Friday 10 March 2017

The Morning After: 'Gran Turismo Sport,' visit ISS in VR and a Google Pixel mic check

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The week is almost over, but first find out what the new head of the EPA said, the latest info on Gran Turismo Sport and catch up with the real-life person behind Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy. Then this weekend, keep an eye out for our updates from SXSW.

Still cheaper than a trip to space

Oculus launches ‘Mission: ISS’ VR experience

Since most of us won’t make a trip to the Space Station, a virtual reality version will have to do. Mission: ISS is now available on the Oculus Rift, complete with support for the Touch motion controllers. You can dock spacecraft, go outside the space station or perform mission tasks, thanks to the work of a Hollywood effects studio that built everything based on NASA models.

This is fine.

Scott Pruitt says carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to global warming

He’s the new head of the EPA.

Wasn't this supposed to come out last year?

Sign up now for the 'Gran Turismo Sport' beta

Unlike more prolific racing series, Gran Turismo usually only makes a couple of appearances each console generation. Fans can get an early start on the next installment by signing up for a “closed beta” that developer Polyphony Digital says will start March 17th. Expect a rotating selection of tracks and cars each day, plus a sample of the new Driver Profile system for online racing.

Can you hear me n--

Some Google Pixel phones are having microphone issues

Friends having trouble hearing you calling from a Pixel? Google has confirmed some users are experiencing mic failures due to hardware issues like cracked solder connections. If it’s happening, a software update won’t be able to fix things, so check with Google or whoever you purchased the phone from to get a replacement (newer devices have been reinforced.)

Noticing a theme here?

NASA’s new budget leaves out Earth-based research

Congress has passed a bill authorizing NASA’s new budget, laying out plans for projects like the SLS and Orion missions. It has not yet been signed by the president, but as is, projects like the Asteroid Redirect Mission and climate change research are in doubt.

But wait, there's more...

1. Google Home demoed working with eBay's ShopBot

2. Retinal implant could add years to your eyesight

3. An odd 'Ghost in the Shell' movie and couture event, in photos

4. Google is ready to take over your office with Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat

5. A chat with the star of 'Horizon Zero Dawn' and 'Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?'

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Thursday 9 March 2017

E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- March 9, 2017

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Headline Scan
HPE to Buy One-Time Rising Star Nimble for $1B Cash
Online Trust Alliance Launches IoT Security Campaign
Salesforce, IBM Kick Off New Artificial Intelligence Era
Nintendo Fans Get Their Hands on the Switch
After Blowout IPO, Is Snap a Keeper?
CallidusCloud Steps Up Call Center SPM Game
FCC Reverses Course on Internet Privacy Rules
Time to Get Serious About IoT Cybersecurity
YouTube Jumps into the Live TV Streaming Fray
How Deeply Could Bribery Scandal Wound Samsung?
New Rules
Snap Sells Itself as Camera Company as IPO Nears

Today's Story Highlights

HPE to Buy One-Time Rising Star Nimble for $1B Cash

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has inked a deal to acquire flash storage
firm Nimble Storage, once viewed as a darling of Wall Street, for $12.50
a share in cash, or $1 billion. HPE also agreed to assume or pay out
Nimble Storage's unvested equity awards, which are valued at $200
million. Upon completion of the deal, Nimble Storage will merge with a
unit of HPE and become a subsidiary of the company.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84357.html

Online Trust Alliance Launches IoT Security Campaign

The Online Trust Alliance is calling on businesses, consumers and
government to share responsibility for ensuring that Internet of Things
devices are not weaponized, outlining actions that businesses, consumers
and government can take to ensure the security and privacy of IoT
devices. It calls for a campaign to have retailers and consumers reject
IoT products that pose a security threat.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84354.html

Salesforce, IBM Kick Off New Artificial Intelligence Era

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on Monday
announced a global strategic partnership to deliver joint solutions
leveraging artificial intelligence. Einstein, the AI that powers
Salesforce applications, will be connected seamlessly with IBM's Watson
AI platform. The integration is scheduled for availability in the second
half, and pricing will be announced at that time.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84355.html

Nintendo Fans Get Their Hands on the Switch

Nintendo's Switch made its debut at retail stores on Friday in one of
the gaming industry's most anticipated product launches. The console,
which retails for $299.99, is Nintendo's attempt to revolutionize the
industry by offering a device that can provide interactive gaming
quality and control whether on the big screen at home, or in a multitude
of settings requiring portability.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84352.html

After Blowout IPO, Is Snap a Keeper?

