Monthly Archives: July 2016
IoT, Smartphones Power Consumer Electronics Industry in 2016
The broader adoption of the Internet of things (IoT) and enthusiasm for emerging technology will drive the American consumer technology industry to $286.6 billion...
Samsung Notebook 7 Spin Convertibles Aimed at Enterprise Users
Samsung Notebook 7 Spin Convertibles Aimed at Enterprise Users
The Notebook 7 Spin evolved from previous Samsung portables: the Galaxy Tab Pro S, which had...
Businesses Lacking on Privileged Account Security: Report
There appear to be major shortcomings in the current state of privileged credential password and access security among organizations worldwide, according to a Thycotic...
Router Crashes Trigger Major Southwest IT System Failure
Southwest Airlines and its IT people had a pretty grim 24 hours July 20 and 21 after the airline suffered a disastrous IT trifecta:...
Macy’s Taps IBM, Satisfi for In-Store Shopping Companion
Retail brand Macy's has tapped IBM and Satisfi to deliver a new in-store personalized shopping companion for customers.The new shopping companion, known as "Macy's...
Google Introduces Beta Versions of Two Machine Learning APIs
Google has released open beta versions of two new machine learning APIs to enable its cloud platform customers to perform data analytics on large...
Blockchain Moving Beyond Finance; Still in Early Stages
Blockchain technology has been gaining a good deal of momentum in the technology world this year, with major vendors like Microsoft and IBM jumping...
AT&T Sees Q2 Revenue, Net Income Gains, Thanks to DirecTV Buyout
AT&T reported what analysts consider a solid second quarter, with revenue of $40.52 billion and a net profit of $3.4 billion, up from $33...
Oracle Distributes Largest-Ever List of Software Security Patches
Today's topics include Oracle's release of its largest ever security patch, Blackberry CEO's explanation as to why the company doesn't try to regain some...
Startup Tascent Launches Biometric Security Device for iPhone
iPhones represent a lot of functionality to millions of users, but never before has the ubiquitous Apple smartphone been a biometrics security device.Tascent, which...