Monthly Archives: April 2015
Microsoft Releases iOS, Android Versions of Its Office Lens App
Microsoft's popular and free Office Lens app, which turns a smartphone into a pocket document scanner, is now being offered in Android and iOS...
Fraud Analysis Points to Outlook, Elite Credit Card Vulnerabilities
E-commerce fraud-prevention vendor Forter has examined data for more than 1 million transactions in 2014 and identified a number of fraud trends. Among the...
Intel, Broadcom Look to Secure IoT Payments
Intel and Broadcom are putting a focus on enabling secure and mobile payments as the Internet of things continues to grow.Intel is partnering with...
Microsoft Kills Off Kinect for Windows v2
The Windows-specific version of the Kinect sensor is being put out to pasture, but it's not necessarily a bad thing for the company's plans...
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Google Wallet Data Privacy Lawsuit
A federal judge in California has refused to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed against Google that accuses the company of having shared...
Android Security Improved in 2014, yet Risks Remain
As the popularity of Google's Android mobile operating system has grown over the years, so too have the security threats against it—that is, until...
New Buffalo NAS Offerings Aim to Address 24/7 Access Needs
Buffalo Americas announced the availability of the TeraStation 5000N and 5000N WSS network-attached storage (NAS) series. The models, designed to address the market's always-on...
Newcomer Alation Connects Dots on All Data Inside Enterprise
Data accessibility provider Alation came out of stealth March 31 with a software platform that ostensibly makes it easier and faster for line-of-business employees...
Appcelerator Platform Now Can Build APIs for Apple Watch
Mobile application platform provider Appcelerator on April 2 unveiled a cloud-based toolkit for developing and running mobile-optimized APIs—even for devices such as Apple Watch...
SanDisk Updates Its Flash Caching Software Package
Flash storage provider SanDisk has released the newest version, v3.7, of its FlashSoft server-side, solid-state caching software.FlashSoft is SanDisk's frontline software that runs within...