Category: Technology
3 Aspects of the New Amazon Phone That You Should Know About
A number of things about Amazon’s Fire – the company’s new smartphone – has been revealed over the past few months. Despite the information that we already have, a few questions still remain that will answer details such as name, price and release date. Apart from that, there are other details that we’ve already gathered
As Microsoft stops support for XP, antivirus vendors won’t – but not for long
It’s official: Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows XP. However, with people not wanting to move away from Windows XP, experts suggest that this inaction on their part poses a risk as it exposes them to malware and viruses, thanks to Microsoft not working on security patches anymore. But that’s not entirely true.
Despite Rumors Bing is now here to stay
Despite a number of rumors stating that Microsoft was planning to sell off Bing have persisted for sometime now, recent developments at the Build Developer’s conference point clearly to the opposite. That said, there was a time when Microsoft had planned to sell off Bing, which, to them, was just a ‘search engine’ but
Microsoft gives Web Office Apps an overhaul, design changes similar to Outlook.com
Microsoft has given its Web Office Apps a makeover. Even if the company has done little or nothing to promote these apps, the truth is that they are capable of carrying out a number of tasks as that their offline counterpart can. Now, with a flatter design, easier navigation along with other new features, the
Google acquires DeepMind for $500 million, deep learning is now the focus of several tech companies
Late last year, Google began talks with DeepMind, the London-based artificial intelligence company, which has now been confirmed for almost $500 million. In describing the company’s vision, Larry Wasserman, a Professor in the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon, wrote, “The startup is trying to build a system that thinks by combining machine learning and
Denton Vacuum, LLC Provides Integrity System for WSO-UV
It’s not every day that one of your products gets used on a giant telescope in space. But that’s exactly what happened to Denton Vacuum, a designer and manufacturer of systems that deposit ultra-thin metallic and dielectric coatings. In an official press release, Denton Vacuum announced on Oct 16, 2013 that it has provided its
Samsung ordered to pay $290 million in retrial, verdict clearly in favor of Apple
In a retrial of the patent infringement lawsuit between Samsung and Apple, where the stakes were almost 1 billion, the former has been asked to pay $290 million to the Cupertino company. It was clear that after this decision that neither side got exactly what they wanted since Apple wanted $380 million while Samsung only
Google’s new privacy policy found non-compliant with Dutch privacy law, reveals a DPA press release
Google’s decision to share user data across its service, which was revealed in a policy update in March 2012, isn’t compliant with Dutch privacy law, according to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA). In a press release disseminated by DPA, the following conclusion was revealed, “Google combines the personal data from internet users that are
iOS 7 update is most radical ever, app developers encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity
Experts believe that Apple has released the most dramatic iOS update that will impact more people in shorter period than any other prior update. Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, reveals how big a change this is, in saying, “Measured by the number of people that are going to see a big change within the same
Zuckerberg launches Internet.org, wants everyone connected to the web
It’s clear that Facebook isn’t going to stop with 1 billion users now will it stop when everyone is connected to the Internet either. While some people might say that Facebook wants more users, his vision is really to make the world (quite literally!) to be more open and connected by spreading the internet itself