Announcement 68 articles, 2016-07-07 18:01 1 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Could Receive New Gear VR Samsung has imported a new Gear VR to India for testing (1.03/2) 2016-07-07 09:36 1KB news.softpedia.com 2 Avast to acquire antivirus rival AVG for $1.3BN (1.02/2) Although Avast and AVG both offer paid security tools, they are best known for their free antivirus software. Although Avast and AVG both offer paid security tools, they are best known for their free antivirus software. Some people confuse the two firms because of the similarity... 2016-07-07 09:13 1KB feeds.betanews.com 3 Avast Announces Plans to Buy AVG for $1.3 Billion (1.02/2) Avast will pay $25/share for all of AVG's stock 2016-07-07 09:05 2KB news.softpedia.com 4 Acer Launches New TravelMate X3 Laptop with Windows 10 Acer TravelMate X349 officially unveiled today 2016-07-07 08:29 2KB (1.02/2) news.softpedia.com 5 Microsoft's new Dynamics 365 will bundle ERP and CRM in the cloud A new app store, meanwhile, will help business users find line-of- (1.02/2) business SaaS applications 2016-07-07 03:58 3KB www.infoworld.com 6 Mozilla Won’t Launch Firefox on Windows Phones No plans for such a project, the company says 2016-07-07 09:39 1KB news.softpedia.com (0.01/2) 7 FFmpeg 3.1 "Laplace" Open-Source Multimedia Framework Gets First Point Release (0.01/2) FFmpeg 3.1.1 is now available for select GNU/Linux distros 2016-07-07 08:55 2KB news.softpedia.com 8 Ice sheet modeling of Greenland, Antarctica helps predict sea-level rise -- ScienceDaily Predicting the expected loss of ice sheet mass is difficult due to the complexity of modeling ice sheet behavior. To better understand this loss, a team of researchers has been improving the reliability and efficiency of computational models that describe ice sheet behavior and dynamics. 2016-07-07 18:00 7KB feeds.sciencedaily.com 9 Lightbend Helps Developers Build Fast Data, Microservices Apps Lightbend, a pioneer in Reactive Systems, is building out its tools to support enterprises with cloud-first business models built on microservices. 2016-07-07 15:00 5KB www.eweek.com 10 IT professionals: volunteer your skills to help a charity The newly launched Charity IT Association wants to help charities improve their use of technology – and they’re looking for support from IT expert volunteers 2016-07-07 14:01 2KB www.computerweekly.com 11 Passenger Carries Gun-Shaped iPhone Case in Airport, Police Trolls Him Online After previously arresting him, obviously 2016-07-07 11:54 2KB news.softpedia.com 12 Google Now on Tap Features Instant Translations It also comes with improved search and Discover mode 2016-07-07 11:19 2KB news.softpedia.com 13 Lenovo is considering UK price rises, job cuts and other options, to deal with Brexit Following price rises from Dell and OnePlus, Lenovo says that it's also considering increasing prices, and potential job cuts, among other options - but it seems that no decisions have yet been made. 2016-07-07 11:12 2KB feedproxy.google.com 14 Snap Launchers Promise to Better Integrate Desktop Applications with Snaps It follows general desktop theming, global menu integration 2016-07-07 11:01 2KB news.softpedia.com 15 Woman live-streams the police shooting of her boyfriend on Facebook We've had quite a few shooting deaths lately, some of them caught on video. Just yesterday we saw the cell phone video that was captured of an incident in Baton Rouge. That incident resulted in widespread protests, though all peaceful so far. We’ve had... 2016-07-07 10:51 1KB feeds.betanews.com 16 Bulgaria passes law requiring all government-developed software to be open source Bulgarian government shifts towards open source to better support public-sector software development,Open Source,Software ,open source 2016-07-07 18:00 2KB www.computing.co.uk 17 Samba Patched Against Important SMB2/3 Client Security Issue, Update Now An attacker could have downgraded client side SMB2 signing 2016-07-07 10:08 2KB news.softpedia.com 18 ASUS launches ZenBook Flip UX360CA, a Windows 10 notebook with 'Cortana with Voice- Premium' ASUS' new Windows 10 notebook is thin and light with a metal body, 13.3-inch touchscreen and 360-degree hinge - and it's also the first ZenBook to be "certified with Cortana with Voice-Premium". 2016-07-07 10:04 1KB feedproxy.google.com 19 'Megaupload is coming back' The notorious internet mogul, Kim Dotcom, known for his file sharing companies, said that a new service will launch soon. He also hinted that the new service will come in January 2017. 