Monthly Archives: May 2016

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Facebook Reveals Trending News Guidelines After Reports of Bias

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Today's topics include Facebook's defense of its trending algorithm, Microsoft's improvement of Edge browser plug-ins for Windows 10, SAP's new Internet of things functionality...
Microsoft Power BI on-premises

Microsoft Power BI Q&A Can Now Quiz On-Premises Data

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Power BI, Microsoft's cloud-based business intelligence (BI) software offering, is finally allowing users to derive business insights from their on-premises data sources by simply...
big data analytics

AtScale Raises $11M for Enterprise Big Data Analytics

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AtScale, a San Mateo, Calif.-based business analytics software maker, announced May 16 that it raised $11 million in a Series B round of financing...
Sony

Sony May Consolidate Its Smartphone Lines, Reports Say

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Sony's Xperia Z, Xperia C and Xperia M smartphone lines could soon be reduced to one Xperia X product line as the company fights...
Firefox

Mozilla Issues Legal Challenge to FBI to Disclose Firefox Flaw

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Open-source organization Mozilla wants the FBI to reveal details about software flaws that might impact its Firefox Web browser. Denelle Dixon-Thayer, Mozilla's chief legal...
CoreOS Fest

CoreOS Fest Showcases New Projects to Advance Containers

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CoreOS Fest Showcases New Projects to Advance Containers The developer event highlights new funding for CoreOS and the launch of new projects to advance the...
How Mark Zuckerberg Is Shaping the Future of Facebook

How Mark Zuckerberg Is Shaping the Future of Facebook, Social Media

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How Mark Zuckerberg Is Shaping the Future of Facebook, Social Media Facebook is no longer just a social network. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expanding his...
network virtualization

Corsa Brings SDN to the WAN, Metro Networks

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Corsa Technology wants to bring software-defined networking to the edge of the network.The company this month introduced the DP2000 series switching and routing platform...

Zuckerberg to Meet With Leading Conservatives on Facebook Bias Claims

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Conservative commentator and personality Glenn Beck has accepted an invitation to meet with Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg May 18 to discuss reports...
NXP car platform

NXP Unveils Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

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Officials with chip maker NXP Semiconductors expect the company to be a significant player in the fast-growing autonomous vehicle market with a new platform...