Monthly Archives: April 2015
Apple May Jump From iPhone 6 to iPhone 7, Skipping iPhone 6s: Report
Apple's next iPhone could be named the iPhone 7, instead of being tagged as a mid-generation iPhone 6s, due to many feature advancements that...
FCC Slams AT&T With $25 Million Fine for Phone Customer Data Breaches
AT&T has agreed to pay a $25 million penalty stemming from the theft of customer data in call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the...
Experiment Tracks Dissemination of Illicit Data on Dark Web
A file containing fake employee records—including faux Social Security numbers—and posted to two dark Websites and Dropbox was viewed more than 1,000 times and...
Rumors That Google Plans to Buy Out Twitter Fly Yet Again
Twitter has been discussed as an inviting takeover target for more than five years so reports this week that Google may be looking to...
Growing Cloud Manager CliQr Lands $20M in New VC Funding
Cloud management provider CliQr Technologies on April 7 landed a cool $20 million in Series C funding led by Polaris Partners, which includes investments...
Aluminum Battery Research Shows 1-Minute Smartphone Charging in Lab
For smartphone users, the available battery life of their oft-used devices is never quite enough. Smartphones gain more features, more style and thinner cases...
FBI Warns That WordPress Faces Terrorist Attack Risk
The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert on April 7 about the potential danger of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists abusing vulnerabilities in the...
Daily Video: Mozilla Dials Back on Firefox Opportunistic Encryption
Today's topics include Mozilla's decision to disable "opportunistic encryption," new threat intelligence services from Cisco, a fresh collaboration between IBM and NASA and findings...
Samsung’s Round Smartwatch May Come in 3G, Bluetooth Models: Report
Samsung is working on its first round-faced smartwatch that is rumored to offer two different versions—one with 3G calling and other enhanced capabilities, as...
Intel Shrinks RealSense 3D Cameras for Smartphones
Intel is looking to shrink its RealSense 3D camera technology, which currently is aimed at notebooks and tablets, so that it will fit into...