Monthly Archives: April 2016
WiFi Security Issues Make Businesses Nervous
Nearly two-thirds of organizations are banning their mobile workers from using free WiFi hotspots amid security concerns, according to an iPass survey of 500...
Apple’s 9.7-Inch iPad Pro Delivers Versatility in a Smaller Tablet
When the new Apple 9.7-inch iPad Pro arrived I quickly found myself in a quandary. I placed it next to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro...
Intel Seeing Some Internal Resistance to Diversity Efforts, CEO Says
Intel reportedly is getting pushback from some employees to its highly publicized efforts to increase the diversity of its workforce.Some of the resistance has...
Battery Experiments Give 100K Charging Cycles With Key Ingredient Change
After swapping a key chemical ingredient for a different substance, researchers at the University of California-Irvine are optimistic about a new technology that could...
Google Offers Guidelines for PCI Compliance on Its Cloud Platform
As it does relatively frequently with other topics, Google recently released a set of guidelines to help organizations ensure that any payment processing applications...
Microsoft’s One-Handed Word Flow Keyboard Arrives on iOS
Windows Phone may have gone largely unloved by the masses for a variety of reasons, but its Word Flow keyboard isn't among them.Starting today,...
Percona Branching Out With Its Second MongoDB Server
Percona, an open-source server maker well-known for working with the popular MySQL database, has branched out to make servers for MongoDB—another often-downloaded database.The Durham,...
Sirin Labs to Launch Pricey, High-Security Smartphones in May
Startup Sirin Labs will bring its Solarin smartphones to market in May, offering users who can afford them an ultra-secure, luxury-styled device that will...
Microsoft Readies Azure IoT Device Management, Gateway SDK Betas
Hannover Messe, the industrial technology conference for manufacturers, is currently underway in Germany. Presenting at the event and gearing up for an Internet of...
Apple Online Services in China Shut Down by Government: Report
Today's topics include a report that the Chinese government shut down Apple’s online services, users of Windows 10 can now use the Universal Windows...