Shares of Snapchat owner Snap Inc. soared higher on Friday, following
Thursday's successful initial public offering. After debuting at $17.00
on the New York Stock Exchange, Snap shares rose 44 percent to $24.48 on
Thursday, well above analyst expectations, placing the company's value
at $28 billion. The stock continued to trend upward on Friday, trading
at $27.16 by mid-day.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84344.html

CallidusCloud Steps Up Call Center SPM Game

CallidusCloud on Thursday launched ServiceMotivate, a call center sales
performance management, or SPM, solution. ServiceMotivate is tightly
integrated with Salesforce to track and reward call center agents based
on key performance indicators of their service center, such as quick
issue resolution and case closure rates, data quality improvements and
customer satisfaction.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84350.html

FCC Reverses Course on Internet Privacy Rules

The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission
on Tuesday issued a joint statement following the FCC's temporary stay
of data security regulations. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and FTC Acting
Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen issued the statement to address the FCC's
decision, in essence, to overturn rules designed to bolster broadband
consumer privacy.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84347.html

Time to Get Serious About IoT Cybersecurity

Both companies and individuals will have incredible opportunities ahead
with the Internet of Things. IoT is starting to combine with AI, cloud-
based services, and many other new segments, creating a very fertile
growing field. However, it also poses a growing threat for security. A
secure IoT framework does not yet exist. That's where the new IoT
Cybersecurity Alliance comes into play.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84346.html

YouTube Jumps into the Live TV Streaming Fray

YouTube has jumped headfirst into the growing market for live streaming
television with the announcement of YouTube TV, a service aimed squarely
at cord cutters. The $35-a-month service will offer live sitcoms,
dramas, news and sports from ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, ESPN, CW, Telemundo and
other networks. It will include local TV stations offering news and
sports in broadcast areas where customers live.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84343.html

How Deeply Could Bribery Scandal Wound Samsung?

South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Samsung head Lee Jae-yong
and four other executives on bribery and embezzlement charges, following
a lengthy investigation into Lee's ties with impeached president Park
Geun-hye and her confidant, Choi Soon-sil. Charges against Lee, vice
chairman of Samsung Group, include pledging bribes to organizations tied
to Choi.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84338.html

New Rules

One of the foundational ideas of business is the Pareto analysis, which
tries to identify the small portion of factors that are responsible for
the majority of business results. You know -- 80 percent of profits come
from 20 percent of the customer base, and similar observations. Vilfredo
Pareto formulated a business classic that we now refer to simply as "the
80/20 rule."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84342.html

Snap Sells Itself as Camera Company as IPO Nears

As it approaches its IPO, Snap, maker of the popular Snapchat messaging
app, is positioning itself as a camera company. "We feel like we're
really at the beginning of what cameras can do," said Snap CEO Evan
Spiegel. "Before, cameras were the best way to perfectly save or record
something that you saw. They sort of helped augment memory -- but now,
you know, cameras augment the way that we talk."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84334.html

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Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Thursday -- March 9, 2017

TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Time
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Headline Scan
Qualcomm, Microsoft to Give Cloud Services a Speed Boost
WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Hacking Docs Online
The Terminal Is Where Linux Begins - and Where You Should, Too
IBM's Quantum Leap Could Redefine 'Magic'
Google Invites Open Source Devs to Give E2EMail Encryption a Go
GIT CEO Adriana Gascoigne: More Women in Tech Means More Problems Solved

Today's Story Highlights

Qualcomm, Microsoft to Give Cloud Services a Speed Boost

Qualcomm has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate
next-generation cloud services on the 10nm Qualcomm Centriq 2400 ARM-
based platform. The collaboration will span multiple future generations
of hardware, software and systems. The two have been working for several
years on ARM-based server enablement, optimizing a version of Windows
Server for ARM running on the Centriq 2400.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84359.html

WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Hacking Docs Online

WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of classified documents onto the
Internet, exposing hacking programs used by the CIA. The torrent of data
is just the first in a series of dumps WikLeaks is calling "Vault 7."
This first installment includes 8,761 documents and files stolen from an
isolated high-security network within the CIA's Center for Cyber
Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84353.html

The Terminal Is Where Linux Begins - and Where You Should, Too

Once you have a sense of the vast potential of Linux, you may be eager
to experience it for yourself. Given the complexity of modern operating
systems, it can be hard to know where to start. As with many things,
computers can be better understood through a breakdown of their
evolution and operation. The terminal is not only where computers began,
but also where their real power still resides.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84356.html

IBM's Quantum Leap Could Redefine 'Magic'

No, I'm not talking about that Quantum Leap . IBM just made a really
interesting announcement in that it is enhancing its online quantum
computer systems with a new API and improving its simulator so it can
handle 20 qubits. Listening to the prebriefing was a bit like pretending
I was Penny trying to understand Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory .
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84349.html

Google Invites Open Source Devs to Give E2EMail Encryption a Go

Google has released its E2EMail encryption code to open source as a way
of pushing development of the technology. "Google has been criticized
over the amount of time and seeming lack of progress it has made in
E2EMail encryption, so open sourcing the code could help the project
proceed more quickly," said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.
That will not stop critics, though, he added.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84351.html

GIT CEO Adriana Gascoigne: More Women in Tech Means More Problems Solved

Prior to founding Girls in Tech, Adriana Gascoigne was one of very few
women working at a startup. "I'd look around the room every day and see
that there was a huge problem of representation. I knew we needed to
change the culture of the company to recruit more women and benefit more
women, but we also needed diversity in product development ... to make a
better product," she recalled.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84348.html

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