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Ford Rethinks the F-150, Toyota Gets a New Lidar, London Battles with Uber and More Car News This Week

Posted on September 29, 2017 by John Davis

More than a century after the dawn of the automobile age, cars are a young person’s game again. Sure, the grey-haired bigwigs have started to catch on to the big trends—electricity, automation, connectedness—but if this week’s news is any indication, … Continue reading →

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In France, Snap's Discover news feature gets 10 million monthly users

Posted on September 28, 2017 by John Davis

(Reuters) – Snap Inc, searching for ways to reinvigorate a slowing growth rate and increase advertising revenue for its Snapchat messaging app, said this week it has racked up 10 million users for its Discover news and video feature in … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: An under-pressure OpenStack gets support from an (in)famous individual

Posted on June 14, 2017 by John Davis

Last week saw a few thousand devoted OpenStack community members flock to Boston to take part in the bi-annual OpenStack Summit. This summit marks a major turning point for the initiative. Since we all congregated in Barcelona last year, there … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business gets Mac client, shared folder sync

Posted on January 25, 2017 by John Davis

Microsoft gave users and administrators of OneDrive for Business some new features on Tuesday that they’ve requested for a while. The company also launched a new Mac client for its business-focused cloud storage service that can be deployed outside the … Continue reading →

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Google Drive gets machine-learning search features

Posted on September 21, 2016 by John Davis

Google this week debuted new search and natural-language-processing (NLP) features in its Drive cloud storage service. The key NLP features, which Google has invested in for many years, will be familiar to Google Search users. The search bar in Drive … Continue reading →

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Microsoft gets support for its fight against government gag orders

Posted on September 12, 2016 by John Davis

Microsoft has secured some big allies in a fight against the federal government, including three of its chief rivals, plus a hometown airline. Microsoft is fighting the government over its right to tell customers when federal agents request their data … Continue reading →

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Google gets API management tools in Apigee deal

Posted on September 8, 2016 by John Davis

Google plans to acquire API management vendor Apigee in a US$ 625 million deal that will give the search giant secure and multilanguage API tools used by companies bringing more and more of their services online. The deal, announced Thursday, … Continue reading →

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IDG Contributor Network: Kubernetes becomes more scalable, gets support for hybrid clouds

Posted on July 10, 2016 by John Davis

Earlier this week, Google released version 1.3 of Kubernetes, the open source container orchestration software. The release brings support for deploying services across “multiple clouds (including on-prem), support for multiple node types, integrated support for stateful services (such as key-value … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Updates HDInsight, Kafka Training Gets A Boost: Big Data Roundup

Posted on April 3, 2016 by John Davis

In this Strata + Hadoop edition of our Big Data Roundup, we’ve got news from Microsoft, Intel, Hortonworks, Confluent, and more for the week ending April 3, 2016. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Microsoft’s Azure Stack beta gets new services and DevOps tools

Posted on February 9, 2016 by John Davis

People testing out the public beta of Microsoft’s Azure Stack private cloud system have some new platform services and DevOps tools to play with less than two weeks after it initially launched. Starting Monday, users can download a beta version … Continue reading →

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Google Apps for Work gets an SMB boost via Kronos integration

Posted on January 12, 2016 by John Davis

Small businesses that use Kronos workforce-management software will soon be able to tap familiar Google tools in their HR efforts thanks to a new integration project now under way. Kronos and Google have teamed up to integrate Google Apps for … Continue reading →

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SmartThings Hub Gets Smarter

Posted on September 4, 2015 by John Davis

The IoT controller has gained battery backup and the ability to handle streaming video. InformationWeek: Cloud

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Google Hangouts For Android Gets Spiffy Update

Posted on August 11, 2015 by John Davis

A fresh coat of paint brings Hangouts for Android into the Material Design era. Discover what it will mean for users. InformationWeek: Cloud

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OpenStack Gets A $100M Vote Of Confidence—But Amazon Is Waiting

Posted on October 24, 2014 by John Davis

OpenStack Gets A 0M Vote Of Confidence—But Amazon Is Waiting On Tuesday, Mirantis—which offers software and support for OpenStack, a collection of open-source tools companies can use to build their own clouds—raised $ 100 million from a variety of investors … Continue reading →

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