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New Raspberry Pi Packs More Power

The Raspberry Pi Foundation on Wednesday launched the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ The new release comes two years after the introduction of its predecessor, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.

TECHNOLOGY LAW CORNER

German Court's Privacy Ruling Against Facebook Will Have Far-Reaching Effects

Facebook has millions of users in the European Union, and a German court recently ruled against the company in a case involving its Privacy Policy. Few ever read privacy policies except judges, who must examine them when challenges arise. The new EU General Data Protection Regulations, which go into effect on May 25, will make things even more co...

Fitbit Highlights Versatility in New $200 Smartwatch

Fitbit on Tuesday added a new smartwatch to its wearables line with a pricetag of US$199.95 The Fitbit Versa, which will reach global retail outlets in next month, will be the lightest metal smartwatch in the U.S. market. It includes a new dashboard that simplifies the way health and fitness data is accessed on the device....

INSIGHTS

Healthcare, CRM's New Vertical

Healthcare might offer the best example of the potential for vertical market or industry-oriented customer relationship management, but most people in CRM may not understand or realize this. Healthcare is, after all, a bit of a stretch from what we do in the enterprise or small and mid-sized business world, but perhaps it shouldn't be. In both sph...

SpaceChain, Arch Aim to Archive Human Knowledge in Space

SpaceChainon Monday announced that it has entered a partnership with the Arch Mission Foundation to use open source technology to launch an ambitious project involving the storage of large data sets in spacecraft and on other planets. Arch Mission will load large quantities of data onto SpaceChain's satellite vehicles with the eventual aim of sto...

GADGET DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES

Gadget Ogling: Smart Phones, Simple Phones, and Sparkling Water on Tap

Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that would hold discussions on nuclear relations with North Korea were it not for all those new gadget announcements that sap up all our time instead In our secret silo his time around are the latest Samsung flagship smartphones; a phone that goes an entirely different direction from being your co...

Data Storage, Privacy and Metaphysics: SC Weighs Arguments in MS Case

How far does the long arm of U.S. law enforcement extend when government agencies seek electronically processed information? The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed that issue in an intriguing session involving terms that bordered on the metaphysical applied to global electronic connectivity, the law, and the sig...

OPINION

I Have Seen Technology's Future

With the collapse of theIntel Developer Forum, Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference has become the strongest event showcasing the near-term future of technology. One of the most interesting parts of that event, Inception, allows small focused startups to pitch their ideas in a Shark Tank-like atmosphere to compete for a significant cash prize. Two ...

ANALYSIS

The VR Experience: Challenges for a Growing Market

Virtual reality devices, including headsets and peripherals, offer consumers and businesses new ways to experience and share immersive content for entertainment, educational, social and other purposes. VR's unique capability to promote user interaction through highly immersive content provides untapped potential in terms of storytelling, advertisi...

White House Video Game Violence Discussion Fails to Move the Needle

President Donald Trump on Thursday met behind closed doors with several top video game industry executives, association representatives, politicians and others to discuss video game violence in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month. A 19-year-old former student there, who legally bought an AR-15 assault style rifle, has been charged with the murders...

Amazon Courts Medicaid Recipients With Deep Prime Discount

Amazon this week expanded its discounted Prime membership program, already available to EBT card holders, to include Medicaid recipients. Eligible customers can become Prime members for US$5.99 a month, less than half the regular $12.99 monthly fee The move -- another step in Amazon's efforts to reach underserved economic communities -- ratchets up...

Galaxy S9 and S9+ May Shine Brightest as S6, S7 Replacement

Samsung's new Galaxy S9 and S9+ handsets claimed the spotlight on Thursday as the first reviews of the smartphones surfaced. The general consensus appears to be that these new models were successfully built on past designs yet fell short in numerous areas. The new phones are good -- but anyone expecting revolutionary functionality may be disappointed...

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

Deepin Desktop Props Up Pardus Linux

The Pardus Linux distro offers an inviting computing experience with both old and new options. However, a dual development path narrows its user appeal.

Pega Enlists AI to Coach Sales Teams

Pegasystems on Tuesday launched Pega Sales Coach, an artificial intelligence-powered addition to Pega Sales Automation Pega Sales Automation targets business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies....

Russians Pose as Americans to Steal Data on Social Media

Americans were targeted on social media by Russian agents on a mission to harvest personal information, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday The agents pretended to work for organizations promoting African-American businesses as a ruse to obtain personal information from black business owners during the 2016 presidential election campaign, ac...

INSIGHTS

Facebook's Vulnerabilities Surface

Adam Smith famously referred to "the invisible hand" of the free market in his landmark book The Wealth of Nations, and with that made himself one of the very first political economists. Smith's observation was so on point that most of us assume markets run through the agency of individuals pursuing their enlightened self-interests. A lot of this drove the evolution of CRM as a tool for tracking customers...

Where Blockchain Tech Offers the Most Promise

"Blockchain" is the word on everyone's lips in the tech industry, with vendors pushing it as a solution for everything from banking and finance to retail and apparel "We're going to continue to see tech vendors trying to push blockchain as the solution to problems that may exist," said Rebecca Wettemann, VP of research at Nucleus Research....

NICE Alliance Aims to Get Smart Cameras to Play Well Together

Sony Semiconductor Solutions, Nikon, Foxconn, Scenera and Wistron have formed an alliance to create standards that allow surveillance and IP cameras to play well with each other The NICE Alliance, unveiled Monday, aims to create a new smart camera ecosystem, along the lines of the mobile ecosystems that have become so familiar. The "NICE" acronym s...

Kali Linux Security App Lands in Microsoft Store

Kali Linux, a penetration testing app from Offensive Security, became available in the Microsoft Store on Monday. Windows 10 users can download and install the Kali Linux app onto the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Voice Shopping Set to Skyrocket

The voice shopping market in the United States will rise from its current US$2 billion valuation to $40 billion by 2022, according to survey resultsOC&C Strategy Consultants released last week The trend is being driven by a surge in the number of homes using smart speakers, from the current 13 percent to 55 percent by 2022....

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