Apivio Systems Inc. , a leading provider of VoIP solutions, is pleased to announce Sora Telecom as its first customer to adopt the Company’s cloud-based Internet protocol device management service . Developed under the guidance of NEC Corporation of America , Sora Telecom will soft-launch its hosted VoIP phone service in the coming weeks with the NEC UT880S Android desk phone developed by Apivio, along with Apivio’s Liberty L2 Wi-Fi phone, and Dexter D1 desk phone.
Day: March 9, 2017
Fireglass Named to the First Ever CNBC Upstart 25 List
Emerging from Israel’s cybersecurity industry , Fireglass was selected among hundreds of nominees to place on this exclusive list that CNBC described as “a diverse group of companies that are building brands, breaking industry barriers and scaling quickly on the path to becoming tomorrow’s household names .” Fireglass’ award-winning True Isolationi 1 2 technology breaks barriers by completely eliminating malware and phishing from web and email while providing a seamless user experience.
Tracking food intake as bites: Effects on cognitive resources, eating enjoyment, and self-control
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. While monitoring food intake is critical for controlling eating, traditional tools designed for this purpose can be impractical when one desires real-time feedback.
TERA players can now conduct transactions in reais via UOL BoaCompra
UOL BoaCompra, the leading company in digital payments in the gaming segment in , closed on a partnership with the North American publisher En Masse Entertainment, making it easier for gamers to acquire exclusive items from the TERA Store using reals. Players can now use all of BoaCompras’s payment methods, including any brand of national credit cards, bank payment slips, online deposits with the country’s principal banks, online payments via PagSeguro, and the virtual card, Go4gold.
AMD details Zen-based Naples server processors
After the successful launch of its new Ryzen processors last week, AMD has announced the first details of its upcoming Naples CPUs intended for servers and data centers. These processors were designed around the same Zen architecture as Ryzen though they will be a great deal more powerful.
How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft and Fraud While on Vacation
“Criminals have discovered there are many avenues to steal people’s credit cards, to even engage in identity theft,” explained Howard Schwartz, the executive director of the Connecticut Better Business Bureau . The thing is there are many precautions we can take to prevent that we don’t become one of their victims.”
DNAStorage
In a case of technology meets biology, scientists in labs across the country are experimenting with synthetic DNA as a storage medium, most notably Microsoft and the University of Washington. Engineers have successfully been pushing more storage into smaller spaces for decades, but that can’t go on forever.
In a change of attitude, NASA appears to embrace private rockets
On Wednesday, NASA’s chief of human spaceflight, William Gerstenmaier, flashed an interesting slide during a presentation that showed 23 different rockets, from the small Orbital ATK Antares and Russian Soyuz boosters all the way to SpaceX’s massive Interplanetary Transport System. Some of the boosters, such as the Soyuz, have flown often.
Bookstore News: March 9, 2017
ABA to provide low-cost e-commerce platform; a feminist bookstore opens in Montreal; a Providence store faces a forced move; and more. ABA Adding Low-cost E-commerce Alternative: IndieLite is a new platform under development by the American Booksellers Association for bookstores just getting started with online sales or want a simple, low-maintenance option compared with ABA’s signature IndieCommerce platform.
BRIEF-Diebold Nixdorf says plans to close manufacturing facility near Budapest
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Very beautiful (and very expensive) watch contains mechanical solar system model
The Geo. Graham Orrery Tourbillon integrates a mechanical solar system model with meteorites as planets.
A proper pair of VR headphones for the PSVR is coming this spring.
The PSVR is easily one of the most comfortable VR headsets on the market with one exception. Getting the right pair of headphones over your head and around the PSVR.
Bunnie Huang’s tour-de-force “Hardware Hacker” book is finally in print
Last December, I published my review of Andrew “bunnie” Huang’s astoundingly great book The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware — without realizing that the book’s release had been delayed because the published decided to do some very fancy and cool stuff with the printing process.
