Announcement 50 articles, 2016-03-17 06:02 1 Technology is disrupting everything I spent a good part of my day yesterday attending the On-demand Economy conference at MIT. It was an interesting if somewhat academic look at the changes.. 2016-03-16 20:16 6KB (2.00/3) techcrunch.com 2 UK government SME procurement policy - where it worked and where it has failed The National Audit Office (NAO) recently published a report, Government’s spending with small and medium-sized enterprises, which marks a watershed in public SME procurement policy. It is a well-researched and elegantly presented review of a policy initiated by the former coalition and the government’s delivery of that policy. 2016-03-17 06:02 2KB www.computerweekly.com 3 A Glimpse at the Future of Containers in the Enterprise As interest in containers continues to grow, industry experts gathered at the Container Summit to discuss the technology and its future. 2016-03-17 05:51 1KB www.eweek.com 4 Google glitch translates 'Russian Federation' into 'Mordor'; it has a ring to it Irony alert: Google Translate bug brands Russians as occupiers when translating from Ukrainian 2016-03-17 05:51 3KB www.v3.co.uk 5 FileHippo News - powered by FeedBurner While the collective tech world was agog at the recent Go championship match between a world master and Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo software, other AI innovations have quietly been making waves of their own. It might not be as flashy as a computer beating a human champion in four of the... 2016-03-17 00:07 22KB feeds2.feedburner.com 6 MSI Vortex mini gaming PC has up to 64GB DDR4, Intel Core i7 Skylake, dual NVIDIA GPU When it comes to gaming PCs, I prefer to build my own. Selecting the components, piece by piece, can be very rewarding. If you are on a budget, it is often more affordable than buying a pre-built machine too. When it comes to gaming PCs, I prefer to build my... 2016-03-17 03:01 3KB betanews.com 7 Microsoft Cloud strength highlights second quarter results REDMOND, Wash. — January 28, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2015: During the quarter, Microsoft returned $6.5 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends. “Businesses everywhere are using the Microsoft Cloud as their digital platform to... 2016-03-16 23:12 8KB news.microsoft.com 8 GoPro and Microsoft sign licensing agreement REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 5, 2016 — On Friday, Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC announced a new collaborative patent licensing agreement with GoPro Inc. for certain file storage and other system technologies. “This agreement with GoPro shows the incredible breadth of technology sharing enabled through patent transactions,” said Nick Psyhogeos, president... 2016-03-16 23:12 2KB news.microsoft.com 9 E-School for Girls partners with NYU and Microsoft for entrepreneurship event NEW YORK — Feb. 4, 2016 — Pre-college entrepreneurship program E-School for Girls partnered with New York University, Microsoft Corp. and Natalie Zfat for an inspirational and educational event, What It Takes to Be a Successful Entrepreneur, on Feb. 3, 2016, at the NYU Stern School of Business. “Microsoft is... 2016-03-16 23:12 3KB news.microsoft.com 10 Microsoft delivers enterprise-class ERP to the cloud REDMOND, Wash. — March 9, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its next-generation cloud ERP solution, Microsoft Dynamics AX, built on and for Microsoft Azure, is now available in 137 markets in 40 languages. The enterprise-class business application brings the power, speed and intelligence of cloud computing to... 2016-03-16 23:12 7KB news.microsoft.com 11 Microsoft and Wistron deepen collaboration with Android patent licensing renewal REDMOND, Wash., and TAIPEI, Taiwan — March 7, 2016 — On Monday, Microsoft Corp. and Wistron Corp. announced a renewed Android patent licensing agreement covering Wistron’s tablets, mobile phones, e-readers, and other consumer devices running Android and Chrome platforms under Microsoft’s patent portfolio. This deal extends and expands a prior... 2016-03-16 23:10 2KB news.microsoft.com 12 Sir Clive Sinclair talks ZX Spectrum, electric cars and the UK tech scene "Yes, we've certainly gone backwards",Software,Hardware ,ZX Spectrum,Sinclair 2016-03-17 00:00 740Bytes www.computing.co.uk 13 Instagram to stop using chronological feeds Instagram is making the move to algorithmically sorted photos. 2016-03-17 00:00 2KB www.alphr.com 14 Which media-streamer is best - Kodi or Plex? Kodi and Plex are the two best streamers around. But which should you download? 