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Malware Embedded in CCleaner Tool Puts Millions at Risk

Malicious code has been discovered in two versions of Piniform's CCleaner housekeeping utility, the company disclosed on Monday. Piniform is owned by Avast, whose security products are used by more than 400 million people The malware infecting CCleaner could give hackers control over the devices of more than 2 million users. CCleaner is designed to...

Account-Based Marketing Inspires New Software, Strategies

InsideView last week released InsideView Target with ABM, a tool for business-to-business companies that have implemented account-based marketing It is a fully redesigned version of InsideView Target, with the addition of ABM workflows and other enhancements, including the following capabilities:...

5 Ways to Use Snapchat to Target Millennials

Once just a hangout for teenagers, Snapchat has matured into an engaging and effective social media platform. If you're trying to reach a younger demographic, it's somewhere you probably want to be "Snapchat is the best channel to reach young people, as they count for more than two-thirds of its audience and are very active users," said Melissa San...

OPINION

The New iPhones: Apple's Strangely Wrongheaded Pivot

It fascinates me that succession from a successful CEO to the chosen successor almost always goes badly. This phenomenon isn't limited to the CEO level -- I've seen highly successful CMOs followed by handpicked successors who also seem to have no clue as to why their predecessor did so well. I think it comes down to a lack of mentoring combined with misconceptions. People with different backgrounds often think their predecessor was lucky rather than smart. ...

reMarkable's Pricey, Paper-Like Tablet Ready to Ship

reMarkable on Monday will begin shipping what might best be described as an "untablet" -- a device that is, essentially, an electronic piece of paper The company is proud of its paper tablet's simplicity, boasting that no other tablet has fewer functionalities....

New Checklist Guides B2B Marketing Automation Platform Purchases

Four Quadrant this week released its Marketing Automation Buyer's Checklist for companies seeking to purchase a B2B marketing automation platform, or MAP The checklist has eight major categories for evaluation and more than 35 subcategories. It lists more than 100 questions buyers should ask to make an informed assessment of MAP vendors' offerings....

FTC Confirms Probe Into Equifax Data Breach

In a rare move, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday confirmed that it has opened an investigation into the data breach at Equifax that compromised the sensitive personal information of 143 million U.S. consumers The FTC announcement came less than a week after Equifax revealed that an unknown party had gained access to names, addresses, S...

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The Vision Thing

Salesforce earlier this year introduced its Einstein Vision capability, an idea with a lot of promise but not a great deal of precedent. Who had applications that could see, and how would this be used? For decades, we've been content with scanning documents and analyzing them with optical character recognition tools, or we've used bar codes and QR ...

IBM Touts Top-Notch Security in Next-Gen Linux Mainframe

IBM on Tuesday launched LinuxOne Emperor II, the second generation of its open source mainframe computer system, at the annual Open Source Summit in Los Angeles The new model has a layer of security and privacy not seen in a Linux-based platform before, the company said.

How Many Ways Might iPhone X's Face ID Go Wrong?

When Apple unveiled its iPhone X on Tuesday, officials highlighted the device's advanced functionality, including what truly could be a game changing feature, its facial recognition technology. The new handset, which will sell for a whopping US$1,000, allows users to unlock it simply by looking at it....

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

IT Convergence Trend Alters Approach to Federal Market

Federal agencies have begun using an emerging information technology tool to manage the huge amount of data the United States government generates and stores. Federal IT managers recently have embraced the concept of convergence, which has been gaining traction in the private sector. Agencies also have indicated that the approach may be useful for other federal IT applications...

Linux Gains Ascendance in Cloud Infrastructures: Report

Linux is now the dominant operating system on Amazon's AWS cloud service and is growing rapidly on Microsoft's Azure platform this year, according to a report on public cloud adoption trendsSumo Logic released on Tuesday The company's second annual State of Modern Apps report reveals usage trends on AWS, Azure and Google clouds, and how they impac...

First Impressions: iPhone X Garners Lots of Cautious Thumbs Up

Apple on Tuesday raised the curtain on its next-generation iPhone X, and it so far has been greeted with praise -- though tentative -- from early hands-on reviewers For the most part, they gave the X kudos for design and build, but reserved their unequivocal endorsements until they could spend more time with the phone....

The Internet of Things Is a Boon for B2B: Report

Businesses have been focusing on the Internet of Things as an enabler of growth and increased operational efficiency, as well as the means to provide a better experience to customers and partners, according to the State of the Market: Internet of Things 2017 report Verizon released this week Seventy-three percent of executives surveyed said they ei...

AI Tool Captures and Updates Contacts Automatically

Nimble last week announced a deal to partner with CircleBack, which offers an AI-powered contact capture and cleaning tool that updates contacts and scans business cards automatically The CircleBack tool captures email signatures in Gmail and G Suite in real time, automatically adding new contacts to a user's list. The tool photographs or scans bus...

Apple Unveils Highly Secure, High-Priced iPhones

Apple on Tuesday made its long-awaited iPhone splash, accompanied by announcements of major upgrades to Apple Watch and Apple TV. The company launched two new generations of mobile phones -- iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, and iPhone X -- with enhancements in photography and device security in all models....

Putin: Whoever Rules AI Rules the World

Russian President Vladimir Putin last week poked the nest of anxieties over the use of artificial intelligence to gain power in a video address to students at 16,000 selected schools. "Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind," he said. "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the ...

Apache Mounts Strong Defense, Equifax Retreats

The Apache Software Foundation this weekend responded to accusations that the massive data breach Equifax disclosed last week resulted from a flaw in Apache's open source code One of the largest financial data breaches in U.S. history, it exposed names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, birth dates, driver's license numbers and other sensitive i...

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Oracle's Numbers

Oracle will announce its Q1 revenue and profit numbers after the markets close on Wednesday. There's more than a little excitement about what might be revealed, specifically if the company can continue its rise, thanks to its cloud products. The anticipated answer is yes, for a number of reasons, but there's also potential for a surprise. First the surprise...

Apruve Allies with Matrix to Reduce B2B Credit Risk

Apruve last week announced a strategic alliance with Matrix Payment Systems to create a turnkey solution to mitigate the risk of advancing a revolving line of credit to business customers Under the agreement, the companies will help businesses streamline the extension of credit with less financial risk and fewer back office overhead expenses....

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