Alibaba seeks $5 bln loan amid tech financing rush – Basis Point
An employee is seen behind a glass wall with the logo of Alibaba at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, April 23, 2014. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is in talks with banks to raise $5 billion in new funding, sources told Thomson Reuters’ Basis Point, amid a flurry of fund-raising by China’s tech giants.
New experiment suggests potatoes can grow in harsh Mars-like conditions
The project demonstrates that specially bred potatoes may be able to withstand conditions on Mars, or changing conditions on our planet. Just a few things kept Mark Watney alive in The Martian – resourcefulness, wit, and a handful of spuds.
Great deal! These are our 3 favorite Amazon tech bargains today
Wednesday’s Amazon Goldbox deals feature some substantial savings on charging, audio, and gaming devices. Score deals of up to $186 off and up to 74 percent in savings.
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Uber Pledges to Stop ‘Greyballing’ Law Enforcement
The practice, which came to light last week in a New York Times report, was used to deceive authorities in cities where the ride-hailing service is banned. When Uber suspects that someone is using its app in a way that it deems improper – say, conducting a sting operation to identify Uber drivers – the company will display phantom cars to confuse the person, or manually cancel a trip if the person manages to be matched with a driver.
It’s official: Potatoes can grow on Mars
An experiment simulating conditions on Mars demonstrated that the hearty tubers can thrive even under the harsh conditions on the Red Planet. Two years after a humble potato patch co-starred in “The Martian,” scientists have found that fictional astronaut Mark Watney’s strategy for surviving on the Red Planet could actually work.
How scammers are spending you money, and how to stop them
Credit card fraud is an ongoing concern for consumers and merchants alike. Millions of shoppers are affected by thieves lurking in the shadows of e-commerce sites each and every year, waiting to gather pertinent card details to make fraudulent purchases.
IBM creates hard drive from a single atom magnet
IBM stores one bit of data on a SINGLE atom: Breakthrough may lead to credit card-sized devices capable of holding the entire iTunes library of music Imagine one day being able to carry vast libraries of data, currently stored in rooms full of servers, in your pocket. That’s the dream of a team of IBM scientists who have built what they say is the world’s smallest ever magnet, which uses a single atom to store information.
Has Walmart found a digital answer for empty store shelves?
There’s a lot going on at Walmart these days as the retailing giant continues its aggressive push to create a seamless shopping environment between its stores and online businesses. One example was revealed yesterday by Walmart CFO Brett Briggs who told attendees at the Raymond James Investor Conference that the retailer is testing an endless aisle solution in some of its toy departments.
Inventor’s latest ‘revolutionary’ product patented
A Thakeham-born founder and inventor has obtained a UK patent for his latest product – the Air Cradle patient transfer system. David Edmund Talbot Garman OBE, who will be 95 in May, designed the product with his eldest son Rupert for David E.T. Garman Concepts Limited.
FBI investigating source of WikiLeaks’ purported CIA document dump
The last time something similar happened was when NSA contractor Edward Snowden had revealed that the agency was secretly collecting call metadata from United States citizens. “That’s today”, tweeted Edward Snowden, who leaked classified government information four years ago and claimed that yesterday’s WikiLeaks revelations “look authentic” and are “genuinely a big deal”.
Lonza Names New Leader in Research and Technology
Jordan Petkov, Ph.D., has joined Lonza Consumer Care as global head of research and technology for its personal care and hygiene businesses. Based in Blackley , Dr. Petkov provides technical support for Lonza’s portfolio of hygiene, preservation, hair and skin care products.
San Jose flood: Rock Springs still ravaged two weeks later
Some areas are recovering faster than others, and the Rock Springs neighborhood that was first to flood will be last to return to normal Rob Souza’s backyard cottage, destroyed by a falling oak tree during the Coyote Creek floods, waits for demolition in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Marie Perry watches from her Rock Springs homeless camp as nearby residents, many now homeless themselves, salvage what they can from their flood-damaged homes in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2017.
Hummers haven’t been at feeders lately. Is there something wrong?
