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10 Must-Have Mac OS X Apps
Apple may have some work to do to restore its reputation for software, but third-party developers have got the company's back.
Google Street View Cars Test The Air
Environmental sensor firm Aclima has partnered with Google to test air quality in urban areas.
Google Translate App's Sign-Reading Capabilities Expanded
Travelers can now translate a greater variety of languages in images more efficiently, even when offline. Foreign travelers in remote areas with poor connectivity now have broader communication options.
Intel, Micron Introduce Speedy Memory Technology
3D XPoint, coming next year, combines the advantages of DRAM and NAND flash. It's the first new category of memory introduced since NAND flash debuted in 1989.
Google Lets Cloud Customers Supply Encryption Keys
Users of Google Compute Engine can now provide their own keys to secure data, turning Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) into even more of a self-service affair.
Building An IT Infrastructure: From Dream To Data Center
Tonia Williams, CIO of the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation, recounts how she was invited to imagine a data center where there was none, and then set out to build it.
Ban AI Weapons, Scientists Demand
Roboticists and experts in artificial intelligence want to prohibit offensive autonomous weapons.
Online Security: How The Experts Keep Safe
Google researchers have compared the security practices of experts to non-experts, and identified several ways that typical Internet users can improve their online security.
Dmail Makes Gmail Vanish
You can make Gmail messages self-destruct with a Chrome browser extension.
Sony Drone Venture Targets IoT
By entering the drone business in a joint venture with Aerosense, Sony aims to expand its involvement with cloud services and the Internet of Things.
Twitter Security Pro: Encryption Isn't Enough
Companies need to focus on developing secure coding practices and security education.
iPhone Sales Power Strong Apple Earnings
With 47.5 million iPhones sold during the quarter, demand for the smartphone continues to fill Apple's coffers.
Google Fights Export Controls For 'Intrusion Software'
Proposed export rules could hobble cybersecurity research, Google claims.
Drone Delivers Medicine In Virginia
The delivery test is being compared to the historic first flight of the Wright brothers.
Google Surges With YouTube, Mobile Ads, Cost Control
For Google, mobile ads are paying off better than expected, and expenses declined a bit.
Amazon Prime Day Fail: Huge Sales, Grumpy Customers
Moving merchandise may qualify as success, but not everyone was sold on sales figures as the salient metric.
Google Tests Buy Button In Mobile Search Ads
Google isn't alone in its effort to deck the Web with buy buttons. Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter have been testing buy buttons, too. Social networking is nice, but advertising and revenue are nicer still.
BYOD Slowdown Could Hurt Tablet Sales
As tablet sales slow, enterprises are cooling to the idea of allowing employees to bring their own devices to work, according to two recent reports. Are the trends related?
Programming Without Developers: Jitterbit APIs
Jitterbit's Harmony Live is a cloud platform for designing, connecting, and deploying APIs without the help of computer programmers.
Google Proposes Open Source Beacons
Google's Eddystone protocol aims to make beacons more flexible and open, and to compete with Apple's iBeacon in what is still a nascent market.
14 Security Fails That Cost Executives Their Jobs
Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, is the latest casualty of a data breach, but she's certainly not the only one. There's no job security when your job is security.
Smartphone Notifications Kill Your Concentration
Florida State University researchers have found that mobile phone notifications alone are enough to distract us from the task at hand, even if we try to ignore them.
Google Glass Enterprise Edition: What We Know So Far
The rumored Google Glass Enterprise Edition looks more like a maintenance release to placate the company's handful of Glass at Work partners until the company finds a way to reimagine and reinvigorate the project.
Encryption Hinders Investigations: FBI Chief
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard a different story from technologists, who argue that surveillance has never been easier.
BBC Offers Free Tiny Computers To UK Students
A group of 29 organizations aims to help UK students become more technically adept.
Google Tests Carpool Coordination Service
Through its Waze and RideWith apps, Google aims to match drivers with passengers to form carpools, for a fee.
Amazon Cloud Drive Adds iOS App
iPhone users who prefer Amazon Cloud Drive now have a native app through which they can access Amazon's online storage service. Android versions were previously released through Google Play and Amazon's Fire Phone.
10 Great Websites For Learning Programming
Whether you're preparing for a new career or experimenting with magic powers, it's worth knowing how to program.
The Threat Of Artificial Intelligence
Super-intelligent robots deserve some concern, but really we should be paying more attention to the people and processes involved in building our machines.
Analytics Provides Better Online Learning
MIT researchers are using analytics to identify a way to predict when students are likely drop online courses.
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The State of Cloud Computing - Fall 2020
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