2016-03-17 00:00 5KB www.alphr.com 15 LastPass made its own two factor authentication app for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Best known for its popular password manager, LastPass aims to make two-factor authentication mainstream with the creation of its own free app that also makes it easier to use the added security. 2016-03-16 22:18 2KB www.neowin.net 16 Google: Continuing to make the web more mobile friendly Google is tweaking its search algorithm to improve the ranking of 'mobile friendly' websites, a move that could potentially influence websites that rely a lot on organic traffic. 2016-03-16 21:34 1KB www.neowin.net 17 Xbox One will run Windows 10 apps later this summer; Xbox Store merging into Windows Store Microsoft has confirmed that apps built on its Universal Windows Platform will be coming to the Xbox One later this summer, and that the standalone Xbox Store will be merged into the Windows Store. 2016-03-16 21:14 2KB www.neowin.net 18 SpoonRocket finds a home with Brazil-based iFood SpoonRocket, the on-demand food delivery startup that shut down yesterday in the U. S., has a buyer. That buyer is Brazil-based iFood, a food delivery platform.. 2016-03-16 20:16 2KB techcrunch.com 19 AliveCor unveils Kardia Band, a medical-grade EKG band for Apple Watch A medtech startup called AliveCor today unveiled what may be the first medical-grade EKG band for the Apple Watch, the Kardia Band, pending its FDA.. 2016-03-16 20:16 3KB techcrunch.com 20 Steve Wozniak discusses his inaugural Silicon Valley Comic Con Last week I sat down with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to hear about his newest creation, Silicon Valley Comic Con. The event, which will be held this.. 2016-03-16 20:16 1KB techcrunch.com 21 Oculus shows off the 30 launch titles available for the Rift VR headset The Oculus Rift is launching March 28 along with a ton of cool, innovative content that plays to its strengths. There are 30 distinct titles that will be.. 2016-03-16 20:16 1KB techcrunch.com 22 Oculus shows off first-look of Minecraft for Gear VR and it’s mehhh Minecraft in all its blocky glory is setting up shop on mobile virtual reality on the Samsung Gear VR. I had a chance to demo the game at an Oculus media.. 2016-03-16 20:16 2KB techcrunch.com 23 Why Latin American economies are turning to bitcoin The economic prospects for Latin America in 2016 are grim. With political instability in some of the region's largest economies, as well as a general slump in.. 2016-03-16 20:16 3KB techcrunch.com 24 Apple teams up with Cookie Monster to sell you on hands free Siri If I had to choose a sound to identify the second year of my daughter’s life it would probably be one of the collaborations between Sesame Street superstar.. 2016-03-16 20:16 2KB techcrunch.com 25 Apple looks to Google’s Cloud Platform as it diversifies its infrastructure Rumors are flying today that Apple is moving part of its cloud business from AWS to Google's Cloud Platform. We did some asking around and yes, it does.. 2016-03-16 20:16 4KB techcrunch.com 26 US Senate bill would give FAA 2 years to create rules for delivery drones The U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. In an.. 2016-03-16 20:16 2KB techcrunch.com 27 Nike just unveiled the first real power-lacing sneaker, the HyperAdapt 1.0 It's finally here. After teaming up with Michael J. Fox to tease us with self-lacing Nike Mags on Back To The Future day in October, Nike has finally.. 2016-03-16 20:16 1KB techcrunch.com 28 This team has built adorable tiny backpacks for pigeons to track air pollution It’s time to take wearable devices to the next level. Plume Labs and DigitasLBi have teamed up for an interesting experiment. What if pigeons could fly.. 2016-03-16 20:16 2KB techcrunch.com 29 Third-party encryption renders iPhone backdoor useless Let’s assume for a minute that the FBI got its way. It coerces Apple into disabling the self- destruct function on the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone, allowing it to brute force the password. Effectively, the FBI and Apple create a backdoor that theoretically works the same across all iPhones. Police even... 2016-03-16 19:37 5KB betanews.com 30 Ring's new smart doorbell features 1080p video, 5GHz Wi-Fi, advanced motion detection and more Internet of Things company Ring has announced an updated version of its original smart doorbell that improves on the original in nearly every category. 2016-03-16 19:00 2KB www.techspot.com 31 The 14-year-old Warcraft III gets updated to support Windows 10 It's pretty rare these days for games older than a few years to receive further patches and updates.