In September 2016, a newly formed committee of four editors at the Tampa Bay Times hosted the first of what will be quarterly meetings to develop policies for requests to remove or alter stories in online archives. This is yet another disruptive twist for journalism in the digital age: the possibility of erasing the historical record.
Category: Emerging Technology
Can Alexa help solve a murder? Police ask Amazon for help
While police have long seized computers, cellphones and other electronics to investigate crimes, this case has raised fresh questions about privacy issues regarding devices like the Amazon Echo or the Google Home, voice-activated personal command centers that are constantly “listening.”
Just How Dangerous Is Alexa?
The “willing suspension of disbelief” is the idea that the audience is willing to suspend judgment about the implausibility of the narrative for the quality of the audience’s own enjoyment. We do it all the time.
AirPods, Pokemon And 10 Of The Most Notable Tech Stories Of The Year
Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode took a look back at what they consider to be the top 10 technology related stories of 2016. Coming in at No.
Set It and Forget It – Automated, Secure, and Wireless…
Imagine you’re at Disneyland with the family. You’ve decided to tote around your DSLR or mirrorless camera with you on the trip.
Battling the Online Highwayman: How to Guard Your Business Against Cyber Crime
In years gone by, if you saw a man galloping alongside your carriage waving a pistol with his face partially covered by a scarf, then you would be right to assume that he was a highwayman and you were about to be robbed. As technology lurches forward and criminals operate deep within the online space, they are not so easy to recognize.
Timothy Malcolm: Live in today, because we’re always looking to improve
First off, years are arbitrary endpoints that allow us to measure things in an organized language.
Timothy Malcolm: Live in today, because we’re always looking to improve
First off, years are arbitrary endpoints that allow us to measure things in an organized language.
Review: Apple’s Airpods as Irritating as They Are Impressive
The AirPods represent Apple’s vision of the mobile future. The company announced them at the same time that it unveiled the iPhone 7, the first model of its smartphone to lack a headphone jack.
SBA Launches 2017 InnovateHER Business Challenge for Innovations That Empower Women’s Lives
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the launch of the 2017 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge, a nationwide business competition to drive attention and resources to innovative products and services that make our lives easier and longer. Competitors vie for $70,000 in prize money provided to SBA for the InnovateHER competition through a gift from the Sara Blakely Foundation.
SBA Launches 2017 InnovateHER Business Challenge for Innovations That Empower Women’s Lives
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the launch of the 2017 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge, a nationwide business competition to drive attention and resources to innovative products and services that make our lives easier and longer. Competitors vie for $70,000 in prize money provided to SBA for the InnovateHER competition through a gift from the Sara Blakely Foundation.
New year’s resolution for IoT vendors: Start treating LANs as hostile
In November, researchers from cybersecurity firm Invincea reported a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to infect Belkin WeMo smart plugs with malware . The flaw was located in a configuration protocol that worked over the local area network and didn’t require any authentication.
Pros and cons: Our quick verdict on Google WiFi
It’s not for power users, but people who want an easy-to-set-up router with reliable performance and a modern design. Google WiFi is the company’s latest wireless router.
Cut the cordTech titans shun screen time for their kidsScreen time is …
He created one of the world’s biggest tech companies earning him billions but the late Steve Jobs, the man behind the iPod, iPad and iPhone, once let slip to a New York Times journalist that he strictly limited his children’s use of technology. And, as it turns out, the chief technology officer of eBay sent his children to a Waldorf school where screen time is actively discouraged and the use of screens at home is frowned upon.
The Best Personal Technology of 2016
Traditional broadcast TV services have stagnated over the past couple of years, while over-the-top services such as Amazon Video, Netflix and the BBC’s iPlayer led the way. Sky’s Q dragged broadcast TV kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a modern interface, fast box and service that put time and place shifting at the heart of it.
Have a High Speed Secured Browsing With Retail Secure In Ireland
Dec. 29, 2016 – PRLog — United Kingdom – Retail Secure is now offering PCI compliance guest WIFI solutions in Ireland at an affordable cost. Retail Secure is a popular name in the UK for providing the most secured legally complaisant guest WIFI solutions.
Why 2016 a vibrant season to the computing industry
As the semiconductor industry matures and consolidates, the year 2016 has been a vibrant season to the computing industry with latest breakthroughs. A year ago, analysts were divided over whether virtual reality would gain traction in 2016 or just crash and burn again.
The Search for a Provider of Digital Marketing Services Has Now Come to an End
Good news for businesses that are looking for ways to do online marketing and to reach top position in search engine rankings. Smartways Marketing, a web design company in Melbourne, that was founded a decade ago, is offering exquisite services in the field of web development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, content marketing and other services related to digital marketing.
From Amazon Echo to Oculus Touch: Best Personal Tech of 2016
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Switcher: Android joins the ‘attack-the-router’ club
Recently, in our never-ending quest to protect the world from malware, we found a misbehaving Android trojan. Although malware targeting the Android OS stopped being a novelty quite some time ago, this trojan is quite unique.
Is your favourite shop spying on you? High Street giants ‘are…
High Street giants including Marks & Spencer and Topshop secretly track the movements of their customers using wi-fi on their mobile phones. New technology allows retailers to see where customers move around stores by picking up signals sent by phones when they look for internet networks to join.
