Nokia pulls HERE Maps off Apple App Store
Nokia has pulled its HERE Maps app from the Apple App Store for reasons not so clear. In a statement, Nokia said that Apple’s new iOS is doing more harm to the HERE Maps…
Hytrust’s Eric Chiu predicts security will dominate 2014 cloud discussions
In 2014, in the wake of the revelations of the comprehensive domestic and foreign spying efforts of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), organizations of all kinds will be bringing their own security to…
Weekly Cloud review: OpenStack, Oracle and Alibaba’s push against AWS
The cloud is expanding in all directions, with end users embracing on-demand software en mass and enterprises increasingly abstracting their traditional IT environments for enhanced provisioning and resource utilization. OpenStack is at the forefront…
Top 10 Quantified Self Tech for 2013
Knowledge is power, and the Quantified Self revolution is helping individuals make better decisions with their health and other aspects of their lives. 2013 has been an amazing year for the Quantified movement, with…
Hardware juggernauts battle over shrinking monitor market
Demand for computer displays has predictably been dragged down further by the slowing PC market, but an encouraging third quarter sales uplift indicates it’s not time to jump ship just yet. The latest market…
Alibaba expands overseas as part of Cloud push against AWS
Alibaba Group, China’s top e-commerce firm, is expected to overtake Amazon by 2015 to become the world’s largest online retailer. Unsatisfied, the Hangzhou-based company is now opening a new front against its American rival…
Google revamps billing to make the Cloud more transparent
Following the example of Amazon, Google is making it easier for developers to keep tabs on their cloud deployments with a new feature that offers visibility into the resource utilization of applications running on…
Watch out Accumulo: IBM wins patent for fully homomorphic encryption
Decision makers are breaking down information silos to gain a better view of their companies and customers, but successfully implementing analytics at an organizational level is much easier said than done. In a world…
DevOps into 2014: The biggest challenges for DevOps next year (Part 1 of 2)
By Kyt Dotson
The highly adaptive and fast-paced schedule of deployment and development of the service-based and application software market has driven companies to push hard for faster-and-faster cycles. This in turn has put a strain on…
Samsung claims KNOX loophole not serious
Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University in Israel have discovered a loophole in Samsung KNOX that they claim has rendered some Galaxy S4 devices vulnerable to attacks. KNOX is Samsung’s security feature, which creates a…