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• Indiegogo launches crowdsourcing for big businesses

  06-01-2016 23:32
  
  Crowdsourcing site Indiegogo announced today at CES that it has launched a service for big businesses to garner public funding for R&D projects, validate product proposals and run cash-prize contests for new consumer-based ideas.Like other crowdsourcing services, Indiegogo's Enterprise Crowdfunding service also allows consumers to get their hands on new products before the general market does through pledging money toward that product's development.Since being launched in 2008, Indiegogo has
  
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• At CES, Feds prod companies to expand privacy efforts

  06-01-2016 23:07
  
  LAS VEGAS -- Two top federal regulators on Wednesday urged tech companies to expand their efforts to protect consumer privacy.
  "There is a responsibility if you collect [personal] information," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said at CES.
  He said Internet service providers (ISPs) have a responsibility to make sure personal data is held securely and that companies are transparent about what's being captured. Wheeler also said consumers need to know that they have a choice
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: The business of bots and the realities of enterprise automation

  06-01-2016 22:38
  
  The emerging set of capabilities and associated technologies enabling the automation of knowledge work through Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is one of the great disruptors facing organizations in the coming years. For the chief information officer (CIO), RPA represents a tremendous opportunity for the IT function to provide considerable new value to the business—an opportunity that the CIO cannot afford to ignore.History has shown that non-IT business units are fast to adopt game-changi
  
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• Microsoft quietly unwraps a big-data analytics platform based on R

  06-01-2016 22:30
  Microsoft this week took the next step following its acquisition of Revolution Analytics last year by unwrapping an advanced-analytics platform of its own based on the open source R programming language.
  Dubbed Microsoft R Server, the platform works with Windows, Linux, Hadoop and Teradata software. It's now available on the Microsoft Developer Network and via Microsoft's DreamSpark educational program.
  Last April Microsoft completed its acquisition of Revolution Analytics, provider of the
  
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• Apple doubles down on its Reno data center

  06-01-2016 22:03
  
  Apple may be scaling back iPhone orders, but Cupertino is still investing in expanding its cloud and Internet services.
  According to a new report in Data Center Knowledge, Apple has filed a permit to double the size of its data centers in Reno, Nevada. The proposed data center site will be adjacent to Apple’s Project Mills campus, an existing data center site in Reno Technology Park.
  Apple’s new data center campus is codenamed Project Huckleberry, according to Reno area officials. T
  
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• FAA drone registrations hit 181,000

  06-01-2016 21:06
  More than 181,000 drones have been registered in the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s new drone registration database.
  "We’re very encouraged by the numbers," said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta at CES in Las Vegas on Wednesday, as he announced the precise total, as of that morning, of 181,061.
  The number represents a big jump on the initial 45,000 registrations when the system went live on December 21, but falls well short of preholiday industry estimates of several hundred
  
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• Apple's cut of 2015 App Store revenue tops $6B

  06-01-2016 20:50
  
  Apple today trumpeted that gross revenue from its iOS App Store -- which now also includes software for the Apple Watch and Apple TV -- exceeded $20 billion for 2015, implying that sales were up between 40% and 47% year-over-year.
  While that growth rate would still be impressive, it would be down from gains in 2014, which a year ago Apple pegged at 50%.
  In a now-annual tradition, Apple on Wednesday issued a press release that boasted of select statistics from the App Store, at least partly to c
  
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• Netflix gets its own 'Downton Abbey' with a period drama about the British Monarchy

  06-01-2016 20:33
  
  Netflix has just announced a massive global expansion of its service, along with two new shows coming this year including a period drama about Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.The other original Netflix series will be "The Get Down," from director Baz Luhrmann, which tells the story of "when a crime-ridden city" -- New York -- "gave way to the birth of disco, graffiti and hip hop."Netflix/IDGNS Reed Hastings shared growth figures for netflix over the yearsTo read this article in full or to leav
  
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• ArcSight vs. Splunk? Why you might want both

  06-01-2016 20:27
  
  Two of the most highly-rated software products in the security information and event management (SIEM) market are ArcSight and Splunk, according to online reviews by SIEM software users in the IT Central Station community. But the user reviews show that the two products have such different strengths that, instead of viewing them as direct rivals, users might want both.
  ArcSight is HP Enterprise’s family of SIEM software tools for helping businesses protect their data through security anal
  
