Webscale takes web application delivery to the cloud
If a website can’t quickly add resources when customer usage is high, it can mean lost sales. An unresponsive site or a stalled checkout can cause a person to walk away. The elasticity of…
Report: Marketers increasingly dependent on analytics tools
The average marketer’s skill set has changed dramatically in the last decade, as the use of analytics tools becomes an essential aspect of their daily tasks. That finding comes from Aplitude Inc.’s newly published…
Microsoft intros new cloud storage plugin for Docker on Azure
Microsoft has made it easier to migrate containers between hosts on its Azure Cloud platform with the release of its new Docker Volume Plugin for Azure File Storage, which allows Docker containers to have…
Should Microsoft and Xbox have had to apologize for hiring Go Go dancers following public outcry?
Microsoft issued a formal letter of apology (presently down) following widespread criticism of its Xbox team dancing alongside half-naked women at a party hosted for guests at Microsoft’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco…
Install iOS 9.3 and get Night Shift mode, secure Notes, more relevant News, big security fix
By Collen Kriel
Apple on Monday released iOS 9.3, the latest iteration of its iOS 9 mobile operating system released alongside the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus last fall. iOS 9.3 has been in beta for a…
Remembering Intel’s Andy Grove, dead at 79: the legend and the man
By Robert Hof
Andy Grove, the onetime Intel president, CEO and chairman who died Mar. 21, will be remembered not only for his business accomplishments but for applying his relentless intellect to causes such as US manufacturing…
Microsoft’s SQL Server-on-Linux won’t arrive until next year
Microsoft has provided more details about its SQL-Server-on-Linux strategy, a previously unimaginable new coupling that will see Microsoft’s popular database software, SQL Server, appear on Linux operating systems for the first time. As my…
New DARPA program seeks to find ways to hack your body to improve cognitive learning
By Duncan Riley
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new program to explore using peripheral nerve stimulation to enhance learning processes in the brain. If that doesn’t make an awful lot…
Bitcoin Blockchain smart contracts startup RSK Labs raises a $1m seed round
By Duncan Riley
Bitcoin Blockchain smart contracts startup RSK Labs Ltd. has raised $1 million in seed funding in a round that included Bitmain Technology, Coinsilium, and Digital Currency Group. Based in Buenos Aires, RSK is developing Rootstock,…
New 9.7″ iPad Pro vs. Surface 3: 10″ 2-in-1 tablets compared
By Collen Kriel
Apple on Monday unveiled a 9.7-inch iPad Pro, the latest addition to its iPad lineup. As rumors suggested, the smaller iPad Pro shares many of the same features as its bigger 12.9-inch sibling but…