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HTC Vive creates $10M fund for VR that promotes social good

By Eric David Jan 19, 2017

HTC Corp. has launched a $10 million fund to encourage developers to build virtual reality experiences that promote social good and sustainability. HTC, which makes the HTC Vive VR headset, is launching the new VR for…

Cloud

Oracle buys API startup Apiary to bolster its public cloud

By Maria Deutscher Jan 19, 2017

Making another strategic advance in the public cloud, Oracle Corp. today acquired Apiary Inc., a San Francisco-based startup focused on easing the creation of application programming interfaces. The move comes two days after Oracle announced a…

Big Data

Realm launches commercial edition of its mobile database

By Maria Deutscher Jan 19, 2017

After landing its mobile database in iOS and Android apps used by more than billion people, Realm Inc. is shifting focus to a new goal: making money from its massive installed base. The San…

Big Data

Podium Data accelerates data lake management with updates

By Mike Wheatley Jan 19, 2017

Podium Data Inc. has updated its data lake management platform with new data preparation and publishing features that enable enterprises to access business intelligence faster than before. “Data lakes” consolidate disparate data management systems…

Apps

Report shows Office 365 pulling away from cloud application pack

By Paul Gillin Jan 19, 2017

In a further sign that Microsoft Corp. is making hay in cloud computing, its Office 365 continues to extend its lead as the No. 1 productivity suite in the cloud. That’s one finding in cloud…

Emerging Tech

Daimler acquires bitcoin-friendly digital payments company PayCash

By Duncan Riley Jan 18, 2017

German car maker Daimler AG has acquired PayCash Europe SA, a Luxembourg-based digital payments company that supports bitcoin. Founded in 2012, PayCash describes itself as an “Electronic Money Institution” that services the 28 European Union states…

Infra

Newly discovered Mac malware uses pre-OS X code

By Duncan Riley Jan 18, 2017

Security researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered a new type of Mac malware that, surprisingly enough, uses antiquated code to gain access to infected Apple computers. Dubbed Fruitfly, the malware, which is believed to have…

Apps

Slack cleans up conversations with long-awaited threaded messaging

By James Farrell Jan 18, 2017

One of the most sought-after features for customers of Slack Technologies Inc.’s team messaging app was something to simplify public conversations by bundling messages with related replies. Slack today debuted its solution: threaded messaging, a…

Cloud

IBM lands huge $62M private cloud contract with US Army

By Mike Wheatley Jan 18, 2017

IBM Corp. has secured a huge deal with the U.S. Army to build, manage and operate a cloud solution for its Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama. The deal was described as “a one-year task…

Emerging Tech

Robots start delivering food in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

By Duncan Riley Jan 18, 2017

People who order their food online in Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley may soon notice a different sort of delivery driver: a robot. The deployment of autonomous delivery robots is part of a trial…

explore news

Oracle buys API startup Apiary to bolster its public cloud

Realm launches commercial edition of its mobile database

Podium Data accelerates data lake management with updates

Daimler acquires bitcoin-friendly digital payments company PayCash

Newly discovered Mac malware uses pre-OS X code

Slack cleans up conversations with long-awaited threaded messaging

Robots start delivering food in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.

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