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• Intel delivers faster, but more expensive thumb-size Compute Stick PCs with Core M chips

  06-01-2016 20:23
  
  Intel's new thumb-size Compute Stick PCs are getting faster and more sophisticated, but also more expensive.Two new Compute Sticks -- which plug into TVs or monitors -- will be "in production" next month with the latest, sixth-generation Core M3 and M5 processors. Those processors are also in some of the latest laptops and hybrids shown at this week's CES.A Compute Stick with the Core M3-6Y30 will be priced at US$399 with Windows 10. A Core M5-6Y57 vPro Compute Stick model will be priced at $499
  
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• PC makers drawn to snazzy OLED screens as they look to replace LCDs

  06-01-2016 20:15
  It's a small victory for Windows PC makers over Apple in displays: they are ahead in putting vibrant OLED screens in computers.OLED screens are brighter, thinner and consume less power than LCD technology, which dominates flat panels. OLED was introduced for the first time in PCs with HP's Spectre x360 and Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Yoga hybrids, which are expected to be priced at a premium when the devices ship later this year.The hybrids are primarily laptops, but become tablets after folding the at
  
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• Dell targets Microsoft Surface with 4K Latitude 12 tablet

  06-01-2016 20:15
  
  With its new Latitude 12 7000, Dell believes it can offer a sexier, lighter and more feature-loaded tablet than Microsoft's Surface.The standout feature in the Windows 10 tablet is an optional 12.5-inch screen that can display images at a 4K resolution. It's easy to question the need for a 4K resolution on such a small screen, but during a hands-on, the images looked amazingly sharp. The resolution could be a big deal for those who have a sharp eye for detail.Along with Acer, Dell is an early to
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: When will Apple fix the Mac App Store?

  06-01-2016 18:56
  The iOS App Store did amazingly well during the Christmas season. According to a press release from Apple, the iOS App Store brought in more than $1.1 billion dollars. That's no small amount of money, and Apple can certainly take pride in its achievement. App Store developers who profited from Christmas sales are also no doubt very happy indeed.Here's more from Apple's press release about the Christmas success of the iOS App Store:
  In the two weeks ending January 3, customers spent over $1.1 bil
  
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• 4K video coming to drones, robots, VR headsets and cars with new chips

  06-01-2016 18:45
  
  The adoption of 4K video is exploding, and drones, robots, cars and virtual reality headsets are set to join the party.Chip companies are at CES showing off their efforts to ease 4K video playback and capture on consumer electronics. And in addition to supporting the boosted video resolution, new chips and architectures are using artificial intelligence features to recognize and classify images.Ambarella announced H2 and H12 low-power chips for small 4K cameras found in drones; it also has low-p
  
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• CES 2016: When will we see the real 5G?

  06-01-2016 18:20
  
  Franklin Flint, CTO of the Telecommunications Industry Association, kicked off a panel on the potential for 5G at CES in Las Vegas this week by asking how soon the industry might see 5G deployments in the wild.
  Flint cited South Korea's claims that it will debut 5G wireless, which they specified as 20 Gigabits per second (Gbps) data transfer speeds for all users, when it hosts the Winter Olympics in 2018. Flint also referred to Verizon's chief information and technology architect Roger Gurnani'
  
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• Silent Circle patches Blackphone vulnerability

  06-01-2016 18:11
  
  A report released this morning shows that no phone is 100 percent secure -- but that one company, at least, is able to respond quickly and issue patches immediately.
  An open socket on the Blackphone made its nVidia modem accessible to apps without those apps having to first get user permissions. When combined with other vulnerabilities, such as those allowing execution of remote code, this could potentially allow websites to secretly use a phone to make phone calls or send text messages.
  The co
  
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• Third try is no charm for failed Linux ransomware creators

  06-01-2016 17:37
  Getting cryptographic implementations right is difficult. A group of malware creators is currently experiencing that hard truth, to the amusement of security researchers.For the past several months, a group of cybercriminals have been infecting Linux systems -- primarily Web servers -- with a file-encrypting ransomware program that the security industry has dubbed Linux.Encoder.This development is worrying, because Web server infections don't require user interaction as on desktop computers wher
  
