Smart or connected? What IoT needs for mass adoption
There’s more to the Internet of Things (IoT) than meets the eye. While the term has become a buzzword in its own right, consumer confusion still lingers over things like the difference between a…
Quick guide to VLC app for Apple TV
Apple TV’s new beta version tvOS 9.2 has some noteworthy features, but videophiles seem more excited for the new VLC media player app now available for the set top box, released by VideoLAN. What’s…
Tim Schafer talks about the future of Psychonauts 2 in Reddit AMA
By Eric David
In a Reddit AMA yesterday, Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer answered fan questions about the studio’s upcoming game, Psychonauts 2, including where the story picks up after the original game. Fans of cult classic…
Bitcoin Yearly 2015: A retrospective on an entire year of cryptocurrency (Part I)
By Kyt Dotson
The Bitcoin Weekly column has been running more than two years now and there’s a great deal to cover. The year 2015 was not the breakout year most of the Bitcoin community would have…
Steam Sale changes paid off big time for both Valve and game developers
By Eric David
Many Steam users had mixed feelings about Valve Corp’s decision to eliminate Daily Deals and Flash Sales from its seasonal sales on the Steam Store, but the move seems to have paid off in a…
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Elastifile raises $35 million for its universal all-flash storage stack
Just as declining memory prices have given rise to new analytics solutions that avoid the reliance of traditional data processing software on cheaper but slower spinning disk, so is the increasing accessibility of flash…
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Import.io raises $13M to bring web scraping into the analytics discussion
There are numerous vendors tackling the challenges of data aggregation in the enterprise, but the majority focus only on the private records that companies keep behind the firewall and in their equally closely-guarded cloud…
Beats AirPods vs. top wireless earbuds debuted at CES 2016
Update: The article was edited to clarify the functions of the Here Active Listening buds. With news that Apple is expected to ditch the 3.5mm jack on the rumored iPhone 7 and that it has filed…
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Software-defined storage startup Scality snags funding from HPE
In its first return to investing since becoming an independent company three months ago, Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced a follow-up contribution to the $45 million August funding round of Scality Inc., an emerging…
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Centrify tackles IT outsourcing security risks with new access controls
As the complexity of enterprise technology infrastructure continues to increase, so does the number of outsourced personnel CIOs are bringing aboard to support their operations. The trend is opening a new channel of attack…