Don’t be fooled by bots hype, but do enjoy the show
2016 so far, within the tech milieu at least, seems to be the year of the bot. Much of the excitement surrounding the rise of the bots is partly a consequence of big companies…
Google-owned Waze launching trial carpooling service in Bay Area
By Duncan Riley
Google-owned, community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is branching out into carpooling in the United States and has launched a test service in the Bay Area. The initial service will connect employees at select companies…
Report: Twitter to stop counting photos, links in 140 character limit
By Duncan Riley
Twitter, Inc. is set to undertake its biggest shakeup in years, by no longer counting pictures and links as part of its 140 character count, according to a report published Monday. Quoting “a person…
Google says most of its containers now run on Chromium-based Container-VM
Google has revealed that it prefers using its own Chromium OS operating system to run containers in its own cloud, and that it’s the primary choice for running its own services. Google yesterday lifted…
Microsoft enables Power BI’s Q&A feature with on-premises data
Users of Microsoft’s cloud-based business intelligence (BI) suite Power BI can now query on-premises data sources to gain business insights simply by asking it in plain English. Power BI’s hallmark Q&A feature has been…
What to watch for in Cisco earnings
By Paul Gillin
Can Cisco Systems Inc. continue to successfully dodge the bullet? The company is scheduled to announce fiscal third-quarter earnings on Wednesday at 4:30 PM EDT, and investors have been bidding the stock up modestly…
Women in tech help propel the new age of innovation | #GITCatalyst
Girls in Tech, a global nonprofit organization created to empower, engage and educate women in technology held its fourth annual Catalyst Conference in Phoenix, AZ, recently to celebrate the women who are contributing to…
Hacking forum gets hacked itself
In a karmic case of the metaphorical shoe being on the other foot, a forum dedicated to stealing and sharing stolen information, credentials, and content was itself hacked, and the information on its 500,000…
Overcoming fear to enable success in business | #GITCatalyst
The Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference recently took place in Phoenix, AZ, and many women holding technology leadership roles were on hand to empower and inspire other women in technology. This was the fourth…
Nintendo wants to start making its own movies
By Eric David
Nintendo Co Ltd has been understandably reluctant to license out its character for film adaptations ever since the release of the hilariously awful Super Mario Bros in 1993. Now it looks like the Japanese game…