How Can Device and Smart Home Solution Developers Help Service…
The smart home market is evolving from a collection of siloed connected devices aS’ each with their own connectivity protocols, their own gateways, and their own monitoring and control apps aS’ into a complete unified solution of services. This new market concept, which is called smart home as a service , changes the entire market paradigm to be more in line with what consumers actually want.
First Look: Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points show promise
There’s a lot to like about Wave 2 802.11ac products, including theoretically faster speeds than Wave 1 products and cool new features, such as multi-user MIMO In this review, we look at five Wave 2 wireless access points, comparing prices and features, looking at usability and doing some performance testing. The products in this review are: Amped Wireless AC1300, ASUS EA-AC87, Cisco Aironet 1852i, Extreme Networks AP3935 and the Linksys LAPAC2600.
REVIEW: Early Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points show promise
There’s a lot to like about Wave 2 802.11ac products, including theoretically faster speeds than Wave 1 products and cool new features, such as multi-user MIMO In this review, we look at five Wave 2 wireless access points, comparing prices and features, looking at usability and doing some performance testing. The products in this review are: Amped Wireless AC1300, ASUS EA-AC87, Cisco Aironet 1852i, Extreme Networks AP3935 and the Linksys LAPAC2600.
IPrice gains $4m in Series A funding
IPrice Group, a Kuala Lumpur-based price comparison website, has received US$4 million in a Series A round of funding from a group of venture capitalists. The group was led by Asia Venture Group and includes Gobi Partners, DMP, Econa, Starstrike and a few individual investors.
Japan’s communications ministry finalizes plan for 30,000 Wi-Fi spots by 2020
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry announced on Monday a finalized plan to establish 30,000 Wi-Fi access points nationwide in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The ministry had said in 2015 that its major objective is to provide connectivity to victims of potential disasters and to tourists.
Google announces its top searches for 2016
If you think Americans were most interested in the election or the Olympics in 2016, you would be mistaken. It turns out the most-searched query on Google’s search engine in 2016 was for Powerball.
40% off WeMo Wi-Fi Smart Plug, Works with Amazon Alexa – Deal Alert
Did you forget to turn off the window A.C.? How about that curling iron? Want the living room lamp to turn on when the sun goes down-automatically? The Wemo Switch gives you control of your lamps and small appliances whenever you want, wherever you choose, with tons of options for scheduling and automation. Paired with Amazon Alexa, you can control your lamps and appliances with just the power of your voice.
In 2016, emoji kept it Y’
Who needs words when you have Y Y Y Y Y Y’ Y’ Y Y’ Y 3 4 Y’ Y Y Y Y ‘ Y’ Y’ ? In addition to everything else that happened in tech this year, something small, cute and unassuming wormed its way into your smartphone, your social network and even your MacBook keyboard. While emoji have been around a while, this was the year these pictographs firmly lodged themselves into our lives.
In 2016, emoji kept it Y’
Who needs words when you have Y Y Y Y Y Y’ Y’ Y Y’ Y 3 4 Y’ Y Y Y Y ‘ Y’ Y’ ? In addition to everything else that happened in tech this year, something small, cute and unassuming wormed its way into your smartphone, your social network and even your MacBook keyboard. While emoji have been around a while, this was the year these pictographs firmly lodged themselves into our lives.
LeEco Le Pro3 Ecophone Review
When Julie surveyed who would be interested in testing an Android phone I was intrigued. Recently Julie evaluated the iPhone 7 and found that she preferred the Android environment over the iPhone.
LeEco Le Pro3 Ecophone Review
When Julie surveyed who would be interested in testing an Android phone I was intrigued. Recently Julie evaluated the iPhone 7 and found that she preferred the Android environment over the iPhone.
NORAD ready to track Santa
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.
NORAD ready to track Santa
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.
Will this month’s leap second break the internet? Google creates…
If 2016 hadn’t been bad enough, we’re going to have to put up with it for longer than normal, with a ‘leap second’ to be added to the end of the year. As the Earth’s rotation is susceptible to small, unpredictable changes, leap seconds allow atomic clocks to keep sync with the planet’s orbit.
US companies want to play Chinaa s game. They just cana t win it.
In January 2016, the video-streaming service announced an ambitious global expansion. The goal was to beam American hits such as “House of Cards” around the world including, eventually, in China.
Don’t Get Cyber-Scrooged! Tips For Safe Online Shopping
‘Tis the season to be jolly – but it’s also the season for identity theft, phishing and credit card fraud. With Christmas just days away, people are using their smartphones and other devices to get a handle on their last-minute shopping.
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‘Tis the season to be jolly – but it’s also the season for identity theft, phishing and credit card fraud. With Christmas just days away, people are using their smartphones and other devices to get a handle on their last-minute shopping.
Bots steal online advertising dollars in elaborate ‘Methbot’ scam
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
SP3T Antenna Switch
The SKY13586-678LF is a single-pole, triple-throw antenna switch for 2.4 GHz WiFi applications. Switching between the antenna and the RF1, RF2, and RF3 ports is accomplished with two control voltages .