Google to acquire Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50M Google announced today that it intends to buy Xively from LogMeIn for $50 million, giving Google Cloud an established IoT platform to add to their product portfolio. In a blog post announcing the acquisition, Google indicated it wants to use […]
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EU tells Facebook, Google and Twitter to do more for users Europe’s justice commissioner told Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N) and Google (GOOGL.O) on Thursday to do more to bring their user terms in line with EU law, ramping up pressure on the tech giants after their efforts were deemed too […]
Hackers stole $6 million in attack on SWIFT system, Russian central bank says Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million rubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank said on Friday. The disclosure, buried at the bottom of a […]
After Apple’s fight with FBI, two groups say they can solve the encryption battle Two years after the FBI unsuccessfully sought Apple’s help to hack into a phone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists, law enforcement and companies are no closer to resolving the dispute over digital-message privacy. […]
Why Google’s Ad-Blocking in Chrome Might Prove Awkward For the Company Google, frustrated with “annoying” advertisements involving techniques such as pop-ups and loudly auto-playing videos, is from Thursday using its Chrome browser to strike back. Users of the browser—that is to say, well over half the people who surf the […]
Uh oh! Apple’s HomePod can stain some wood furniture At least the sound isn’t wooden. The HomePod in fact sounds great. At the same time, however, Apple’s $349 smart speaker has been tarnished for having a virtual voice-driven assistant Siri, that isn’t as smart or useful as Alexa on Amazon […]
Facebook’s two-factor authentication system auto-posts replies on your profile Facebook’s two-factor authentication (2FA) system has come under fire today for some bizarre design elements that seem to have gone largely unnoticed for quite some time. Bay Area software engineer Gabriel Lewis noticed earlier this week that Facebook was using the […]
UK blames Russia for cyber attack, says won’t tolerate disruption Britain blamed Russia on Thursday for a cyber-attack last year, publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for spreading a virus which disrupted companies across Europe including UK-based Reckitt Benckiser. The so-called NotPetya attack in June started in Ukraine where it […]
AMP for email is a terrible idea Google just announced a plan to “modernize” email with its Accelerated Mobile Pages platform, allowing “engaging, interactive, and actionable email experiences.” Does that sound like a terrible idea to anyone else? It sure sounds like a terrible idea to me, and not only […]
Google is good at building phones but terrible at selling them After shipping just 3.9 million units in 2017, Google has a lot of retail work to do. With the recent acquisition of one of HTC’s smartphone teams, Google appears more committed than ever to being a smartphone hardware maker. […]