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• B2B-bedrijven blijven achter met e-commerce

  06-01-2016 17:20
  Bijna de helft van de bedrijven in de groothandel en de industrie verkoopt zijn producten niet online. Beveiliging en integratie met het ERP-systeem zijn de belangrijkste obstakels. Hierop duidt een internationaal onderzoek van Sana, leverancier van oplossingen voor e-commerce.De VS is koploper. Daar verkoopt 64% van... lees meer
  
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• What you need to know about HaLow, or 802.11ah Wi-Fi

  06-01-2016 16:07
  
  Here’s a primer on the new low-power 802.11ah Wi-Fi standard, a.k.a. HaLow, that’s designed to make a splash in the Internet of Things (IoT).
  There’s a new wireless standard? Another one, I mean?
  Yep, there sure is. It’s called 802.11ah, as in “ah, a new Wi-Fi standard!”
  Oh, um, ha-ha. I guess that had the same general shape as a joke.
  You’re too kind.
  So what’s the big deal with 802.11ah?
  In very broad strokes, it’s low-powered Wi-Fi at a l
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Healthcare outsider developing software to improve diagnosis

  06-01-2016 15:43
  
  Worried about a coming shortage of physicians?  Don’t be, says Cameron Powell, CEO of Physician Cognition.  Low-cost providers, such as nurse practitioners, and consumers themselves, he says, will fill in nicely.Empowering them will be what Powell calls “MD-mimicking technology.” Powell’s company is building just such a technology.  The program, called Xebra Pro, is being groomed to advise healthcare providers and patients about the signs, symptoms, diagnos
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Visual hacking is not hacking

  06-01-2016 15:24
  
  Come on. We have now gone too far. I will admit it - I have used the word hacking in articles and article titles to draw attention. I love attending the annual Black Hat conference here in Las Vegas - it's full of the real thing, real live hackers who excel at what they do and real live security professionals who excel at what they do and were probably hackers once themselves. You know, "if you can beat 'em, join 'em and get paid well to do so."The popularity of hacking topics has led to the wor
  
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• Web metrics vendor reports major decline in Microsoft Edge's browser share

  06-01-2016 15:23
  
  Microsoft's Edge browser is in trouble.
  That's the conclusion drawn from data published Friday by a U.S. analytics company, which portrayed a plummeting user share -- a measurement of unique visitors to websites, and one of the few proxies for real-world adoption -- of the browser amongst Windows 10 users last month.
  According to Net Applications, Edge's share of the global Windows 10 user base fell to 23% in December, dropping eight percentage points from the month before.Net Applications, Sta
  
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• Microsoft officially dumps Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10

  06-01-2016 15:19
  Microsoft recently announced another step that puts Internet Explorer that much closer to oblivion. Beginning next Tuesday, January 12, Microsoft will officially retire Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10 for most Windows operating systems, according to a Microsoft support page.
  Internet Explorer 11 will be the only officially supported version of the browser for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10.
  The only exception will be Windows Vista users, who will stick with Internet Explorer 9. Vista’s ma
  
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• CES brings the first big crop of AllJoyn IoT products

  06-01-2016 15:01
  
  More than a dozen smart-home products at the CES show this week can find and interact with each other through the AllJoyn software framework, one of the major platforms vying to connect the Internet of Things.
  The devices include light bulbs, audio systems, an air humidifier and a security camera that can link up to other connected gear. They're the first big batch of products to be certified for AllJoyn interoperability since the first were announced last October: Microsoft's Windows 10 Profes
  
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• Double Robotics upgrades its iPad telepresence robot

  06-01-2016 15:00
  Double Robotics is starting off 2016 with an update to its iPad-based Double telepresence robot. The new robot, called Double 2, doesn’t stray much from the overall design of its predecessor. But there are two major changes that affect the overall performance.
  The first new feature is called Lateral Stability Control. This allows Double 2 to roam around without losing its balance when it rolls over a bump, cord or other object. When I reviewed the original Double, the robot didn’t h
  
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• Digital Storm brings the latest custom-cooling tech to its PCs

