Articles by

Apple faced the wrath of legions of Mac users after it reportedly allowed a security certificate to expire on Wednesday, leaving customers unable to use some apps. The expiration appeared to impact a number of apps, including Acorn, Byword, Daisy Disk, Tweetbot and 1Password.

Ford on Friday announced that it will be the first automaker to test its autonomous vehicles at Mcity, a full-scale simulated urban environment that was developed as part of the University of Michigan'sMobility Transformation Center The site will allow Ford to test its autonomous vehicle fleet close to its Dearborn, Michigan, headquarters, taking a...

Alibaba on Wednesday settled US$14.3 billion worth of gross merchandise volume via Alipay, the company's online payment solution, during China's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival. That surpassed last year's $9.3 billion Mobile GMV settlements accounted for about 70 percent of this year's sales....

The Linux Foundation on Thursday announced that it's forming theOpenHPC Collaborative Project to push the software supply to support high-powered computing The project will provide a new open source framework to meet HPC's unique application demands and parallel runtime requirements, the organization said....

Valve this week rolled out the hardware phase of its road map from bedrooms and basements to living rooms and lounge areas with its long-awaited video game controller, PC link box and Steam boxes Valve's road map to the living room began with Big Picture mode in 2011, continued with in-home streaming in 2014, and now includes the new Steam hardware...

One of the clear indications that the cloud movement is becoming mainstream is the growing number of CFOs and finance departments that are adopting Software as a Service solutions to support their corporate responsibilities. Even more interesting is how cloud-based alternatives can redefine the accounting and financial management function in forwa...

Wireless is one of the strongest industries today. However, it continues to change. Every few years, the focus changes and the industry goes in new directions. It happened a few years ago with the iPhone and Android. Now change is happening once again. The wireless industry growth wave is changing. It is cresting. That is not a problem for the net...

Salesforce on Thursday announced the integration of Desk.com and SalesforceIQ to better let SMBs tie customer service with sales Desk.com is the company's all-in-one customer service app....

The combination of custom-made hardware paired with a tweaked Linux OS makes the Librem laptop lineup a unique offering with several innovative security features not offered in any other computer....

Apple is in negotiations with several major banks to launch a peer-to-peer mobile payment system that would compete against rival digital payment companies, including PayPal and Square, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday Apple is working on a plan that would allow consumers to transfer funds directly from their checking accounts to other pe...

Apple this week began selling its iPad Pro, but the newly introduced device is failing to evoke the enthusiasm the company's line of tablets traditionally has seen Reviewers gave the device high marks for its battery life, screen, speakers, light weight and Pen, but panned the keyboard, the lack of a touchpad and 3D Touch, its long charging times a...

Microsoft on Wednesday said it would offer its Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics CRM cloud services to business clients using two Germany-based data centers hosted by a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. The arrangement will protect the integrity and privacy of customer data, the company said....

T-Mobile on Wednesday announced Binge On, a plan that lets qualified customers Netflix and chill as much as they want It's the type of move meant to shake up the wireless industry and to cultivate more T-Mobile loyalists....

ThePew Research Center on Tuesday released a report on permissions and mobile applications found in the Google Play store The number of permissions requested by a mobile app can be a deal breaker for six out of 10 smartphone users, Pew found....

Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to purchase data security firmSecure Islands It will pay between $78 million and $150 million, according to reports, but company spokesperson Joel Sider declined to disclose the terms of the acquisition, which requires regulatory approval....

Google on Tuesday began rolling out an offline mode for Google Maps Users can download a regional map -- say, a city, county or country -- either by tapping "download" on a search result or by going to "Offline Areas" in the Google Maps menu and tapping on the "+" button....

Bitdefender on Monday released a free decryption tool designed to wrest data from the grip of a rare type of ransomware that's been plaguing Linux servers Details for performing the decryption are available on the company's website....

Email systems have become so routine that consumers and workers often regard them as simply part of the furniture -- like a standard-issue desk at a government or business office However, the technology is more complex than most users appreciate -- and that complexity makes it constantly vulnerable to cybersecurity threats....

Here's the problem with most programs aimed at killing malicious software: They need someone to tell them something's malicious What if, however, the programs had the smarts to identify bad code on their own? That's what a company calledDeep Instinct says its security solution, launched last week, can do....

Cisco andEricsson on Monday announced a partnership to build out a next-generation network for smart things and the carriers and enterprises that want to support such devices The deal plays to the companies' strengths in cloud, data center, mobility, management and control, networking, routing and global services, they said....