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YouTube takes steps to become more child-friendly

By James Farrell Nov 2, 2017

YouTube announced on Thursday a slew of new features for its safe-viewing YouTube Kids mobile app, following numerous complaints that the app wasn’t safe enough. The updates mean that parents can now customize the…

Apps

Microsoft announces new and upcoming features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for IoT

By Collen Kriel Nov 2, 2017

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10 Internet of Things. New and upcoming features include improved ink support, expanded Assigned Access, support for hosting Nano Server containers…

Infra

Ransomware-as-a-service to drive malware growth in 2018

By Duncan Riley Nov 2, 2017

Ransomware-as-a-service will see the insidious malware spread rapidly beyond personal computers in the year ahead, according to the new report out Thursday from Sophos Group plc. The Sophos 2018 Malware Forecast looked at the direction…

Cloud

Bye-bye Bluemix: Big Blue dumps the brand in favor of ‘IBM Cloud’

By Mike Wheatley Nov 2, 2017

IBM Corp. is killing off the “Bluemix” brand name for its platform-as-a-service offerings for creating cloud computing applications and instead will lump all of its cloud products under “IBM Cloud” badge. The move follows…

Apps

Toilets at dawn: Unicode Consortium argues over frowning poo emoji

By Duncan Riley Nov 2, 2017

Weeks after a farce that saw Google LLC stop using a cupcake emoji thanks to accusations by social justice warriors that its use constituted fat shaming, a new drama has emerged at the body…

Emerging Tech

Waymo signs self-driving car service and maintenance deal with AutoNation

By Duncan Riley Nov 2, 2017

Waymo Inc. Thursday said it signed a deal with AutoNation Inc., the United States’ largest automotive dealer network, to provide support services for its self-driving car fleet. The terms of the deal were not disclosed,…

Cloud

Look out, Amazon: Alibaba’s cloud revenue is doubling annually

By Mike Wheatley Nov 2, 2017

Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. breezed past analysts’ expectations in its latest quarter, reporting revenue up 61 percent thanks to solid growth in its primary commerce business and its cloud computing arm.…

Apps

Tableau Software’s stock tanks after missing earnings target

By Mike Wheatley Nov 2, 2017

Tableau Software Inc. saw its stock crash today after reporting earnings that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. The Seattle-based company, which provides data visualization tools for enterprises, reported a profit of 8 cents per share…

Women in Tech

Building an inclusive workforce requires leading by example, say Intuit VPs

By Aaron Melgar Nov 2, 2017

At the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing, woman from across the world gather to not only advance women in the technology industry, but also dive into the details of their work, as…

Big Data

As earnings beat forecast, Hortonworks says it’s about to hit cash-flow breakeven

By Paul Gillin Nov 2, 2017

Hortonworks Inc. today beat analysts’ estimates on both revenue and profit in its third quarter, providing further evidence that its pure-play open source business model is gaining traction. The company also raised revenue guidance for…

all stories

YouTube takes steps to become more child-friendly

Microsoft announces new and upcoming features in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for IoT

Ransomware-as-a-service to drive malware growth in 2018

Bye-bye Bluemix: Big Blue dumps the brand in favor of ‘IBM Cloud’

Toilets at dawn: Unicode Consortium argues over frowning poo emoji

Waymo signs self-driving car service and maintenance deal with AutoNation

Look out, Amazon: Alibaba’s cloud revenue is doubling annually

Tableau Software’s stock tanks after missing earnings target

Building an inclusive workforce requires leading by example, say Intuit VPs

As earnings beat forecast, Hortonworks says it’s about to hit cash-flow breakeven

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