Monthly Archives: June 2016
Malware ‘Crysis’: New Strain Combines Multiple Threats, Platforms
In some ways, the latest variation of Crysis (or Crisis, depending on whom you ask) malware either provides something for everyone, or it's a...
French Gov’t Issues Terror Alert App Ahead of Euro 2016
The French government on June 8 introduced SAIP, a mobile application designed to alert users of a terrorist attack or other highly dangerous event.SAIP,...
Microsoft Releases Kaizala App for iOS in India
iPhone users can now install Kaizala, a small- and midsize-business (SMB) collaboration app originally released by Microsoft Garage in February. Microsoft Garage is home...
Google, Oxford Researchers Study Way to Stop AI Systems From Misbehaving
Researchers from Google's DeepMind group and at the University of Oxford are collaborating on a project to develop what amounts to a kill switch...
Qualcomm Unveils Platform for Connected Cars
Qualcomm officials over the past year have been making an aggressive push into the emerging connected car space, and they are taking their next...
Databricks Secures Apache Spark, Launches Community Edition
Databricks, the company founded by the team that created Apache Spark, today announced the completion of the first phase of the Databricks Enterprise Security...
HPE Unveils Converged Systems for IoT
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is making a concentrated push to be the infrastructure, analytics and security provider for enterprises' Internet of things efforts.At the company's...
Microsoft Launches Planner, GigJam Preview Hits iOS
Nearly six months after releasing a preview version of its new Planner project management tool, Microsoft has officially launched the cloud-based software for visual...
Zimperium Raises $25M for Mobile Security Tech
Mobile security vendor Zimperium announced on June 7 that it raised $25 million in a Series C round of funding, bringing total funding to...
Microsoft Outlook Available on HoloLens Augmented-Reality Headsets
Today's topics include Microsoft’s debut of Outlook for HoloLens, IBM’s launch of its Data Science Experience application, Verizon’s latest bid for Yahoo’s Web business...