Sponsored post: Upcoming event: Considerations when developing apps in the cloud, and more for Friday, February 27, 2015

Sponsored post: Upcoming event: Considerations when developing apps in the cloud Gigaom Feb 27 2015, 6:10am PDT Cloud computing presents the single largest opportunity for IT organizations today. There are a number of factors to take into consideration. The following considerations take a holistic approach to the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process. Cloud development Developing applications in the cloud vs. traditional corporate infrastructure […] Read More » Ericsson seeks US iPad, iPhone ban as it sues Apple over patents David Meyer Feb 27 2015, 2:43am PDT Last month Apple and Ericsson went to war over the fees Ericsson is trying to charge Apple for the use of its mobile broadband patents. Apple sued Ericsson in an attempt to have the patents declared non-standard-essential (meaning they don’t automatically command royalties) or, if they […] Read More » Scammers defraud TalkTalk users after UK ISP suffers data breach David Meyer Feb 27 2015, 1:55am PDT The personal details of a number of TalkTalk customers have been stolen. In some cases, the details have been used to scam further information such as bank details from the victims. TalkTalk is one of the biggest British internet service providers, with more than four million […] Read More » The hyperloop could be a futuristic California city’s public transit Signe Brewster Feb 26 2015, 3:47pm PDT A county halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles would be one of the first sites to host a hyperloop track under a plan revealed today by Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, an organization that has been working to make the futuristic form of transportation a reality since it was […] Read More » Net neutrality’s next chapter: How experts saw today’s milestone and next steps Stacey Higginbotham Feb 26 2015, 2:14pm PDT Pardon me while I catch my breath after all the celebratory dancing I’ve been doing in the wake of the FCC’s historic vote to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Communications Act in order to preserve true network neutrality. We’ve explained what this means for […] Read More » Big changes atop CenturyLink cloud as Higginbotham departs Barb Darrow Feb 26 2015, 2:03pm PDT Andrew Higginbotham, the CenturyLink exec who helped bring that telco into the modern cloud computing era, is leaving the company after 14 years, Gigaom has learned. Higginbotham, who was SVP of cloud and technology, led CenturyLink’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Savvis in 2011 and subsequent purchases of AppFog, Tier […] Read More » Three big questions before the Apple Watch event Kevin C. Tofel Feb 26 2015, 1:37pm PDT Apple is holding a press event on March 9, presumably to show off and start orders for the Apple Watch it introduced back in September. I’m all but certain here on the event topic based on the previously stated April shipment date for Apple’s first smartwatch; launching […] Read More » FCC votes yes on net neutrality in partisan spectacle Jeff John Roberts Feb 26 2015, 10:02am PDT It took four million public comments and a pitched political fight invoking everything from civil rights to Presidential power, but the FCC has finally passed new rules on net neutrality. On Thursday, the FCC voted to reclassify broadband internet providers as “common carriers,” as part of a new order that will […] Read More » This may be why the Pebble isn’t supported on Windows Phone Kevin C. Tofel Feb 26 2015, 8:31am PDT Earlier this week, I noted an internal Microsoft Windows Phone app that works with the Pebble smartwatch. Now a detailed report from Windows Central adds more background about the reason for the app and why Pebble itself isn’t working on adding Windows Phone support to its smartwatch. […] Read More » FCC votes 3-2 to override state bans of municipal broadband Jeff John Roberts Feb 26 2015, 8:25am PDT The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday morning voted to push aside laws in two states that restrict municipalities from building out their local high speed broadband networks. In a 3-2 vote, the FCC granted petitions from Chattanooga, North Carolina and Wilson, North Carolina that asked the agency to invoke […] Read More » Net Neutrality day is here: a guide to today’s vote Jeff John Roberts Feb 26 2015, 4:30am PDT What is the right way to run the internet? After months of pitched debate over so-called net neutrality, the FCC will finally vote on a proposal that will prevent broadband providers from slowing down or speeding up certain websites. While there’s little doubt about the outcome of the vote, Thursday’s FCC […] Read More » The FCC’s other big vote: small cities await their broadband fate Jeff John Roberts Feb 25 2015, 9:28pm PDT The big battle over net neutrality will go to a vote on Thursday but, for many people in small cities, it’s the other item on the agenda that matters most: whether the agency will allow two towns to build their own broadband infrastructure. “It’s a way of letting local communities control […] Read More » Mark Cuban on net neutrality: FCC can’t protect competition Barb Darrow Feb 25 2015, 8:38pm PDT As someone who takes her cues on net neutrality from Gigaom’s resident expert Stacey Higginbotham or, failing that, John Oliver, this is hard to admit: Mark Cuban may have a point on why the proposed net neutrality regulations may be a cure that’s worse than the disease. If adopted, he […] Read More » Sooooo, what’s new with HP’s cloud strategy? Barb Darrow Feb 25 2015, 1:56pm PDT Look! Hewlett-Packard is doing something with Eucalyptus after all, at least according to a new web page touting HP Helion Eucalyptus, the “Open. Agile. Secure AWS-compatible private cloud.” HP bought Eucalyptus in September, put that company’s CEO, Marten Mickos, in charge of the overall HP cloud business and things […] Read More » While others shut down comments, the NYT wants to expand them Mathew Ingram Feb 25 2015, 1:50pm PDT While many other media organizations have gotten rid of their reader comments, including Reuters and Bloomberg, the New York Times says it plans to expand its commenting features and invest more resources in them because they help create a valuable relationship with readers Read More » Windows Phone left out as Google Wallet swallows Softcard Kif Leswing Feb 25 2015, 12:26pm PDT Google purchased Softcard earlier this week, and today it posted a support page about what to expect from the mobile wallet service in the future as it shuts down. No surprises here: Android users should download Google Wallet, which is replacing Softcard. But for users of the […] Read More » You can now store 50,000 songs online with Google Play Music Kevin C. Tofel Feb 25 2015, 11:29am PDT Google just made its Play Music service a bit more appealing, even if you don’t use a Google Android phone. You can now upload 50,000 songs to your Google Play Music account at no charge; the previous limit was 20,000. announced the storage boost in a […] Read More » Bill Gates, energy execs, once again call for tripling of energy research funding Katie Fehrenbacher Feb 25 2015, 10:43am PDT Almost five years ago a group of business leaders, including Bill Gates, GE CEO Jeff Immelt and venture capitalist John Doerr, called for a massive increase in U.S. government funding for basic energy research. This week that group released a report, its third on the topic, […] Read More » Microsoft is working on Pebble support for Windows Phone Kevin C. Tofel Feb 25 2015, 7:32am PDT This week’s Kickstarter darling, the Pebble Time smartwatch, has much to offer — if you use an iPhone or Android handset, that is. Pebble doesn’t officially support Windows Phone, and although a Microsoft employee was tinkering to fix that last year, it hasn’t happened yet. Based […] Read More » Apple must pay patent troll $532M, Texas jury rules Jeff John Roberts Feb 25 2015, 5:07am PDT Apple must pay a shell company $532.9 million because iTunes infringes upon three patents related to online patents, a jury in East Texas ruled on Tuesday. The company in question, named Smartflash LLC, is also based in Texas and doesn’t make or do anything besides file patent lawsuits, […] Read More »