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Good things come to those who wait, or so that is how the saying goes. If you have been pretty smug about your LG G3 smartphone for the leaps and bounds that it made in terms of its user interface thanks to multiple screen images and the like, then the rest of the world, at […]
There will probably never be such a thing as “the perfect” lock, but a new Bluetooth padlock seems to come pretty close. Noke is a padlock that, once paired with your iOS or Android device, automatically unlocks when it senses you’re near. Although we know about devices like the Au
On Monday the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) filed a petition asking a federal court to object to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules for an upcoming auction of TV airwaves to cellular providers. Although lawsuits challenging FCC actions are relatively common, if th
Telstra has flicked the switch on its global cloud-based unified communications service, which will be available across four continents in 25 countries and delivered over Telstra’s worldwide network extending to more than 2,000 Points of Presence. The cloud collaboration service will be available fr
Is there life on Mars? Curiosity didn’t find any, but that’s hardly a conclusive answer. In fact, a handful of NASA scientists claim that the US space agency is looking for life in all the wrong places. The Mars rover explored the red planet’s dry, irradiated surface: if the planet
Delaware families now have the right to access the digital assets of their deceased relatives. Last Tuesday, Governor Jack Markell signed House Bill 35, which allows families to handle online assets the way they would any physical documents. The move makes Delaware the first state to deal with a dec
In April and June, one of the largest hospital networks in the US was hacked. Community Health Systems says that cyber attacks originating in China stole the personal details of 4.5 million patients including names, addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates and Social Security numbers. In a regulato
We all know that blocking attacks from accessing data centers is not effective. Just think of the snooping government agencies have been able to do. Now companies have to acknowledge that activity and find better ways to deal with threats. GuardiCore, a data center security startup, has developed te
Tumblr is an immense sea of valuable, publicly available user data just waiting to be tapped by marketers interested in how the cool internet teens use their products, just search “Starbucks” to see what I mean.Tumblr, it seems, is also ready to help corporations cash in on its users’ impeccably cur
Ad tech company AppNexus continues to roll up financing, announcing today new funding of $60 million. In a post today on the company’s blog, CEO and co-founder Brian O’Kelley said his company is pursuing its “White Whale” of “making the Internet better by making advertising better.” The New York Cit
Twitter is experimenting with a new feature that is downright blasphemous to experienced users. Some users are seeing a few tweets in their timelines that have merely been favorited by accounts they follow. That’s a massive change: Twitter has fundamentally only shown tweets and retweets poste
If you’re a parent whose kids are old enough to own a phone, you’ll know how frustrating it can be when they choose to ignore your calls. A new Android app developed by a mother hopes to curb that silent treatment by rendering smartphones almost unusable until they are finally answered. Sharon Stand
