Technology News from the World's Most Influential Companies
HP and Asus have already unveiled their Windows 10 S on ARM laptops, and it is now Lenovo’s turn to do the same with the Miix 630. In seemingly unrelated news, Amazon Alexa will be making her way to the Windows 10 environment, where her fierce rival Cortana already resides. How are these two developments…
Jack Ma, one of the richest men in China, told off US companies by telling them to stop complaining about Chinese government policies that stifle growth of foreign companies in the country. While addressing the recent World Internet Conference in Wuzhen China, Jack Ma said: “When you determine to come, prepare for it. Follow the…
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Trump’s executive orders for a travel ban from 8 primarily Muslim countries to be implemented in full force, according to a WSJ report. Giving no reason for its decision, the court said that it expected lower courts, where the travel ban still faces legal challenges, to review the executive…
Isaiah 9:2 “The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.” I don’t usually paraphrase the Bible to my own advantage, but Isaiah’s run as a prophet doesn’t seem to have ended yet! Lighting solutions become cheaper every year. From…
German long-distance bus operator FlixBus announced Wednesday that it will begin operations in the United States. Both of FlixBus’s potential competitors in the U.S., Greyhound and Megabus, are British-owned, and now there’s a German competitor to grab market share in what could be a very lucrative market. The company, according to Reuters, has sent personnel…
The folks at leading tech supplier Archeer have come up with a clever technology for connecting two Bluetooth speakers for a stereo audio experience. Though not a pioneering technology, TWS, or True Wireless Stereo as Archeer calls it, is an innovative twist on delivering a stereo experience on dual Bluetooth speakers. But first, a bit…
Amazon today launched new cloud-based hardware called the Amazon Cloud Cam. Essentially a security camera comparable to most similar products, the Cloud Cam has two distinct advantages: one, it is linked to the largest cloud infrastructure service in the world, AWS, and two, it’s Alexa-enabled, giving it access to potentially a huge bank of voice…
It’s been 10 years since things were set in motion for the Great Recession, the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Nearly 10 years ago, on December 2007, the United States officially went into recession, a cataclysmic event that lasted for a full year and a half before finally abating in…
Why would a defense contractor be allowed to handle sensitive information when their network isn’t highly secure? That’s the question we asked ourselves when we found out that a defense agent in Australia had about 30GB of “commercial-in-confidence” data hacked from their poorly protected systems. The truth came out when the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)…
Hyperloop One now has not one but two well-known billionaire industrialists backing it. Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, will be joining the Board of Directors at Hyperloop One. We don’t know the terms of the investment, but it must be significant, considering that the project will be renamed “Virgin Hyperloop One.” In…
DTE Energy announced today that its 60-MW solar park in Lapeer, Michigan, is fully operational. Set on 250 acres of land, the park boasts a 200,000-panel array of photoelectric material, making it the largest such facility in the state, according to DTE. The company’s plans were outlined by Irene Dimitry, VP of Business Planning and…
In a weird case of Spy Vs Spy Vs Spy, Israeli intelligence officials have discovered that Russian intelligence agents have been searching for code names of American intelligence programs. Hacking into antivirus provider Kaspersky Lab’s systems, the Israeli officials found evidence that Russian agents have been looking for information related to American intelligence agencies. The…
Four days ago, on October 4, Google hosted a hardware event to unveil eight new products. What are these products, what’s driving them and how does it help Google’s parent company, Alphabet, further mature its presence in the hardware segment? New Products “Made by Google” Since last year, Alphabet has been touting the “Made by…
Why has Alphabet’s Google just invested $1.1 billion in HTC to acquire the company’s phone design and engineering team? Because it is dead serious about the hardware business. With the success of Google Pixel and Pixel XL last year, Google now has the confidence that it can produce Google-branded smartphones that are as good as…
What is a Flagship Smartphone? Everybody’s talking about 2017 flagship smartphones. But what exactly is a flagship device, and why is it called that? The origin of the word ‘flagship’ comes from the 1670s, when Navy warships carrying the Admiral, Vice-Admiral or Rear-Admiral used to fly special colors to distinguish them from other ships in…