2016-07-07 09:48 1KB feedproxy.google.com 20 Microsoft’s Surface Phone Won’t Be a Rival to Apple’s iPhone Redmond to target businesses with its upcoming phone 2016-07-07 08:51 2KB news.softpedia.com 21 With Thinga.me from Microsoft you can collect and share 'things, not photos' Thinga.me is a new iOS app from Microsoft Garage, which allows users to photograph, crop out, collect and share "objects". It's a bit like Pinterest, but less social and currently in closed beta. 2016-07-07 08:42 1KB feedproxy.google.com 22 NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV Firmware 3.2.0 Is Up for Grabs The version supports YouTube 4K 60FPS videos and Dolby Atmos 2016-07-07 08:18 1KB drivers.softpedia.com 23 Samsung predicting increased profits thanks to healthy Galaxy S7 sales Samsung is predicting higher than expected profits for Q2 2016, up from the same period last year, with healthy Galaxy S7 sales one of the main contributors to this latest success. 2016-07-07 07:58 1KB feedproxy.google.com 24 Windows Phone 8.1 Loses Top Mobile Banking App Wells Fargo pulls support for WP 8.1 app 2016-07-07 07:36 2KB news.softpedia.com 25 First Windows 10 Universal app shows up on Xbox One, as Blu-ray player app gets updated The first Universal Windows 10 app has finally landed on the Xbox One. Unfortunately, it's only an updated Blu-ray player app. Still, more apps should follows after the Anniversary Update. 2016-07-07 07:20 2KB feedproxy.google.com 26 Evolve set to become a free-to-play game on PC, beta starts today When a timer appeared on the website of asymmetrical multiplayer shooter Evolve this week, many thought the game's sequel would be announced once it reached zero. But when the title was removed from Steam yesterday, another theory was put forward:… 2016-07-07 07:00 2KB www.techspot.com 27 Microsoft Launches Exclusive iPhone App That Crops Objects from Your Photos Thinga. Me is the most recent project of Microsoft Garage 2016-07-07 06:53 2KB news.softpedia.com 28 Facebook to Test Video Downloads for Offline Viewing in India Facebook intends to start the test on July 11 2016-07-07 06:47 2KB news.softpedia.com 29 ) Microsoft tries to attract interns with 'dranks' and 'hella noms' Twitter user Patrick Burtchaell says that his roommate received a letter from Microsoft today from a Microsoft recruiter. The invitation for Internapalooza promised 'dranks', 'hella noms', and more. 2016-07-07 06:30 1KB feedproxy.google.com 30 Mozilla wants to help you get around the web in a better way Mozilla's VP of Firefox Product, Nick Nguyen, has announced that Mozilla is working on a sort of forward button for Firefox which will use a context graph to find suitable material for users. 2016-07-07 05:48 2KB feedproxy.google.com 31 Satya Nadella email to employees: Senior leadership team update From: Satya Nadella To: Microsoft All Employees Date: Thursday, July 7, 5:00 a.m... 2016-07-07 05:00 4KB news.microsoft.com 32 Bain Capital & friends pour $11M into BevSpot to stop bars from running dry BevSpot has found a problem worth solving: preventing your local bar from running out of your favorite tipple. Raising an $11 million Series B round from Bain.. 2016-07-07 00:00 1KB feedproxy.google.com 33 Pressed by falling numbers, Apple adds iPhone and iPad Pro to back-to-school promotion The inclusion of iPad Pro also syncs with Apple's assertion that a tablet-keyboard combo can satisfy the laptop itch 2016-07-07 04:06 5KB www.infoworld.com 34 Google fixes over 100 flaws in Android, many in chipset drivers Manufacturers can choose between two patch levels, one dedicated to device-specific fixes 2016-07-07 03:55 3KB www.infoworld.com 35 Samsung just had its most profitable quarter for more than two years Samsung has reported its most profitable quarter of business for over two years thanks to its resurgent smartphone business. 2016-07-07 00:00 2KB feedproxy.google.com 36 Post-quantum crypto startup PQ bags $10.3M Series A Being first to market with complex technology doesn't usually make for a simple sales proposition. Nor does trying to pioneer an alternative approach as a.. 2016-07-07 00:00 8KB feedproxy.google.com 37 SendGrid Launches New Endpoint to Complete API Email Management SendGrid announced its latest endpoint for its Web API: v3/mail/send. The endpoint rounds out the v3 release that began last year. With the new send endpoint, SendGrid has realized its goal of complete API management via API.