Facebook launches collaborative threat-detection framework, and more for Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Facebook launches collaborative threat-detection framework Jonathan Vanian Feb 11 2015, 6:00am PDT It might be a bit more difficult for hackers to launch coordinated attacks against several different companies at the same time thanks to a new collaborative threat-detection framework by Facebook called ThreatExchange. The new security framework, which Facebook plans to announce on Wednesday, works like an […] Read More » Here’s how to unlock your phone under the new rules Kif Leswing Feb 11 2015, 6:00am PDT New rules governing U.S. wireless carriers went into full effect on Wednesday, although many carriers had been following the guidelines for nearly a year. These new rules are part of a voluntary “consumer code for wireless service” administered by CTIA, the main wireless trade association. All four big carriers — including […] Read More » Chrome Show: Evidence of a Chromebook Pixel 2 spotted Kevin C. Tofel Feb 11 2015, 5:55am PDT The chip cycles are revving and that means new devices are coming. One of them just might be a successor to the original Chromebook Pixel, which debuted two years ago this month. Evidence of testing Chrome OS software with an unannounced laptop that has both a lightbar on […] Read More » Driverless cars can be tested on UK public roads as of now David Meyer Feb 11 2015, 5:50am PDT In July last year, the British government said it would review the rules of the road to see if any changes were needed for the testing of driverless cars. Well, the report is out and the tech and auto industries are free to get testing. According […] Read More » Samsung expected to go smaller with Galaxy S6, Note Edge screens Kevin C. Tofel Feb 11 2015, 5:29am PDT Both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and new Note Edge will have smaller displays, according to Bloomberg, which also confirms earlier reports of an Edge with screens on both the left and right side. Citing people with direct knowledge of Samsung’s plans, Bloomberg on Wednesday said the new handsets are […] Read More » Luminoso brings its text analysis smarts to streaming data Barb Darrow Feb 11 2015, 5:00am PDT Luminoso, a sentiment analysis startup with DNA from MIT’s Media Lab, says its new product can take consumer feedback from Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and potentially other feeds, and boil it into one stream to provide an near real-time look at how people feel (or at least talk) […] Read More » Cloud Foundry Foundation names Ramji CEO Barb Darrow Feb 11 2015, 5:00am PDT The Cloud Foundry Foundation, put in place last year to promote the open-source platform as a service framework, now has new leadership. Sam Ramji, former CEO of Apigee, is now CEO. In the statement announcing the news, Ramji was painted as a neutral outsider to the […] Read More » Investors throw $115M at French IoT network outfit Sigfox David Meyer Feb 11 2015, 1:36am PDT Sigfox, the French startup that’s rolling out an international internet-of-things network, mostly by partnering with local network operators, has scored a massive $115 million funding round from the likes of Telefonica and NTT DoCoMo. The company provides the technology for its network of wireless networks, which […] Read More » Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies Janko Roettgers Feb 10 2015, 1:44pm PDT Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung’s smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads, which seem to be dynamically inserted […] Read More » AT&T begins building a unified US-Mexico footprint with Cricket Kevin Fitchard Feb 10 2015, 10:30am PDT AT&T promised it would create the first pan-North American service area when it bought Mexico’s Iusacell last month, and it’s wasting no time getting started on the multinational footprint. On Tuesday, Ma Bell announced its prepaid arm Cricket Wireless will make unlimited calls to Mexico part […] Read More » Want to attract the average consumer? Skip the hardware preview Stacey Higginbotham Feb 10 2015, 10:02am PDT For the last two years I’ve been reviewing connected devices as part of my role as Gigaom’s internet of things reporter. I’ve spent hours fiddling with radio networks, sliced my fingers open attaching wireless hubs to my garage door opener, giggled with my daughter while weighing […] Read More » Flipboard swims against the tide by launching a website Mathew Ingram Feb 10 2015, 10:00am PDT While most media companies are moving from the web to focus on mobile, Flipboard is doing the opposite -- having built the app on mobile, it is now launching a web version Read More » Report: Apple won’t sell iOS accessories designed on leaks Kevin C. Tofel Feb 10 2015, 7:36am PDT It’s not uncommon for next-generation iPhone cases to appear before actual new iPhone models. That’s because accessory makers often jockey for position to be the first to have products ready for new iPhones. And Apple may have had enough of that mad dash. According to 9to5 Mac, Apple will […] Read More » Gigaom’s new AI and deep learning conference: Structure Intelligence Clare Ryan Feb 10 2015, 7:30am PDT We are thrilled to announce the launch of Gigaom’s newest conference, Structure Intelligence. In the past year we’ve seen massive growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deep learning. Our own Derrick Harris has been covering this area for years and we have decided it’s time to […] Read More » Google ditches its own protocol for HTTP/2 and a faster web Kevin C. Tofel Feb 9 2015, 2:08pm PDT After using its own protocol for several years to speed up the web, Google is dropping support for it and adopting a standard approach. Next year, Google will abandon SPDY in early 2016 in favor of HTTP/2 according to a blog post published Monday on the company’s […] Read More » Microsoft woos Y Combinator startups with big Azure credits Barb Darrow Feb 9 2015, 1:53pm PDT Microsoft wants to boost its cloud’s profile among startups so it’s making $500,000 in Azure credits available to Y Combinator-backed companies. The credits start rolling with the Winter 2015 class and will continue after that, according to this Y Combinator blog post. This can be a good […] Read More » Left Shark printer chomps on Katy Perry’s copyright claim Jeff John Roberts Feb 9 2015, 1:15pm PDT Left Shark rose to internet super-stardom by doing his own thing — and now a man selling models of the Super Bowl shark is doing the same, bucking the Katy Perry lawyer who wants him to stop. L’affaire Left Shark began last week when a lawyer for the “Roar” singer sent […] Read More » DARPA shows off its tech for indexing the deep web Derrick Harris Feb 9 2015, 12:54pm PDT On Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired a segment about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and its attempts to secure the internet from hackers, human traffickers and other criminals. One of the DARPA efforts the program highlighted — and did so even more in an unaired […] Read More » UBS: Apple “dictating the terms” in relationship with IBM Barb Darrow Feb 9 2015, 10:05am PDT Last July, when IBM and Apple announced their pact to deliver enterprise-class iOS apps to businesses, it was portrayed as a push into vertical industries like banking and retail. The first of these apps were released in December. But now UBS analyst Steven Milunovich said the […] Read More » Worried about smart TVs listening in? Welcome to the smart home David Meyer Feb 9 2015, 9:52am PDT The last weekend saw a fair amount of freaking out over the privacy policy associated with Samsung’s smart TVs, which warns customers that “if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third […] Read More »