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The FAA is beta-testing B4UFLY, a mobile app for drone pilots
There’s been an explosion in the number of drones entering U.S. airspace over the last couple of years, leading to unsavory incidents such as in California, when firefighters were prevented from using helicopters to tackle a wildfire blaze. In response, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is trying to create legislation governing their use, and as ...
Twitter acquisition rumors re-emerge as CEO hunt drags on
The winds of change are reportedly brewing at Twitter. Of course we knew that already – it was only last June that Dick Costolo quit the role of CEO, and the company is still searching for a replacement. But there could be bigger changes afoot, if the latest reports are anything to go by. Bloomberg ...
Google’s mobile app ad study was “flawed”
While all the attention has been on its new logo, Google courted a bit of controversy this week when it said it will tweak its mobile search algorithm to demote sites that run full screen ads for apps that effectively take over the whole screen. Google points to the findings of an internal study it ...
Intel launches Skylake chips to bolster flagging PC sales
Intel Corp. officially unveiled its next-generation of microchips at the IFA electronics show in Berlin earlier today. The new Skylake processor family was introduced alongside a number of new laptops and ultrabooks using the new chips to show off their capabilities. According to Intel, the Skylake processors give a 10 percent better performance than its ...
LotusFlare raises $6M to bring the mobile web to the masses
Most Americans these days take the Internet for granted. People are always connected, whether it’s at home, in the office, on their smartphones, they rarely miss a status update. But that’s not the case everywhere in the world – in some places, Web access is few and far between. That’s why companies like Google are ...
Hortonworks brings Hadoop to the Land of the Rising Sun
Hortonworks Inc. is plotting a big expansion into Asia through a team up with Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp., that will see them work together to distribute the Big Data processing platform throughout Japan and other Asian markets. Brian Burns, Hortonworks’ Regional Vice President for North Asia, said the new partnership was timely because demand ...
Report: A data-driven culture is critical to Big Data success
Organizations have made big advances in Big Data analytics, but there’s still a long way to go even though many are already starting to see a significant impact on their bottom line. That’s the biggest takeaway from a new survey conducted by Forbes Insights, sponsored by Teradata Corp., in partnership with McKinsey & Company. Teradata ...
Foreign firms “not ready” to relocate as Russian data laws come into effect
A new Russian law that forces U.S. Internet companies to operate data centers in-country has come into effect today, but a significant number of firms are not ready to comply with the new regulations. Although some Western journalists have voiced concerns over Russia apparently “tightening its grip” on the Internet, the authorities there say the ...
VMware, Rackspace build interoperable OpenStack cloud | #VMworld 2015
VMware Inc. and Rackspace Inc. have teamed up together to create a new, interoperable OpenStack cloud platform that was unveiled at #VMworld 2015 yesterday. The new architecture is aimed at helping customers do away with the complexity of spinning up OpenStack clouds, particularly when it comes to hybrid and multi-cloud environments. VMware’s senior product marketing ...
VMware intros “Microvisors” in new container embrace | #VMworld 2015
VMware Inc. showed it’s deadly serious about containers during day one of VMworld yesterday, with the launch of two new technology previews that enterprises can use to build and run containerized applications. Containers are becoming increasingly popular among ‘hip’ enterprises as an alternative to virtualization, a technology VMware dominates, and one which has become almost ...