Monthly Archives: May 2016
IoT, Health Care Transactions Boost M&A Market
Merger and acquisition (M&A) deal-making has stabilized following record-setting levels in 2015, according to a report from Ernst & Young (EY).The first-quarter M&A findings...
Economist: There Was No ‘Fair Use’ of Java APIs in Android
An economist testifying for Oracle in federal court May 18, Day 8 of its copyright infringement case against Google, told the jury that the...
Google Releases Android N, Firebase Analytics, New ASIC
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—On May 18, the first day of Google I/O 2016, Google brought to the Shoreline Amphitheater stage news involving its Android mobile...
Cisco Buoyed by Collaboration, Security Units
Cisco Systems officials are seeing the benefits of their yearslong effort to expand the company's business beyond core network switches and routers.The company May...
Security for Google’s New Home Assistant May Get Lost on the IoT
When Google announced that it was coming out with a competitor to Amazon's Echo device at the I/O conference on Wednesday May 18, most...
Bitly Embraces Let’s Encrypt for Short Link Security
The Bitly URL shortening service serves about 12 billion clicks a month, helping users with shorter links get to the places online that they...
Google I/O Introduces List of New Consumer-Aimed Services
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–On a clear blue-sky day in which one seemingly could see forever, Google offered its own clear view of the future May...
Microsoft’s Band Wearable Helps Owners Takes a Hike
Aiming to gain a leg up in the challenging market for wearable devices, Microsoft is layering an increasing amount of functionality onto its own...
Nokia Branded Phones, Tablets Returning to Market in Licensing Deal
Nokia mobile phones, smartphones and tablets will be headed back to markets around the globe now that the company has reached a 10-year licensing...
LinkedIn’s 2012 Breach Still Puts Users at Risk
Security experts time and again will recommend that users change their passwords regularly. That's advice that 100 million LinkedIn users hopefully took to heart,...