Tuesday 26 April 2016

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- April 26, 2016

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Headline Scan
Taking DIY to the Next Level
BMW, Daimler Steer Clear of Apple Car Project
Facebook Messenger Lets 50 Friends Get In on a Call
Why Is the PC Industry Trying to Kill the PC?
With Latest Opera Browser, Everybody Gets Free VPN
Hospitalized Stossel Bemoans Sorry State of Healthcare Customer Service
Sports Fans and Social Media: Perils, Pitfalls and Best Practices
Gadgets: A 360-Degree Cam, a Leveled-Up Kindle, and a Space-Saving Home Gym
Insurance Industry Buzzes Over Data Breach Ruling

Today's Story Highlights

Taking DIY to the Next Level

While hobbyists, inventors and innovators have been experimenting and
producing a variety of do-it-yourself projects, their world is expected
to undergo a hard shift as DIY moves to the next level. 3D printing is
the cornerstone of the coming shift, and its effect on our daily lives
will be multiplied by several converging forces: the collaborative
economy, the jobless economy and personalization.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83418.html

BMW, Daimler Steer Clear of Apple Car Project

BMW and Daimler have broken off talks about forming a partnership with
Apple to develop an electric car, according to news reports published
last week. Discussions stalled over issues that included which company
would take the lead on the project and which would have ownership of the
data. Apple apparently sought to develop a vehicle that would be
integrated closely with its cloud-based software.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83416.html

Facebook Messenger Lets 50 Friends Get In on a Call

Facebook last week announced that it had rolled out group calling
worldwide in its Messenger app. Members engaged in a group conversation
can tap the phone icon on their screen to initiate a group call. They
can manage individual participants on the next screen. Members of a
group who miss the initial call can tap the phone icon in the group chat
to join the call while it's in progress.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83400.html

Why Is the PC Industry Trying to Kill the PC?

Every time the "PC is dead" topic comes up, an old Monty Python movie
comes to mind, and I'll bet you can guess which one. PCs are on almost
every desk, and the installed base is measured not in the hundreds,
thousands, or even tens of thousands -- it is measured in the hundred
millions. Brian Krzanich last week announced a massive layoff at Intel,
and once again the alarm sounded.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83408.html

With Latest Opera Browser, Everybody Gets Free VPN

Opera on Wednesday announced that it would add a free VPN service to the
latest version of its browser. VPNs, or virtual private networks, add an
extra level of security for Web surfers. Companies use them to provide
secure communications for employees remotely accessing office systems,
and consumers use them to block unwanted snooping on their online
activity.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83409.html

Hospitalized Stossel Bemoans Sorry State of Healthcare Customer Service

Fox News journalist John Stossel, who recently underwent an operation
for lung cancer, on Wednesday wrote that although New York-Presbyterian
Hospital's medical care is excellent, "the hospital's customer service
stinks." Doctors "keep me waiting for hours, and no one bothers to call
or email to say 'I'm running late,'" Stossel said. He doubted all the
tests he was given were needed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83411.html

Sports Fans and Social Media: Perils, Pitfalls and Best Practices

This fall will see a 10-game pilot of professional football streamed on
social media -- Twitter, to be specific. It's a continuation of the
NFL's search for gold in the veins of digital broadcasting and an
opportunity for sports brands to forge new and deeper relations with
fans. For teams looking to bolster their brands, social networks have
evolved into a critical channel.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83405.html

Gadgets: A 360-Degree Cam, a Leveled-Up Kindle, and a Space-Saving Home Gym

Facebook has unveiled its latest push into hardware -- an open source
360-degree camera. Bearing 17 cameras and Web-based software to render
footage in 360-degrees, Facebook Surround 360 is more of a design than a
commercial product. It would cost around $30,000 to build one as is,
Facebook said. The idea is to allow creators to iterate on the design to
create their own cameras.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83393.html

Insurance Industry Buzzes Over Data Breach Ruling

If the rash of data breaches in recent months has done anything for
businesses, it's raised their awareness of cyber liability insurance.
The market for cyber liability insurance is expected to increase
dramatically as businesses become more aware that their current policies
don't adequately cover cyber-risks, according to the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83403.html

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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- April 26, 2016

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Headline Scan
Apple's Q3 Report Expected to Be Light on Good News
Apple's Books, Movies Fall Victim to Chinese Crackdown
The Successful B2B Relationship: It's About Time
Treasury Department Examines Internet's Impact on Finance System
Unicorn Herd Threatens Silicon Valley, Warns VC
Volkswagen Agrees to Fix or Buy Back Dirty Diesel Cars
Intel Pivots From PCs to Cloud
EFF Sues DoJ Over Secret Data Decryption Requests
Red Hat Goes All-In on OpenStack
Google Fattens Up Entertainment Programming Search Results
Fusion Launches Enterprise Cloud Contact Center Solution

