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Apps

Weighing maturing Kubernetes and unruly serverless for next-gen apps

By R. Danes Dec 8, 2017

Two tech trends with a shot at dominating next-generation software applications are containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications) and serverless computing. Kubernetes’ popular container management platform is maturing and adopting community standards from…

Cloud

Study sees poor capacity planning leading to massive cloud waste

By Paul Gillin Dec 8, 2017

Organizations that migrate existing on-premises workloads to the cloud without revisiting the way services are provisioned are throwing away money, according to a new study. Cloud migration and optimization vendor TSO Logic Inc. looked at the…

Apps

YouTube is about to launch a music streaming service to rival Apple and Spotify

By James Farrell Dec 7, 2017

YouTube will launch a music streaming service next March, according to report published today by Bloomberg. The service will tentatively be called Remix. YouTube’s parent company Alphabet Inc. hasn’t officially announced anything, but people…

Apps

Facebook Messenger boosts Instant Games with live stream and video chat support

By Collen Kriel Dec 7, 2017

Instant Games, available inside the Facebook Messenger platform, has been around for just over a year now and has expanded from 20 games at launch to 70, including the newly added “Tetris.” Facebook Inc.…

Emerging Tech

Bitcoin soars past $17,000 as Russia gets set to legalize cryptocurrencies – again

By Duncan Riley Dec 7, 2017

As bitcoin surged through a new record high of more than $17,000 in trading Thursday, Russia now says it will legalize cryptocurrencies less than three weeks after saying it never would. The latest triple backflip might…

Emerging Tech

Report: Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing to expand into Mexico next year

By Duncan Riley Dec 7, 2017

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing Technology Co. may finally be starting its long-rumored international expansion, as a report Thursday claimed the company is about to open up shop in Mexico. Reuters made the claim, quoting two…

Emerging Tech

Apple patches HomeKit vulnerability that could have given burglars access to smart locks

By Duncan Riley Dec 7, 2017

Apple Inc. has patched a serious vulnerability in its HomeKit smart home software framework that could allow malicious actors to hijack and control any device connected using the platform. The “zero-day” or previously undiscovered…

Emerging Tech

SoftBank gets into real estate tech with $450M investment in Compass

By Mike Wheatley Dec 7, 2017

Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank Group Ltd. has made yet another bet on a promising startup, investing a serious $450 million today in New York City-based real estate technology company Compass. Investing via its $100 billion Vision…

Infra

In first post-IPO report, ForeScout sees stock surge on strong earnings

By Mike Wheatley Dec 7, 2017

Updated “Internet of things” security company ForeScout Technologies Inc. saw its share price jump in after-hours trading after posting third-quarter earnings that easily beat Wall Street’s forecast. In its first earnings report since launching…

Cloud

CNCF celebrates 2017 as the end of the beginning

By Mark Albertson Dec 7, 2017

Founded two years ago to promote the adoption of containers, a virtual method for running distributed applications, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation has since extended its support well beyond the Kubernetes container orchestration management system. The…

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YouTube is about to launch a music streaming service to rival Apple and Spotify

Facebook Messenger boosts Instant Games with live stream and video chat support

Bitcoin soars past $17,000 as Russia gets set to legalize cryptocurrencies – again

Report: Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing to expand into Mexico next year

Apple patches HomeKit vulnerability that could have given burglars access to smart locks

SoftBank gets into real estate tech with $450M investment in Compass

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