  06-01-2016 15:00
  
  Still proud you moved from a CLC cooler to custom loops with hoses on your gaming rig? We have some bad news for you, Timmy: The cool kids are already two steps ahead of you.
  On Tuesday at CES, boutique PC manufacturer Digital Storm announced that it's taken custom cooling to the “final frontier,” adopting compression fittings and quick releases for all of the bends in its custom machines.
  High-end custom loops originally featured soft tubing, and then later hard acrylic tubing. But
  
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• Privacy group says Google tracks your school children online

  06-01-2016 14:55
  
  Google gives free software and sells low-priced Chromebook computers to thousands of American schools. In return, it collects alarming amounts of data on students without asking permission from their parents, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a privacy-focused consumer advocacy group."Minors shouldn't be tracked or used as guinea pigs, with their data treated as a profit center," says Nate Cardozo, an EFF attorney. "If Google wants to use students' data to 'improve Google pr
  
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• Hands-on with the Acer Liquid Jade Primo Windows Phone

  06-01-2016 14:55
  
  For Windows Phone fans, the most wonderful thing about the Acer Liquid Jade Primo is the very fact that you have a choice. And if you’re looking for a phone that simply feels a little more luxurious than the Lumia 950 series from Microsoft, Acer may have the phone for you.
  Acer’s Liquid Jade Primo reminds me of an Android phone—and that’s not a bad thing. Microsoft’s design aesthetic is what I would call fairly prosaic and straightforward: aside from the wild
  
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• Next-gen drones, talking sunglasses and other Day Two sights from CES

  06-01-2016 14:33
  
  Next-gen drones, talking sunglasses and other Day Two sights from CESImage by James NiccolaiCES doesn't officially open until Wednesday but that didn't stop vendors trotting out more goodies at a series of prsss conferences the day before. Intel and Sony were the big draws, and the gadgets ranged from collision-avoidance drones to turntables, which are making a resurgence at CES. Here's some of the things that caught our eye.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  
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• How to change your Facebook ad preferences

  06-01-2016 14:10
  
  You’ve seen them before: irrelevant Facebook ads that pop up in your feed, leaving you scratching your head. Ever wonder where they come from? 
  Facebook determines which ads it serves you based on a number of factors, including the information you share with the social network, Pages you like or engage with, ads you click on, apps you use, websites you visit and information from its data providers and advertisers, it says. 
  Also on CIO.com:How three old-school companies became d
  
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• What FIDO credentials mean in Windows 10

  06-01-2016 14:00
  
  Passwords offer weak protection but “they’re darn cheap to implement,” a recent Forrester report points out. That’s why passwords continue to be the go-to protection for so many systems. But with the ever-growing list of password breaches – not to mention the availability of faster hardware, making password cracking an increasingly trivial task – 56 percent of firms told Forrester they want to move away from passwords in the next three years.
  Windows 10 can b
  
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• Let go of control for more engaged employees

  06-01-2016 13:39
  
  If you want productive and engaged employees, you won't get there by micromanaging them. Rather, go in the opposite direction and offer more autonomy. A recent study from Gallup found that 51 percent of employees report being "not engaged" at work, while 17 percent report being "actively disengaged" at work. Louise Harder, external lecturer at Copenhagen Business School and Ph.D fellow in modern workplace, says that disengagement is ultimately "a failure of management," and that employers need t
  
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• How to increase security through building design

  06-01-2016 13:30
  
  Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED, is a method used in security planning that focuses on design, placement and the way the building is used as a means to increase security in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
  “CPTED tends to provide a purposeful sense of orderliness in developing a security program,” says William Nesbitt, president of SMSI. “It’s geared at trying to not only have an effective security program, but to have that program be perceived a
  
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• Apple’s convergence will be about input not interface

  06-01-2016 13:00
  
  There will be a day when our iPads and MacBooks run the same operating system. Despite what Tim Cook wants us to believe, the crossover potential is simply too tantalizing for it not to happen; in fact, I’m willing to bet that somewhere deep inside Jony Ive’s laboratory there already exists a machine that merges the best of the mobile and desktop operating systems into a singular first-class experience.
  But if the Surface and Pixel C have taught us anything, it’s that two worl
  