Today's Story Highlights

Apple's Q3 Report Expected to Be Light on Good News

Apple shares closed at $105.08 Monday -- down 60 cents -- as the market
steeled itself for what's expected to be a gloomy quarterly earnings
call on Tuesday. Apple will underperform the smartphone industry and
become the only global top-five brand to see shipments decline in 2016,
predicted Ming-Chi Kuo, a KGI Securities analyst who previously has made
several accurate calls on the company.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83419.html

Apple's Books, Movies Fall Victim to Chinese Crackdown

The Chinese government ordered Apple to shut down its iBooks and iTunes
Movies services in the country, according to news reports published last
week. China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film
and Television reportedly called for the closure. The government in
February announced a policy banning all foreign media from publishing in
China without direct approval.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83414.html

The Successful B2B Relationship: It's About Time

Respect is a vital ingredient in any mutually beneficial relationship,
and that's never truer than in the case of business-to-business buyers
and sellers. The most elementary way a seller shows a commitment to a
healthy customer relationship is through an ongoing display of respect.
That means a relationship in which the seller shows an understanding of
the buyer's needs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83417.html

Treasury Department Examines Internet's Impact on Finance System

Information technology -- especially the Internet -- can have a positive
impact on the U.S. financial system. Used improperly, however, such
tools can wreak havoc on the financial sector and consumers. The Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency, a unit of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury, has launched an initiative on the future of e-commerce finance
in light of technology innovation.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83413.html

Unicorn Herd Threatens Silicon Valley, Warns VC

The age of Unicorn investing has led to alarming overvaluations of
startups that could result in an afterparty roll call not seen since
1999, Silicon Valley VC Bill Gurley warned Thursday. Gurley, a general
partner at Benchmark, raised a red flag over the large number of tech
startups valued at more than $1 billion, and suggested that the rise of
Unicorn fundraising has put the financial health of the industry at
risk.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83412.html

Volkswagen Agrees to Fix or Buy Back Dirty Diesel Cars

Volkswagen has reached an agreement to repair or replace about 500,000
diesel cars in the U.S., according to court documents released Thursday.
The cars were equipped with software designed to deceive emissions
tests. Under the agreement, announced Thursday in U.S. District Court in
San Francisco, Volkswagen will pay back an undetermined amount of money
to owners of the affected vehicles.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83410.html

Intel Pivots From PCs to Cloud

Intel this week announced that it would slash 12,000 jobs as part of a
restructuring plan to focus more on cloud-based computing and the
Internet of Things and less on PCs. The cuts, which will involve about
11 percent of Intel's global workforce, will be achieved through
voluntary retirements and layoffs, the consolidation of job sites, and a
re-evaluation of existing and planned programs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83407.html

EFF Sues DoJ Over Secret Data Decryption Requests

The EFF has filed suit against the Justice Department seeking to learn
whether the federal government secretly ordered technology companies to
decrypt the private communications of their customers. Such orders could
place millions of customers in harm's way, the complaint says. The suit
seeks the release of records originally requested last fall under the
Freedom of Information Act.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83404.html

Red Hat Goes All-In on OpenStack

Red Hat on Wednesday announced the general availability of Red Hat Cloud
Suite and OpenStack Platform 8. The offerings provide a complete,
integrated hybrid cloud stack with a container application platform,
massively scalable infrastructure and unified management tools, the
company said. They are available individually or in a single solution
with Red Hat Cloud Suite.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83406.html

Google Fattens Up Entertainment Programming Search Results

Google will begin listing live air times for TV shows in its search
results, Danial Alegre, president of global partnerships announced
Wednesday at the National Association of Broadcasters trade show in Las
Vegas. This new feature will allow users to search for movies and TV
shows. Results will show availability on broadcast and cable TV
channels, as well as streaming and online rentals.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83402.html

Fusion Launches Enterprise Cloud Contact Center Solution

Fusion this week launched Contact360, an enterprise cloud contact center
solution developed in collaboration with Technology for Business, the
partner it acquired earlier this month. "Fusion will be offering a clear
migration path to the cloud for TFB's Fortune 500 enterprise and
government customers, and will sell into our own base of 13,000 business
customers," said EVP Jan Sarro.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83398.html

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