More than 8,000 attendees are expected to pack the Moscone West conference center in San Francisco Feb. 5-6 for Apps World North America 2014,...
Apple Posts Record Revenue, Sold 51 Million iPhones
Apple sold 51 million iPhones—a new quarterly record for the company—during the holiday-timed quarter that ended Dec. 28, its fiscal 2014 first quarter. Those...
Google Adds Yet Another AI Acquisition in UK’s DeepMind
When a company has money to spend, it either has to invest it or find some way to give it back to investors. Google...
Windows Store Gives App Developers More Control
Developers who make their apps available on Microsoft's Windows Store now have new options that offer them more control over an app's availability. The...
Google Explains Cause of Service Outages Last Friday
A software bug was at the heart of the 30 to 60 minute Google services outages on Jan. 24 that affected users of Gmail,...
Microsoft SkyDrive Rebranded as OneDrive
Last year, a court in the United Kingdom ruled that the SkyDrive brand, Microsoft's cloud storage product, infringed on the British Sky Broadcasting Group's...
Iron Mountain Offers 10 Smart Ideas for Keeping Data Safe From Hackers
Iron Mountain Offers 10 Smart Ideas for Keeping Data Safe From Hackers
by Jeffrey Burt
Encryption of Data Is a Must
Data encryption is a key defense...
Google, Samsung Patent Deal Deepens Their Relationship
Google and Samsung, which have been close partners in combining Google's Android mobile operating system and Samsung's mobile device hardware in the last few...