Monthly Archives: December 2016
Microsoft Invites Customers for a Teams Test Drive
Microsoft Teams is the company’s answer to Slack, the team-collaboration platform that's growing by leaps and bounds.Microsoft formally announced Teams back on Nov. 2,...
Microsoft Patent Puts HoloLens on Hunt for Lost Wallets, Keys
Few things are as frustrating as trying to find a misplaced phone, car keys or wallet before heading out to an appointment or going...
Digital Assistants, Smart Home Devices Top Amazon Holiday Sales List
Digital Assistants, Smart Home Devices Top Amazon Holiday Sales List
Amazon.com says smart home devices, wearable computers and its own Echo and Echo Dot digital...
Why Super Mario Run on iOS Faces Criticism Despite Early Success
Why Super Mario Run on iOS Faces Criticism Despite Early Success
Nintendo's Super Mario Run for iOS has set a downloads record on the Apple...
Flock Launches IT’s First ‘Chat Operating System’
There are more than a few internal enterprise social networks competing for deployments in a cutthroat market right now. Some of the ones you...
U.S. Prosecutors Charge Three Chinese Hackers With Insider Trading
U.S. federal prosecutors charged three Chinese nationals with hacking the networks of U.S.-based international law firms and using information from those firms to conduct...
Office.com Updates Provides Easy Access to Frequently-Used Apps
Office.com provides users with access to their Office 365 apps and content anywhere and on practically any device that supports a modern web browser.
With...
Expect 2017 Cyber-Attacks to Far Surpass 2016 in Damage, Frequency
As I'm writing the news is circulating that outgoing President Barack Obama has levied sanctions against Russia for various hacking activities including their attempts...
Microsoft Reports Cerber Ransomware Staging Holiday Onslaught
The holidays are no time to drop one's guard when it comes to cyber-security.After tracking the popular Cerber ransomware family and noticing a decline...
Amazon Refuses to Give Police Echo Digital Assistant User Transcripts
Today's topics include Amazon's resistance to giving police investigators access to Echo digital assistant user data, the Korea Fair Trade Commission's antitrust fine against...