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• Dreaming of a wire-free laptop? It's closer to reality

  06-01-2016 12:05
  
  In the not too distant future, PC makers want to free your laptop of wires and cables. Some announcements at CES signal progress toward that goal.PC makers want to bid adieu to bulky power adapters, and make charging as simple as placing a laptop on a kitchen counter, desk or table at a cafe. Another goal is to establish speedy wireless connections between laptops and external peripherals, which could eliminate wired ports like USB and HDMI from PCs.Intel showed a wire-free prototype laptop last
  
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• Review: 7 data recovery tools for every data disaster

  06-01-2016 12:00
  
  Storage media is more reliable than it’s ever been. But while drive failures are fewer and further between, technology improvements do nothing to protect you from the No. 1 cause of data loss: human error. It’s devastating to lose the only copy you have of any file -- that important document or irreplaceable photo -- all because you mistakenly formatted the wrong drive or hit Delete too quickly. It’s even more infuriating when you have only yourself to blame.
  The single bigges
  
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• Intel embraces Internet of Things, puts sensors on everything

  06-01-2016 12:00
  
  A decade ago, Intel’s primary data source for its PC and server microprocessors were the people who used Intel’s products. Today, those data sources are sensors connecting the Internet of Things, and Intel wants them everywhere.
  Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich showcased a number of different initiatives during the company’s CES 2016 keynote on Tuesday, all with the goal of embedding sensors in as many places as possible—including clothing, sporting gear, and drones.
  &ld
  
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• Intel demos collision-avoidance drone that will go on sale this year

  06-01-2016 07:00
  
  Intel put on an entertaining show for its CES opening keynote Tuesday night, with BMX bikes jumping across the stage and a live demo of a drone that can avoid obstacles in flight.CEO Brian Krzanich called it "the most sophisticated collision avoidance technology in a consumer drone," and said it would retail for less than US$2,000 when it goes on sale in the first half of this year.Called the Typhoon H and made by Yuneec (pronounced "unique"), the drone uses Intel's RealSense 3D camera technolog
  
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• Apple said to scale down orders for iPhones

  06-01-2016 06:26
  
  Apple's component suppliers are bracing for cuts in sales as the iPhone maker has apparently pared down its orders for the phones.Problems for Chinese iPhone factories were seen in the final two months of last year, when they had some surprisingly idle capacity, at a time when they would have been usually rushing to meet orders from Apple, reported the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.Apple, which usually intimates its projections of its requirements to makers in advance, has cut its order forecas
  
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• Oakley's new sunglasses are a fitness coach that whispers in your ear

  06-01-2016 06:00
  
  At last year's CES, Intel announced a tie-up with Oakley to develop smart eyewear, and on Tuesday it showed the fruits of that labor. It's a nifty pair of interactive sunglasses that coach you with voice commands while you run.They're called Radar Pace and they'll go on sale late this year, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in his CES keynote. Think of them as a Siri for athletes. James Niccolai Craig Alexander wears Oakley's Radar PaceStart by saying "Hey Radar, what's my workout today," and s
  
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• Intel's Curie chip to convey thrills and spills of Winter X Games

  06-01-2016 05:02
  
  If you tune into the Winter X Games in Colorado later this month you should get a heightened sense of the action thanks to a tie-up between Intel and ESPN, which sponsors the event.Wireless chips from Intel will be mounted on snowboards used in the competition, and transmit data about athletes' performance such as how high they jump and how far they rotate. The information will be displayed on TVs at home as people watch the broadcast.It's a new use case for the Internet of Things, in which ever
  
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• IBM union calls it quits

  06-01-2016 03:25
  
  After trying since 1999 to turn IBM into a union shop, the Alliance@IBM, a Communications Workers of America local, is "suspending" its organizing efforts.
  "Years of job cuts and membership losses have taken their toll," said the Alliance in a statement Tuesday.
  The Alliance, which had 400 dues-paying members at its peak, now has about 200. But this figure doesn't tell the real story about the Alliance's accomplishments.
  The Alliance became a key source of public information for employees and t
  
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• MasterCard rolls out 'Groceries by MasterCard' for Samsung Family Hub fridge

