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When Intel Corp. announced last week that its field programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, would now power the acceleration service for Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, it was yet another chapter in an evolving collaboration between the chip maker and …
Testing a new product? Try the gaming environment first
When Mary Min (pictured) started with her current company and wanted to test the strength of a new security solution in an application environment, she had plenty of options ranging from healthcare to finance to “internet of things.” But the experienced developer knew …
AR opens new windows for ethnographers and technologists
Although technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality are considered to be in the earliest stages of consumer adoption, they offer significant potential to reshape brand marketing campaigns. AR on the mobile platform holds major promise as users embrace smartphone cameras, a …
Samsung well positioned for Android developers, says ReadWrite co-founder
When the Samsung Galaxy smartphone was first released in the middle of 2009, it marked the company’s initial step into the Android market. The Korean consumer giant has been all-in with Android ever since, and it has built a sizable developer community …
NetApp focuses on helping enterprises leverage DevOps chops
In the previously siloed world of information technology infrastructure, systems administrators and developers generally came together only when they passed each other in the hallway. Not anymore. Organizations are increasingly under pressure to speed software deployment while managing the complexities of clouds, …
Nomiku teams up with Samsung for foolproof sous-vide cooking
We all know that refrigerators store food, but through enhancements recently introduced by Samsung Electronics America Inc., they can help cook meals as well. The Samsung Family Hub smart refrigerator is now being shipped with an app from the sous-vide circulator Nomiku …
Samsung adjusts to consumer move from software to connected devices
On the opening day of the Samsung Developers Conference in San Francisco, connected devices took center stage as the company announced the consolidation of its SmartThings, Samsung Connect and ARTIK services into one “internet of things”-branded label of SmartThings Cloud. The move …
If data is the new oil, is storage the new refinery?
Just as oil propelled Standard Oil Co. Inc. to a position of dominant industrial power in the late 1800s, data is doing the same for a number of technology firms today. Half of consumer online spending in the U.S. is controlled by …
Despair, happiness and inflated expectations in the new world of ‘serverless’ computing
French fries didn’t originate in France, Bombay duck is a fish, and catgut actually comes from sheep. To the list of life’s misnomers can be added serverless computing, because it still requires hardware to run. But that doesn’t diminish the fact that …
Hot storage technology gets a cool down from Western Digital
When it comes to making major progress in technology innovation, one of the limiting factors has been heat. Rapid advances in the microprocessor industry have fueled remarkable growth, yet chip makers constantly grapple with the demands of energy released at ridiculous speeds …