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UK researchers reveal plans for an “Internet of sheep”
Smart cities might be all the rage here in the USA, but in England the Internet of Things is spreading its tentacles outside of its urban centers, deep into the countryside. Computer scientists at Lancaster University have just launched an 18-month research project in Conwy, Wales, that’ll see everything from cows and sheep to rivers ...
CenturyLink snaps up Cognilytics to beef up its cloud services
Telecommunications giant CenturyLink Inc. has swooped to make its second major acquisition of the week, buying up Big Data analytics provider Cognilytics. It comes just days after CenturyLink snapped up DataGardens, which offers a disaster-recovery-as-a-service product. CenturyLink has made no secret of its desire to reinvent itself as a cloud-based data services company, and has ...
Google scraps its news service in Spain
Google has decided to stop offering its Google News service in Spain after the government there decided to revamp its copyright laws, giving media companies the right to be remunerated by news aggregators. Rather than pay Spanish newspapers to publish excerpts and post links to Google News, the search engine giant has decided it’s better ...
FAA approves 4 companies to use drones for commercial purposes
Despite recently proposing guidelines that would make it almost impossible for businesses to fly drones for commercial purposes, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has suddenly gone and granted permission for four companies to use them. The companies, Trimble Navigation Limited, VDOS Global, LLC, Clayco, Inc. and Woolpert, Inc. (which has been granted two exemptions), have ...
Avi Networks snags $33M for campaign to upend network giants
Avi Networks has just burst out of stealth to announce an initial $33 million funding round from well-known venture capital firms Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures. With that cash, the company is aiming to disrupt some of the biggest incumbents in tech. It’s taking a software-defined approach to networking that puts the ...
Uber to be pre-installed on most Sprint phones
Despite the seemingly overwhelming number of problems Uber is facing over the safety and legality of its services, the company remains focused on expanding its user base. Amidst all the doom and gloom of the last few weeks, Uber’s just popped out an announcement that it’s teaming up with Sprint to pre-install its app on ...
Sony strikes back at hackers with DDoS attacks
New leaks of stolen internal documents from Sony Corporation are being dumped on the web almost daily since the firm was hacked, but now it’s fighting back with some dirty tricks of its own. A report in Re/Code reveals Sony is using surreptitious methods to block anyone who’s trying to download its stolen documents via ...
LA & San Francisco pile more pressure on Uber
It’s just one thing after another for Uber Inc. these days. In the latest in a seemingly endless series of mishaps, the wacky cab company has just been hit with a pair of lawsuits in Los Angeles and San Francisco for engaging in “unlawful business practices”. The IDG News service reports district attorneys in both ...
Having missed mobile opportunities, Intel eyes Internet of Things
Having failed to gain much of a foothold in the ARM-dominated world of mobile phones, Intel Corp. is eyeing smaller targets – it wants to get its chips inside the Internet of Things, as it explained at an “IoT Insights” event this week. Intel seems to be at a disadvantage as it enters the race. ...
Microsoft mulls new business model for Windows 10
Microsoft is still a money-making machine, but it has a big problem on its hands when it comes to its Windows operating system. Making money by selling software licenses simply isn’t going to work in a future where its rivals give away exactly the same kinds of products for free, and that’s forcing Microsoft to ...