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Watch LIVE! Big Data NYC: Analytics for the Wall Street crowd
New Yorkers and Big Data enthusiasts are invited to SiliconANGLE and Wikibon’s Big Data NYC 2014 event, kicking off this week. Starting today through Friday October 17, join us at the Empire Room in Hilton Times Square in New York, NY. Watch LIVE! Join the Party! Those unable to attend can watch the livestream broadcast with SiliconANGLE’s ...
Galaxy Note 4 vs. iPhone 6 Plus and other top phablets
Hailed as a top achievement in the smartphone world, Samsung Electronics’ new phablet, the Galaxy Note 4, could be one of the best handsets to hit the market in some time. Set to launch tomorrow, Oct. 17, the phone maker has incorporated several features in hopes of one-upping rivals like Apple Inc.’s iPhone 6 Plus, with ...
POODLE 101: Why and when to worry
A new Internet threat, dubbed POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption), has been identified by Google researchers Thai Duong, Bodo Moller and Krzysztof Kotowicz. POODLE sounds cute but is no laughing matter. Although less problematic than Heartbleed or Shellshock, which were both discovered earlier this year, there are some serious privacy concerns associated with this security ...
Siri for your smart home: Speak and it shall be
This week’s Smart Living roundup features a startup with hopes of becoming a Siri-like assistant for the home, a smart lock that’s Army tough, and a new gadget that turns old smartphones into a smart home hubs. Ubi aims to be the Siri for your smart home Ubi, a product of the United Computer Intelligence Corporation, ...
Dorian Nakamoto wants Bitcoins to make Newsweek pay up
In March, Newsweek identified Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto as the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, but the man quickly denied the claims. Nakamoto insisted he did “not create, invent, or otherwise work on Bitcoin,” in an interview with Reuters, adding he hadn’t even heard of it before Newsweek contacted him. Later, in a press release, Nakamto further ...
5 rumors on Google’s Nexus 6 phone and Nexus 9 tablet ahead of tomorrow’s launch
All Hallow’s Eve is once again upon us, and last year Google treated us with the unveiling of its Nexus 5 and the official release of the KitKat OS. Can we expect another new device for this Halloween, or is our treat coming sooner? According to rumors, Google may be unveiling its new Nexus smartphone, the Nexus ...
Smart toilets may soon tell if you’re diabetic
This week’s Smart Health roundup features how smart toilets will play a crucial role in monitoring our health, an e-cigarette that’s connected to the Internet, and a smart thermometer. Smart toilets to play an important role in health tracking According to researchers at the Future of Medicine summit in West Palm Beach, toilets with ...
What you missed in the Smart World: People not that interested in health trackers
This week’s Smart World Series features a closer look at today’s smart homes, how health and fitness trackers are really perceived, how education impacts the growth of smart cities, and our two-part Smart DevOps roundup that features the ultimate Internet of Things (IoT) toolkit, and more. For those who missed this last week’s Smart World ...
New, open frameworks for connected lighting and more
This week’s Smart DevOps roundup features an industrial Internet software platform that will soon be available to the public, a platform for communicating lights, and an upcoming webinar for IoT custom app development. GE’s Predix will be available to all in 2015 General Electric Co. is on track to deliver over $1 billion in incremental ...
The Philippines wants to create its own version of Bitcoin
A lawmaker in the Philippines has proposed the creation of a digital currency under the “E-Peso Act of 2014,”. The bill was proposed by Pangasinan Representative Kimi Cojuangco, and seeks to create the “E-Peso”, a digital currency to be used as a medium of exchange for online transactions. It will be legal tender in the ...