2017-02-03 00:30
AWS quarterly revenue continues to rise, but growth slows
The rocketship of cloud growth continued at the end of 2016 for Amazon Web Services. The public cloud provider announced Thursday that it brought in a little more than $3.5 billion during the fourth quarter of last year, up 47 percent from the same pe
2017-02-02 23:34
Obama-led sanction accidentally hampered U.S. tech firms in Russia
Sanctions imposed by former President Obama on Russia for hacking during the U.S. election had an unintended side effect: they essentially barred U.S. tech firms from selling new IT products in the country.
2017-02-02 21:23
Microsoft asks Trump administration for travel ban exceptions
Microsoft today asked the U.S. government to create a mechanism for granting exemptions to last week's executive order on immigration that would meet "the pressing needs of real people," including scores of company employees and their families.
2017-02-02 20:42
FCC takes first step toward over-the-air 4K broadcasting
The Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward the eventual roll-out of over-the-air terrestrial 4K television broadcasting in the U.S.
2017-02-02 19:43
New WhatsApp beta feature looks to eliminate the pain of embarrassing texts
We’ve all been there. You go to send a text message to your friend and you hit send before you’ve finished typing. Or there’s an embarrassing autocorrect error. Or worse, you’ve sent it to your boss instead of your co-worker.
2017-02-02 19:06
Cisco patches critical flaw in Prime Home device management server
Cisco Systems has fixed a critical vulnerability that could allow hackers to take over servers used by telecommunications providers to remotely manage customer equipment such as routers.
2017-02-02 18:00
Outlook for iOS speeds up work with third-party add ins
Users of Microsoft's Outlook app for iPhone and iPad can now get work done quicker using third-party integrations.
2017-02-02 17:58
Google is killing its bold Hands Free payment experiment
When Google launched Android Pay at its I/O conference back in 2015, it also teased a program that let you keep your phone in your pocket and still go through the normal checkout process. Called Hands Free, the limited pilot used the phrase, “I’ll
2017-02-02 17:17
EU gets steamed up about online game sales restrictions
European Union antitrust authorities are concerned that some video game publishers aren't playing by the rules of the EU's single market, charging customers in different countries different prices for access to what is essentially the same game.
2017-02-02 16:11
You can download Nintendo's Fire Emblem Heroes for iOS and Android today
The wait is over. If you’ve been itching to get your hands on Nintendo’s latest mobile game, you’ll be able to download it today.