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12 lesser-known Apple Watch tips and tricks you should know
From using Siri to muting notifications to saving battery life, here are some of the most useful Apple Watch tips and tricks you should learn. Read More
RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: MacIT Conference
Ben Bajarin, to provide insights on iOS in the enterprise
MacIT, the leading conference for enterprise IT professionals to learn how to best manage iOS/OS X devices, will feature an insightful session where you will get the latest data, trends, and projections on how Apple is positions to play a key role in the future of work and education. Learn more, visit www.macitconf.com.
WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc
SDN: How do you get there from here?
Are the growing data needs of mobile, cloud, big data and social threatening today's enterprise networks? Scalable processes, a phased integration approach and the appetite to optimize over time are key components of a modern network. It's how agile organizations prepare for the data needs of tomorrow. Learn more >>
What to expect at Google I/O 2015: Google Cloud, Google Now for Apple Watch, and SWAG
Google will celebrate independent software developers that build software with its products and services with two days of tech talks from the company's top technologists at the upcoming Google I/O conference. It's the one conference where developers get better seats at the keynote talks than the press. Google will surprise, delight, and throw a couple of haymakers at its competition.Here are a few guesses, based on discussions with developers who have attended many Google I/O conferences and reading between the lines of the Google I/O schedule. If you want to keep up with the event, you can watch the live stream on May 28.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Leaked memo suggests Microsoft is prepping an instant messenger-style email client
A document purported to be a Microsoft-confidential memo has popped up on Twitter that says the company is looking to revamp Outlook to make it almost like an instant messenger.A screenshot of information on the mobile app, called Flow by Outlook for iPhone, was plastered on Twitter by a user named WalkingCat, who joked "well Microsoft, if it [sic] really confidential, don't put it on publicly accessible Internet, LOL."See also: Microsoft clarifies its Windows confusion, sort of The description says "Fast, fluid, natural conversations" with "No subject lines, salutations, or signatures." Flow is designed for "fast, light-weight conversations in real-time."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
The coolest smartphone not made by Apple is coming to America
Yota, the Russian smartphone maker with the dual-screen phone, announced this week that it will bring its YotaPhone 2 to the U.S. through an Indiegogo campaign to raise $50,000 to pay for certifications and regulatory fees in North America.And the crowd has delivered. As of this writing, Yota has raised $80,000 in just a few hours, well beyond what it needed. Now to clear the FCC hurdles.The YotaPhone 2 can be pre-ordered for $500, and you get a three-month subscription to BookMate as well as a Yota Bumper case. There is also the Yota Wireless Power Bank for wireless charging, which will cost $50.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft Research mitigates privacy issues of beaming SurroundWeb into your living room
You may have dual or even triple monitors, but what if you could mix digital experience and real life by having every flat surface in your entire living room act like multiple monitors for a 3D web browser? Even your smartphone and tablet could be “taken over” to interact with this 3D browser; your room would be “scanned” to make a “room skeleton” in order for webpages to “spill out” and be beamed onto living room surfaces. But a scan implies seeing into the privacy of your living room and using gestures to interact with your immersive 3D browser living room implies a user would be seen. However a paper tackling the privacy challenges of SurroundWeb, a Microsoft Research project, will be presented today at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc
The New IP and Data Center Network Automation
As this IDC Market Spotlight demonstrates, today's data center is everywhere and anywhere. This requires a data center network fabric that can provide a foundation for the automated and programmatic provisioning, configuration, and ongoing management of network-based services. View Now>>
iPhone 6s release may come as early as August
While the first few iterations of the iPhone were all released during the summer months, the iPhone 4s completely turned Apple's iPhone release schedule on its head. Due to various production problems which resulted in delays, the iPhone 4s was released in October of 2011. Since then, Apple has adjusted its iPhone release schedule accordingly, with each new iPhone models now debuting during the fall.But now we're hearing word that Apple's next-gen iPhone, prematurely dubbed the iPhone 6s, might be released sometime in August. According to a recent report in GforGames, which typically has a decent track record with respect to Apple rumors, rumblings from Apple's supply chain suggests that Apple doesn't anticipate any yield issues with its next-gen iPhone and may revert back to a summer launch schedule.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft releases universal real-time translator for Skype
Microsoft has taken its Skype Translator Preview out of closed beta and has made it available to anyone running Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Technical Preview, no sign-up needed. The announcement was posted on the Microsoft Skype blog last week.At this point, the translator only supports Italian, Mandarin, and Spanish in spoken word. For plain-text instant messaging, however, it supports more than 50 languages, including Klingon. Somehow, I suspect that one may get used more than the human languages.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Patent shows Apple's interesting mobile Wi-Fi hotspot idea
