Monthly Archives: April 2014
CTIA, Carriers Finally Agree to a Smartphone Kill Switch
In the same week that wireless carriers and the CTIA wireless association announced an agreement to support the inclusion of a smartphone "Kill Switch,"...
Heartbleed SSL Flaw’s True Cost Will Take Time to Tally
Ever since news first broke on April 7 about the Heartbleed security vulnerability, IT professionals around the world have been struggling to contain its...
Google Cloud Unveils Hadoop Connectors, New App Engine Version
The Google Cloud Platform is expanding its capabilities with Hadoop through new connectors that can be used with Google BigQuery and Google Cloud Datastore...
Daily Tech Briefing: April 18, 2014
The blogosphere was buzzing when Google announced to developers that it would introduce the Ara, a new modular smartphone that would cost $50 in...
Dropbox Adds Loom, Hackpad to Its Growing ‘Family of Apps’
Dropbox's latest efforts to expand beyond the backup and storage world include the acquisitions of Loom, a photo-sharing company, and Hackpad, a document-sharing startup.Dropbox...
Rumored Amazon Smartphone Could Help Company Sell More, Collect Data
In a smartphone market in which experienced competitors with, by all accounts, excellent devices have had a terrible time chipping away market share from...
Facebook Nearby Friends Feature Puts the Social Back in Networking
Facebook already helps users of its mobile app discover nearby restaurants and shops, and soon that helpfulness will extend to capital-F Friends.On April 17,...
Microsoft Says It Shipped 5 Million Xbox Ones
Microsoft has just passed a major milestone—having shipped 5 million Xbox One gaming consoles."More than 5 million Xbox One consoles have been sold-in to...
Samsung, Globalfoundries Partner on 14nm Chip Process
Samsung Electronics and Globalfoundries are partnering to jointly develop 14-nanometer processors that feature a three-dimensional transistor architecture, a move that will challenge top chip...
McAfee Evolving Beyond Antivirus at Intel Security
Intel acquired security vendor McAfee for $7.68 billion in 2011, and earlier this year rebranded the division as Intel Security.Helping lead the new Intel...