Monday 20 November 2017

Editor's Pick: BlackBerry: The Most Important Mobile Company of the Future?


Rob Enderle
Nov 20, 2017 11:24 AM PT
If you are like many, when you saw this headline you likely were surprised BlackBerry was still around. As BlackBerry phones left the market, the company fell out of sight. However, behind the scenes it has been moving into industries like automotive. Also, it remains the leading vendor providing mobile security to our politicians, military personnel and major corporations. [More...]

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Content Analytics' VP Kenji Gjovig: There's Chum in the E-Commerce Waters
Content management is all about making sure that a product item page "has all of the information that a customer needs to buy an item or have a good experience with it afterwards," said Content Analytics VP Kenji Gjovig. "A content management system has the ability to set up new items, post images and video, and create a robust title and detailed item description." [More...]
Newly Revealed Flaw Could Subject IoT Devices to Airborne Attacks
Billions of voice-activated IoT devices may be subject to external attack due to BlueBorne vulnerabilities, Armis revealed. Hackers could exploit BlueBorne to mount an airborne attack, using Bluetooth to spread malware and access critical data, including sensitive personal information. More than 20 million Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers could have been impacted by the flaws. [More...]
MX 17 Linux: The Best of 2 Linux Worlds
MX Linux-17 Beta 1 is a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch. It is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. Normally, taking a first look at an early phase beta release means taking a few hours to get familiar with the features and performance. If too many glitches appear, it can doom the early release to a negative review. [More...]
Take Linux and Run With It
"How do you run an operating system?" may seem like a simple question, since most of us are accustomed to turning on our computers and seeing our system spin up. However, this common model is only one way of running an operating system. As one of Linux's greatest strengths is versatility, Linux offers the most methods and environments for running it. [More...]
New Integration Improves Engagement for B2B Marketers
BrightFunnel this week announced the integration of its BrightFunnel Revenue Intelligence Suite with Microsoft Dynamics. The integration will let enterprise B2B marketing teams analyze the impact of marketing investments on their companies' business. They'll be able to accurately measure marketing attribution to pipeline and revenue across every marketing channel, campaign and initiative. [More...]
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BlackBerry: The Most Important Mobile Company of the Future?
Newly Revealed Flaw Could Subject IoT Devices to Airborne Attacks
The Rise of AI: Give Me That New Time Religion?
New Firefox Runs Like a Rabbit
Gadgets: A Waterproof Reader, Phone That's Got Game, Gloves That Make Paying Up Comfy
Take Linux and Run With It

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Today's Story Highlights

BlackBerry: The Most Important Mobile Company of the Future?
If you are like many, when you saw this headline you likely were
surprised BlackBerry was still around. As BlackBerry phones left the
market, the company fell out of sight. However, behind the scenes it has
been moving into industries like automotive. Also, it remains the
leading vendor providing mobile security to our politicians, military
personnel and major corporations.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84962.html

Newly Revealed Flaw Could Subject IoT Devices to Airborne Attacks
Billions of voice-activated IoT devices may be subject to external
attack due to BlueBorne vulnerabilities, Armis revealed. Hackers could
exploit BlueBorne to mount an airborne attack, using Bluetooth to spread
malware and access critical data, including sensitive personal
information. More than 20 million Amazon Echo and Google Home smart
speakers could have been impacted by the flaws.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84963.html

The Rise of AI: Give Me That New Time Religion?
Anthony Levandowski, known for his work developing self-driving auto
technology, reportedly has started the world's first artificial
intelligence-based religion. Levandowski, who has been at the center of
a legal dispute between Google's Waymo self-driving unit and Uber, has
cast himself as the frontman for the Way of the Future church. The
mission of this "technotheistic" movement is spelled out in documents
filed with the IRS.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84960.html

New Firefox Runs Like a Rabbit
New version releases of browsers don't get the buzz they used to get,
but Firefox Quantum is an exception. The latest version of the Mozilla
Foundation's browser, released Tuesday, is all about performance.
Firefox is twice as fast as it was a year ago, Mozilla claimed. It is
not only fast on startup -- it remains zippy even when taxed by
multitudes of tabs.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84958.html

