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There needs to be more automation in DevOps, but data center managers still mistrust automation and generally avoid implementing it at scale. This is the problem StackStorm, a Palo Alto, California-based startup, came out of stealth today to fix. The company’s operations automation software, deliver
Own an LG phone and hate the fact you can’t buy a wearable built for your phone? Turn that frown upside-down: the LG Lifeband Touch is finally coming out in Australia. Here’s how much and where you can get it. The LG Lifeband Touch will cost you $199 in Australia, meaning that the Australia Tax is [
Gregg Steinhafel, the chairman and CEO of Target during the retailer’s massive breach of customer data last year, has left the company effective immediately. The company announced that the decision was made after “extensive discussions” between Steinhafel and the board. Chief Finan
Tencent, one of China’s largest Internet companies, will spend 1.17 billion yuan, or $187 million for a 11.3% stake in NavInfo, one of the country’s largest mapping companies. Best known abroad as the maker of WeChat, Tencent’s products in China include a large range of consumer mobile products and
Just the other day we reported that mobile phone related injuries in Japan is on the rise. This does not mean texting/talking while driving, but rather text/talking while walking. This has resulted in accidents where people bump into others and knocking them down, serious injury, and in some cases e
It goes without saying that us humans have been particularly good with our tools, otherwise how could we have lasted against far larger and fiercer animals over the thousands of years in the past? Having said that, the use of tools in this day and age have also expanded, especially in the realm of t
Drag-racing legend “Big Daddy” Don Garlits failed to hit his intended target of getting the electric dragster of his to surpass the mythical 200-mile-per-hour mark, although he has managed to inch closer to his goal, and you can be dead sure that a man of his stature would definitely keep on trying
Verizon has had its fair share of smartphones released over the years, and in recent times as well, and here we are with one of their latest additions – the LG Optimus Exceed 2 that will make up part of Verizon’s range of prepaid smartphones. The LG Optimus Exceed 2 might seem rather familiar to som
It’s been almost one year since Yahoo announced that it had acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion, and David Karp, founder and head of Tumblr, says that its new owner has “lived up to everything they promised.” Speaking in an interview with the New York Times, Karp said that Yahoo and its CEO Marissa Mey
You might know where your forebears lived a few generations prior, but how about the exact village they came from — 1,000 years ago? Thanks to DNA sequencing, it’s now possible to find that out in many cases according to researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK. The aptly-n
The use of renewable energy is growing in the U.S., but its adoption has put pressure on old, overtaxed power grids. The intermittency of wind and solar power means that transmission systems need to find a way to store the energy generated from renewables to provide predictable power for grid operat
Samsung has long decided on a course that will cater to just about everyone when it comes to their collection of smartphones, ranging from entry level models to the mid-range as well as the high end side of things, such as the Samsung Galaxy S5. Well, in the latest leak concerning upcoming Samsung h
