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Report: Google has quietly acquired mobile development startup Apportable

By Maria Deutscher Aug 19, 2016

Following the example of Microsoft Corp. and other top rivals, Google is stepping up its efforts to court the developer community. Anonymous sources told VentureBeat yesterday that the search giant had secretly bought a…

Spark innovation: Catalyst Optimizer simplifies complicated queries | #GuestOfTheWeek

By Marlene Den Bleyker Aug 19, 2016

Databricks Inc. is bringing Apache Spark to the enterprise, and Michael Armbrust, lead developer of Spark SQL at Databricks, created Spark SQL’s Catalyst Optimizer, a query API that is a fundamental piece of Spark. The…

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Bounty of options creates complexity for cloud developers, says Wikibon

By Bert Latamore Aug 19, 2016

The opportunities for application developers to address new market opportunities has never been greater. But selecting the technologies to use to create those applications, particularly when building a digital business platform, has never been…

Uber acquires self-driving truck startup Otto for $680m+

By Duncan Riley Aug 19, 2016

Uber has acquired self-driving truck startup Otto in a move that will expand Uber's self-driving vehicle ambitions.

You’re dreaming if you think anytime soon robot taxis will be taking you to work

By James Farrell Aug 19, 2016

With the news of Uber Technologies Inc. about to put self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh, we are already hearing wolf-whistles heralding a fantasy-esque near future in which redundant humans in the making parade…

Oped: Twitter rolls out two new features that aim to reduce alleged harassment

By Duncan Riley Aug 19, 2016

Microblogging service Twitter, Inc. has rolled out two new features that allow users to control what they see in their notification view, with an aim of reducing alleged harassment. The first of the new…

The future is here: Uber to launch fleet of driverless cars in Pittsburgh later this month

By Duncan Riley Aug 19, 2016

Ridesharing giant Uber Technologies, Inc. is about to change transport as we know it by launching a fleet of driverless cars onto the streets of Pittsburgh in what will go down in history as…

The Electronic Frontier Foundation rips into Microsoft on privacy

By Mike Wheatley Aug 19, 2016

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pestering Microsoft over its Windows 10 operating system once again, ranting that the tech giant should introduce a “single unified screen” that lets users better control how the…

Airbus bids to launch a fleet of flying, autonomous taxis in just ten years

By Mike Wheatley Aug 18, 2016

What’s cooler than self-driving cars? Self-driving cars that can fly! Flying, autonomous vehicles have long been a staple of favorite sci-fi flicks like The Fifth Element and Back to the Future, but those who…

AMD releasing new ‘Zen’ CPUs in 2017, says they outperform Intel Broadwell-E

By Eric David Aug 18, 2016

Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) has revealed new details about its upcoming line of CPUs featuring its new Zen processor cores, including a 2017 release date for the new chips. AMD demonstrated a CPU using Zen this…

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Report: Google has quietly acquired mobile development startup Apportable

Spark innovation: Catalyst Optimizer simplifies complicated queries | #GuestOfTheWeek

Bounty of options creates complexity for cloud developers, says Wikibon

Uber acquires self-driving truck startup Otto for $680m+

You’re dreaming if you think anytime soon robot taxis will be taking you to work

The future is here: Uber to launch fleet of driverless cars in Pittsburgh later this month

The Electronic Frontier Foundation rips into Microsoft on privacy

Airbus bids to launch a fleet of flying, autonomous taxis in just ten years

AMD releasing new ‘Zen’ CPUs in 2017, says they outperform Intel Broadwell-E

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