  06-01-2016 02:20
  
  LAS VEGAS -- MasterCard on Tuesday announced Groceries by MasterCard, a service designed to work with Samsung Family Hub refrigerators shipping this spring.
  Samsung's newest refrigerators will include an Internet-connected display on the front, called the Family Hub, where the MasterCard grocery service can be accessed. In addition, a companion Groceries by MasterCard mobile app can be used for ordering and paying remotely for groceries.
  Betty DeVita, chief commercial officer for MasterCard, sa
  
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• Qualcomm's new chip will turn your next car into a self-driving theater on wheels

  06-01-2016 01:37
  
  Qualcomm unwrapped a new family of Snapdragon processors at CES that threaten to turn your car into something that feels more like a fairground than a mode of transport.The chip maker showed its Snapdragon 820A driving a mock-up car interior with four HD displays -- two for the driver and two for passengers in the back -- and a digital animated dashboard. The same chip powers cameras inside and outside of the car, analyzes road conditions to assist with driving, and provides a download link as f
  
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• CES 2016: Why the IoT needs fiber-optic broadband to succeed

  06-01-2016 01:07
  
  A panel of fiber broadband experts speaking at CES 2016 in Las Vegas this week said the Internet of Things (IoT) will not only benefit from fiber-optic broadband, it will require it.
  Katie Espeseth, vice president of new products for EPB – the Electronic Power Board in Chattanooga, Tennessee, responsible for building and maintaining one of the country's most famous fiber-optic networks – explained that the country's first gigabit-speed municipal broadband network was built to suppor
  
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• Samsung continues to bet on Tizen in new Classic smartwatches

  06-01-2016 01:06
  
  LAS VEGAS -- Samsung today announced new Tizen-based Gear S2 Classic smartwatches, placing an emphasis on styling, with traditional round-faced designs that come in 18K rose gold and platinum.
  The round-faced Gear S2 line debuted in November with most models selling for $300. Pricing wasn't announced for the coming Classic models. The internal components of the earlier models will remain the same in the Classic versions. The smartwatches will be available in February.
  The new Samsung Gear S2 cl
  
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• Panasonic debuts two new Toughpad tablets—that run Windows 8

  06-01-2016 01:05
  
  At CES, Panasonic debuted two new 12.5-inch Toughpad Windows tablets, dubbed FZ-Q1, that bring performance of the ultra-rugged devices up to the Haswell generation.
  Panasonic’s Toughpad launch happened during a Consumer Electronics Show press conference that was notably light on consumer products, at least until the tail end of the presentation. Panasonic announced a smart home system, dubbed Ora, as well as a few 4K televisions and displays.
  Of particular interest to PC owners, however,
  
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• AT&T allies with Cisco, IBM, Intel for city IoT

  06-01-2016 01:04
  
  AT&T has formed alliances with Cisco, Deloitte, Ericsson, GE, IBM, Intel, and Qualcomm to help build “smart” connected communities, a focus of its Internet of Things initiative.
  The carrier says it is developing a smart cities framework with its partners to initially smarten up Atlanta, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Chicago and Dallas. Atlanta is looking to improve sustainability and public safety, Chicago to maximize energy efficiency and Dallas to enhance operations in
  
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• Weighing the politics of smart city tech

  06-01-2016 00:34
  
  LAS VEGAS -- AT&T's heavy focus on smart city Internet of Things technology comes with some weighty political overtones, including how taxpayers and voters will react.
  The topic of voter consent with Internet of Things rolloutsarose Tuesday during a paneldiscussion during the AT&T Developer Summit. It featured the mayor of Atlanta, an FCC commissioner and the CEOs of Intel and Ericsson.The event is held annually prior to the opening of CES and attracts hundreds of developers.
  Atlanta Ma
  
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• Google loses robotics chief to Toyota's $1B research lab

  06-01-2016 00:09
  
  James Kuffner, the head of Google's robotics division and one of the original team of ten who started its self-driving car work, has left the company for a job at Toyota's $1 billion research institute in Silicon Valley.
  His departure will come as a blow to the search and advertising giant, which has been plowing forward with a number of robotics projects including the self-driving car, which it hopes to offer for public use some time next year.
  “It’s becoming clear that in the next
  
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