Gadgets: A Waterproof Reader, Phone That's Got Game, Gloves That Make Paying Up Comfy
One of the great joys of reading is that you can do it anywhere. A
relaxing bath is a prime opportunity for getting through a few chapters,
but woe betide those who let their paperback slip into the tub or
accidentally splash water into the most delicate part of an e-reader.
And, lo! Amazon has a solution with its Kindle Oasis. The device can
survive in fresh water up to a depth of two meters for as long as an
hour.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84952.html

Take Linux and Run With It
"How do you run an operating system?" may seem like a simple question,
since most of us are accustomed to turning on our computers and seeing
our system spin up. However, this common model is only one way of
running an operating system. As one of Linux's greatest strengths is
versatility, Linux offers the most methods and environments for running
it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84951.html

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The Morning After: A tiny Tesla Supercharger for your phone

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It's Monday, November 20, 2017.

Hey, good morning!

Despite mentally willing it not to happen, Monday morning has arrived. Tesla’s shrunk its Supercharger monuments into a pocket-sized battery pack, Minecraft isn’t coming to the Switch this year and Google’s occasionally brilliant Lens search joins the Assistant app on Pixel phones.
 

Unfortunately, it's currently sold out.
 

Tesla made a phone battery pack that mimics Supercharger monuments

Tesla made a phone battery pack that mimics Supercharger monuments

Tesla dropped its electric Semi truck and a new Roadster at a recent event, but it apparently launched another product that didn’t get any stage time. The automaker has released, of all things, a $45 external battery pack (the Powerbank) with USB, microUSB and Apple Lightning connections that can charge your Android phone or iPhone on the go. Maybe that's not as strange as it sounds, considering Tesla has a Gigafactory that pumps out batteries, including one for homes, called Powerwall. In fact, the Powerbank uses a single 18650 cell with 3,350mAh capacity that’s also found (in multiples!) in its Model S and X electric vehicles.
 

Cross-platform play on the Nintendo Switch won’t arrive in 2017, either.
 

Giant ‘Minecraft’ graphics upgrade delayed to 2018
 

Giant ‘Minecraft’ graphics upgrade delayed to 2018<br />   

The Minecraft team had a bunch of news at their MineCon Earth convention, but the biggest news may be what’s not happening. Mojang and Microsoft have delayed the launches of both the Super Duper Graphics Pack and cross-platform Switch multiplayer to sometime in 2018.

Point your camera at the world and get answers.
 

Google Lens comes to Assistant on Pixel phones
 

Google Lens comes to Assistant on Pixel phones<br />   

Users have noticed that Lens, Google’s visual search feature, is now available inside Google Assistant on both original Pixel and Pixel 2 phones. Tap a camera button while using the AI helper and you can have it perform a search when you take a photo. It can identify what you’re looking at, scour the web and launch other apps. You can rate results, too, so you’ll hopefully refine Lens’ results over time. Results are currently a little hit-and-miss.
 

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More than meets the eye?
 

One of Tesla’s first Semi truck buyers is a Canadian grocery chain
 

Tesla only just unveiled its Semi electric truck, but it’s already lining up honest-to-goodness customers. Canadian grocery chain Loblaws has pre-ordered 25 of the giant EVs to haul food to its stores across the country. That’s a larger purchase than Walmart (which ordered 15 for its test), and no small commitment when Tesla hasn’t even revealed the (likely high) price. It may seem odd for Tesla to score one of its most important orders beyond the US, but the chain recently committed to a 30 percent reduction in its overall carbon footprint by 2030, and it sees electric trucks playing an important role. 
 

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1. Jeffrey Tambor leaves Amazon's 'Transparent' over harassment claims

2. Texas authorities serve Apple a warrant for mass shooter's iPhone

3. Tech incubator Y Combinator severs ties with Peter Thiel

4. How NASA will defend Earth against plagues from outer space

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