DEAR JOAN: My husband and I have lived in a gated community for more than 20 years. We have an abundance of birds – crows, jays and a ton of finches – that we love to feed.
Researchers uncover new agents
Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered three new agents to add to the emerging repertoire of drugs that aim to delay the onset of aging by targeting senescent cells – cells that contribute to frailty and other age-related conditions. A recent study of human cell cultures shows that the drugs, fisetin and two BCL-XL inhibitors – A1331852 and A1155463 – cleared senescent cells in vitro.
Neuroscientists pinpoint key gene controlling tumor growth in brain cancers
A microscope image of brain cancer cells, a glioma tumor type known as anaplastic astrocytoma. Credit: Wikimedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0 Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a stem cell-regulating gene that affects tumor growth in patients with brain cancer and can strongly influence survival rates of patients.
Hair loss and prostate drug linked to persistent erectile dysfunction in men
Men with longer exposure to the drugs finasteride and dutasteride had a higher risk of getting persistent erectile dysfunction than men with less exposure, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The persistent erectile dysfunction continued despite stopping these drugs, in some cases for months or years.
What’s New in Civic Tech: NYC Releases RFP for First…
What’s New in Civic Tech takes a look at highlights and recent happenings in the world of civic technology. New York City has released a request for proposal for a virtual reality and augmented reality lab to create a centralized space for that industry to take hold in the city.
Macon’s Cherry Blossom Festival searching for leader
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Gold Suffers Worst Run Since October as Slide Below $1,200 Looms
Gold is sliding toward $1,200 an ounce in its longest losing run since October as positive U.S. economic figures reinforce expectations that yields on other investments will rise this year. Bullion for immediate delivery fell 0.3 percent to $1,204.14 an ounce by 9:40 a.m. in London after touching the lowest level since Feb. 1, according to Bloomberg generic pricing.
Akzo Mulls Breakup After Rejecting $22 Billion PPG Bid
Akzo Nobel NV, Europe’s largest coatings company, rejected an unsolicited 20.9 billion-euro takeover bid from PPG Industries Inc. and said it may separate its specialty chemicals business to boost the stock price. PPG’s bid, worth 83 euros a share at the end of February, substantially undervalued the company, Amsterdam-based Akzo said in a statement Thursday, confirming a Bloomberg News report that the U.S. company was exploring a deal.
China H-Shares Head Toward One-Month Low as Oil Stocks Decline
Chinese stocks traded in Hong Kong headed toward a one-month low amid a tumble in oil prices and data showing slowing consumer demand. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index declined 1.5 percent as of 1:37 p.m. in Hong Kong, with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. and PetroChina Co.
Oil Drops Below $50 for First Time Since December on Supply Glut
Oil dropped below $50 for the first time since December after concerns that OPEC’s output cuts aren’t tempering a surplus in the U.S. triggered the biggest slump in more than a year. Futures dropped as much as 2.2 percent in New York to $49.20 after losing 5.7 percent the previous three sessions.
Dollar Extends Gain, Euro Climbs Before ECB Meet: Markets Wrap
The dollar rose with Treasury yields and the euro strengthened as central banks dominated markets on Thursday. Metals deepened their losses, while oil edged higher after Wednesday’s selloff.
HKBN Rolls Out All-new “BYE Anytime” 4G Mobile Bundles at $90/month
Bringing together 4G mobile services, on-the-go entertainment and home telephone service at one highly competitive price, the free-to-go nature of this bundle allows customers to terminate service with just 1 day of notice, saying goodbye to the industry’s normal practice of typically 2-3 year contracts. /month.
Descartes Labs imagery search engine
We have looked at a number of image recognition based search engines before, such as Google faces tracker , which we saw in 2013, which was designed for finding faces in Google Earth imagery, or Terrapattern a more recent and more general search engine. We have also had a look at DigitalGlobe’s use of artificial intelligence to analyse imagery.
Orange3 3.4.0
It includes a range of data visualization, exploration, preprocessing and modeling techniques. It can be used through a nice and intuitive user interface or, for more advanced users, as a module for the Python programming language.