2015년 2월 8일 일요일

Cure back-office blues with tech management techniques, and more for Sunday, February 8, 2015

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Feb 8 2015, 6:00am PDT
If you’re in senior management at a startup or a midsize tech company, you’re likely bored with and flummoxed by necessary but tedious back-office functions like HR, accounting, and legal. And there’s an even chance that those departments aren’t as effective as they could be. Take heart. Skills you […]
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Feb 7 2015, 12:00pm PDT
Like the iPod and iPhone, the HoloLens represents an inspiring connection of hardware and software that will take its company in a new direction. But unlike Apple's immense successes, Microsoft is betting on a new and untested behavioral experience.
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Feb 7 2015, 10:00am PDT
For six weeks, I’ve been driving the first 4G LTE car model to hit the U.S. market — the 2015 Audi A3, which was chosen to showcase Audi MMI connect technology. Features include navigation with Google Earth and Street View, as well as Sirius Traffic, Wi-Fi […]
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Feb 7 2015, 9:00am PDT
With all of the hoops that developers have to jump through to get their iOS apps into the App Store, its amazing that there are any Apps in the App Store at all.
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Feb 7 2015, 8:00am PDT
We’re halfway through the second decade of the 21st century and people are still talking about “cyberspace”. This has to stop. The term has become not only outmoded, but downright dangerous. “Cyberspace” suggests a place other than the real world. Perhaps that’s how things once felt, […]
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Feb 7 2015, 6:05am PDT
In the run up to March’s Mobile World Congress Event, there won’t likely be any big mobile hardware announcements. But there are some clues as to what’s coming. Asus is working on its second smartwatch, for example. With its ZenWatch (pictured), the company was among that last […]
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Feb 6 2015, 5:30pm PDT
Some media watchers are wondering whether NBC anchor Brian Williams will be able to regain his position at the pinnacle of the U.S. news business now that he has been caught in a lie -- but the reality is he lost that position a long time ago, thanks to the web
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Feb 6 2015, 2:32pm PDT
Pivotal, the cloud computing spinoff from EMC and VMware that launched in 2013, is preparing to blow up its big data business by open sourcing a whole lot of it. Rumors of changes began circulating in November, after CRN reported that Pivotal was in the process […]
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Feb 6 2015, 1:47pm PDT
If you’re in the market for a smarter Dropcam, then the $249 Canary may be the connected camera system for you. If you’re looking for a more traditional home security system, I’d wait a bit longer before going with Canary — unless you’re a huge fan […]
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Feb 6 2015, 1:03pm PDT
Would you find it creepy if your apartment owner was tracking every time you switched on a light bulb or how much energy your apartment used each evening? What about noticing every time you ran dishwasher or the noise levels next door? With about $900 dollars […]
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Feb 6 2015, 11:34am PDT
With both of my kids now in high school, it’s been a long time since the days of taking a crying baby’s temperature. I still remember it though, trying — and generally failing — to get a squirming, cranky child to hold still while trying to use an in-ear or oral […]
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Feb 6 2015, 11:02am PDT
Sling TV, the internet-based TV service operated by Dish, just gave us a look at its plans for sports fans: Sling TV’s new website, which launched Friday, reveals the line-up of channels that will be available as part of a Sports Extra add-on package. Sports fans who pay […]
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Feb 6 2015, 10:48am PDT
Many people argue that Google and Facebook and Twitter are doing us a favor by removing videos of graphic violence committed by groups like ISIS -- but there are also some compelling arguments for why those videos should be allowed to remain
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Feb 6 2015, 7:40am PDT
It might surprise you to learn that Latin America — including Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean — was the region that showed the fastest growth in history for solar panel projects last year, according to a recent report from GTM Research. While the […]
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Feb 6 2015, 7:16am PDT
It appears that some handsets have the technical preview of Windows 10 for phones a bit early, and their owners are happy to share what they see. China-based site ITHome published several screenshots of the new software, which Microsoft will make available later this month, showing a bit […]
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Feb 6 2015, 6:33am PDT
Finally, after many delays, the first Ubuntu phone is about to hit the market. In Europe. And only through a series of online flash sales. And you’ve almost certainly never heard of the manufacturer. On the plus side, it will come with quite a few recognizable […]
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Feb 6 2015, 6:14am PDT
Given this week’s news of a potentially huge security breach at insurance provider Anthem, security vendors of all types are eager to give advice, and, oh, get their company names in front of affected consumers or (better yet) other big companies spooked by what happened to Anthem. The breach, in […]
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Feb 6 2015, 1:56am PDT
To help it handle the EU ruling that forces it to delist certain results about people, Google assembled a team of expert advisors that travelled the continent, seeking out various opinions on how best to implement Europeans’ data protection rights. On Friday that advisory council published […]
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Feb 5 2015, 3:48pm PDT
SnapChat has convinced media companies like CNN and Yahoo and Vice to be part of its new Discover feature, and they were easy to convince because of SnapChat's 200M-plus millennial audience. But who ultimately benefits from these deals?
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Feb 5 2015, 2:48pm PDT
Verizon Communications is fleeing the crufty wireline communications world as fast as it can and has turned once again to Frontier to buy its fiber and telephony assets in Texas, Florida and California in a deal valued at $10.54 billion. It also has signed a deal […]
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