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IT auditing software company Netwrix Corp. has released the results of its 2015 Cloud Security Survey, showing that 65 percent of companies are concerned with security when migrating to the cloud and 40 percent are concerned with the loss of physical control over …
Google Play names its best Android apps and games for 2015
Google, Inc. has released its annual Google Play Best of 2015 list, and while there were some surprises, the list saw a number of old favorites continue to dominate. The list, which includes Best Games of 2015 and Best Apps of 2015, …
Vodafone’s Andrew Morawski shares some interesting M2M & IoT predictions for 2016
Machine to Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT) space has boomed in 2015, but bigger things are ahead as the market continues to explode and reach into every aspect of our lives, even down to things like Internet-enabled light bulbs. …
Revenge porn site operator Hunter Moore gets 30 months for hacking
Victims of Hunter Moore, the owner and operator of the now-defunct revenge porn site Is Anyone Up?, have had the last laugh after he was sent to jail for 30 months for crimes committed when running the site. The sentence was imposed by …
Didi Kuaidi, Lyft, GrabTaxi & Ola form global alliance to take on Uber
Uber Technologies, Inc.’s main competitors in China, the United States, Southeast Asia and India — Didi Kuaidi (Xiaoju Kuaizhi, Inc.), Lyft, Inc., GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd., and India’s Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), respectively — have announced a global alliance to take …
Analyst claims Apple is prepping a 4-inch iPhone 6c for launch in Q1
Apple looks set to expand its lineup of iPhones in the new year with a report that it’s preparing to ship a new phone. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, famed for accurate Apple predictions, has issued a research note with details of …
Goldman Sachs backs the Bitcoin Blockchain in research note to clients
Multinational investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has predicted a strong future for blockchain technology, the distributed digital ledger that powers Bitcoin. The group sent an Emerging Theme Radar research note to clients Wednesday, saying, “While the Bitcoin hype cycle has …
Survey finds majority of startup founders think we’re in a bubble and it might be about to burst
A survey of startups has found that it’s not just skeptical tech journalists who believe that we’re in the middle of the second great tech bubble that is close to bursting, but startup founders as well. The “State of Startups” survey, from …
Spotify is now the most popular music-streaming service globally
Spotify AG has taken the crown as the world’s most popular music streaming service for the first time, according to a report released Tuesday. The App Annie Europe, Ltd. “Mobile Music Streaming: Driving The Next Digital Revolution” report found that mobile music …
Samsung’s new mid-range Galaxy A phones get Samsung Pay and fingerprint scanning
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has updated its mid-range Galaxy A series phones, with the range now gaining features previously only seen in the flagship Note and S series devices. The main upgrade to the Galaxy A (2016) phones, which include the 4.7-inch …