Monthly Archives: October 2016
After Note7 Disaster, Samsung Drops Its Q3 Profit Estimate by 32%
A day after Samsung announced it had permanently discontinued its fire-prone Note7 smartphone line, the company revealed that it expects to take a $2.6...
Google Acquires FameBit to Boost Branded Video Content on YouTube
Google has acquired marketing firm FameBit in a move the company says will make it easier for brands to work with YouTube creators in...
Pivot3 Unveils Hyperconverged Appliance for SMBs, Remote Offices
Pivot3 officials want to bring its hypercoverged technologies to smaller organizations and remote enterprise offices.The company this week launched the Edge Office, an appliance...
Amazon Unveils Amazon Music Unlimited Streaming Service
Amazon is boosting its streaming music subscription offerings with a new Amazon Music Unlimited service that will provide customers with tens of millions of...
Samsung Permanently Halts Note7 Smartphone Production
Today's topics include Samsung's move to halt production and marketing of its Note7, the elevated warnings of a Trojan horse virus that is targeted...
Intel Launches Its First Branded Drone
Intel officials have cited drones as an important growth market for the chip maker, and the company has been aggressive in getting its technologies—including...
Ubuntu 16.10 Provides Incremental Linux Desktop Improvements
Ubuntu 16.10 Provides Incremental Linux Desktop Improvements
Canonical is set to release the next version of Ubuntu Linux. Here's what we can expect in the...
HP Closes In on Lenovo in a Consolidating Global PC Market
Lenovo and HP Inc. continue to vie for the top spot in a global PC market that continues to slow and that is consolidating...
Enterprises Move to Public Key Infrastructures
There is an increased reliance on public key infrastructures in today's enterprise environment, driven largely by the growing use of cloud-based services and applications...
Samsung Finally Pulls the Plug on Note7 but After a Great Cost to Many
It wasn't supposed to be this way. When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note7 back in August, this new smartphone was intended to give the...