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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission on Monday announced a joint investigation into the issue of mobile device security updates The FTC issued an order requiring eight mobile device manufacturers -- Apple, BlackBerry, Google, HTC America, LG Electronics USA, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility and Samsung Electronics...

It appears there won't be a lot of design changes in the next iPhone, according to a schematic photo NowhereElse published online Monday It shows what's purported to be Apple's upcoming iPhone 7 to be the same size as the 6s....

Apple and SAP last week announced an agreement to create applications for the iPhone and iPad using SAP's HANA data management platform as well as an iOS software development kit and training academy for outside developers and customers The move marks Apple's latest attempt to break through to the enterprise market and comes at a challenging time f...

IBM on Tuesday announced Watson for Cyber Security, a cloud-based version of its AI technology, trained in cybersecurity as part of a year-long research project "This technology is about using Watson's learning capability and ability to understand the meaning and context of human language, and applying that to the massive amount of unstructured sec...

Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of Amazon Direct Video, a service that will let content creators not only reach tens of millions of potential viewers with self-generated video uploads, but also participate in revenue sharing. Amazon will use the new service as an additional incentive to boost its Prime membership, which includes access to o...

Pivotal last week announced a US$253 million round of Series C financing Led by new investor Ford, together with Microsoft and previous investors GE, EMC and VMware, the deal is expected to close this month....

Google's Self-Driving Car Project and Fiat Chrysler last week announced that they would integrate autonomous vehicle technology into 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans as part of Google's testing program It is the first time Google has worked directly with a car manufacturer to integrate its self-driving technology into a passenger vehicle....

It has been 40 years since Bill Gates wrote his open letter to the software industry complaining that computer hobbyists were stealing his BASIC program. That was so long ago that Wikipedia has a picture of the source code for "Micro-Soft" BASIC on paper tape. A lot of things have changed since then In the 1970s when Microsoft was getting started, ...

Commercial software is full of security vulnerabilities from unpatched open source components developers use, according to a reportBlack Duck Software issued last week Software companies misjudge how much open source code their commercial products contain, the report says....

Amazon has entered a 10-year lease agreement with Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the aircraft company announced last week. Under the agreement, Amazon has the right to buy up to 30 percent of Atlas Air Amazon will lease a fleet of 20 Boeing 767-300 converted freighters -- including crew, maintenance and insurance -- for seven years, with extensions ...

Microsoft last week announced that Windows 10 was running on 300 million PCs and reminded customers that its free upgrade offer would end July 29. After that date, the price to upgrade to Windows 10 Home will be US$119 "We're pleased to see Windows 10 become one of the largest online services in less than a year," said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate VP of ...

IBM last week announced that it would allow researchers and scientists to run experiments using its quantum processor The IBM Quantum Experience runs on the IBM Cloud. Users will be able to run algorithms and experiments on the quantum processor; work with individual quantum bits, or qubits; and explore tutorials and simulations on the possibilitie...

Twitter has blocked U.S. intelligence agencies from accessing information from Dataminr, a firm that tracks tweets in real time to provide actionable information for financial, media, security and other types of institutional clients, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday The block suggests Twitter is unwilling to cooperate with government agenci...

The Vivaldi browser provides a refreshing approach to traveling along the Internet. It offers something beyond the same old thing in a different skin....

Viv Labs CEO Dag Kittlaus on Monday demonstrated at Disrupt NY 2016 technology that was designed to make people-to-machine interactions as natural as people-to-people interactions Kittlaus, the former CEO of Siri, and other Siri vets cofoundedViv in 2012....

GetHuman last week launched a service designed to help consumers with the tangle of customer service For between US$5 and $25, one of the eight-person company's five dedicated problem solvers, aided by bots, will call a customer service line on a client's behalf to sort things out....

I spent last week at EMC World -- the last EMC World, by the way -- talking to customers and both Dell and EMC employees, on the lookout for interesting stories that others hadn't picked up. I got a bunch that I think are fascinating -- stories about women in technology, billions of dollars of currently untapped revenue, and why every EMC and Dell sales rep effectively will have a dartboard with Meg Whitman's picture on it. ...

Microsoft last week announced the acquisition ofSolair, a move to expand its global Internet of Things business Solair's IoT customization and deployment solutions, which are built on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, have helped a wide range of businesses improve efficiencies and profitability, according to Microsoft....

The final chapter in Sony's PlayStation 4 exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief's End brings the story of treasure hunter Nathan Drake to a satisfying conclusion, suggest early reviews. The game will hit retail outlets Tuesday The game is the final title in the series, developerNaughty Dog has said....

Aging at Home, Part 1: Home May Be Where the Technology Is When road maps for advanced care terminate in the familiar surroundings of one's home, as opposed to assisted living facilities and hospitals, technology can be as critical and comforting as human caregiving. Neither can replace the benefits the other brings....