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published an Apple patent application today that suggests the company has explored a new kind of mobile hotspot technology that is easier to set up, provides a more reliable connection, and has a longer battery life.The patent application, first reported by Apple Insider, is for a small, cylindrical Wi-Fi hotspot device consisting of two pieces: one containing the networking hardware, the other a battery pack. Screw the two pieces together and you have a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
IDG Contributor Network: Connected cars will overload mobile networks, report says
If you think stop-and-go city traffic can be bad around rush hour, just wait until connected cars get in on the act and start bringing mobile networks to a standstill too. There isn't enough capacity, a new report says.Market intelligence strategist Machina Research paints a gloomy connectivity picture of excessive growth from M2M, which includes connected cars.Growth in that area threatens to disrupt all mobile data traffic.Parking lot UK-based Machina Research analyzes Internet of Things (IoT), M2M and Big Data. Its report says that mobile data will double in certain cells at rush hour. The report predicts a 97% increase over 10 years. The big driver will be cars.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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Building a World-class Security Operations Center
Get an at-a-glance view of the people, process and technology aspects involved in building a world-class SOC and why there's never been a better time to strive for this. Learn More
It's Google and Facebook's web, we just surf in it
It's not exactly news that Facebook and (especially) Google dominate a large portion of what happens online. Add in a few other major players—Apple, Amazon, Microsoft maybe, you know them all—and the supposedly wide-open internet increasingly seems like the private playground and captive market.Google's "buy" button? Two unrelated events last week brought that reality home for me. First, and most importantly, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google is planning to add a "buy" button to its ubiquitous search results pages. Google hasn't confirmed the report, and the Journal says the buttons will appear only on a small percentage of mobile devices (not desktop Web browsers), at least at first. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft does something else right with Windows 10
Microsoft seems determined to do the right thing with the upcoming version of Windows. After decades of sticking it to loyal Windows users with pricey upgrades and short-term perspectives, Microsoft under Satya Nadella seems to have seen the light.See also: Microsoft does the right thing, makes Windows 10 a free upgrade Earlier this year, Microsoft made the enlightened decision to make Windows 10 a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, and it has recently become clear that Microsoft will take another step to support Windows 10 users. The company intends to bypass the mobile carriers and update Windows 10 mobile devices directly as well—at least for business users with its Windows Update for Business program.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Bigger, better, faster: What does Wave 2 of 802.11ac have in store?
"Bigger, better, faster" is a mantra with which many of us are now familiar. Even if it isn't something we have printed on a t-shirt, it can be how we strive to live without often realizing it. Improvement is a part of life. You don't have to look hard to see examples of certain things that have already realized their great potential for improvement. But what about things we take for granted, like wireless? Wireless is all around us, but it's something we take for granted. Sometimes it’s harder to find a business or public location without Wi-Fi than it is to find one with it. So can wireless actually advance? Whether it's in the boardroom or the living room, we have expectations of buttery-smooth audio and video. As the number of wireless devices grows at a profound rate, how can we shore up the wireless network to provide service to all that’s connected? Wireless AC may be the light at the end of the tunnel. With Wave 1 speeds of 1.3Gbps (your mileage may vary) we're offered a chance to handle the larger amount of requests constantly bombarding our access points (APs). Still, the struggle in dense environments continues. Enter Wave 2. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Akamai report: DDoS attacks doubled in Q1 2015, SSDP top attack vector
The number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in first quarter of 2015 has more than doubled the number of DDoS attacks in Q1 of 2014, according to Akamai Technologies’ Q1 2015 State of the Internet Security report. Eight mega attacks were launched against Akamai customers, with the largest measuring almost 170 Gbps. “The significant increase in potential peak attack traffic suggests attackers have been developing new ways to maximize impact,” Akamai said. “As more advanced, potent tools become available, unskilled adversaries could become capable of much more damaging assaults.” Furthermore, with the adoption of IPv6, attacks may create a larger and potentially more effective DDoS attack surface.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
Microsoft study claims technology shortens our attention span
In a report that may not surprise anyone, a new study from Microsoft reveals that our attention spans are at an all-time low, and the culprit, not surprisingly, is the ubiquity of technology which now touches every corner of our lives 24/7.Indeed, you can thank the iPhone for ushering in the smartphone era and creating a world where most of us remain tethered to our devices, lest we miss a text message or the latest sports scores.According to Microsoft's study, which was conducted via EEG scans, the average attention span dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2013. To put that data into context, the average attention span of a goldfish is about 9 seconds, according to the study.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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