For Amazon, home is now where the Echo is
The portfolio of Amazon’s growing first-party Alexa device family may seem scattershot. But it lines up as a logical way for the mega-retailer to leverage its strengths. Read More
HP’s new Chromebook x360 has up to 14 hours of battery life
HP’s new Chromebook x360 14 is the company’s Chromebook convertible device to date. Read More
Microsoft-Adobe’s amazing partnership: Creating a new category?
Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, is a great believer in the potential of the Adobe/Microsoft partnership. So am I. But can it create a new category and market around digital engagement and customer experience management? Read More
Top programming languages: Apple’s Swift surges in popularity while Python falls back
Only a month after becoming a top-three language, Python loses the title, but interest in it is still growing. Read More
IBM Food Trust blockchain network available, Carrefour joins retailer roster
After 18 months of testing, the IBM Food Trust blockchain network is commercial available. Carrefour adds scale and the pricing ranges from $100 a month to $10,000 a month depending on size of the enterprise. Read More
MikroTik vulnerability climbs up the severity scale, new attack permits root access
A bug previously deemed medium in severity may actually be as “bad as it gets” due to a new attack technique. Read More
MYOB receives AU$1.75 billion takeover proposal
Proposal follows KKR & Co spending AU$327 million to acquire 17.6 percent of MYOB from Bain Capital. Read More
DHS and GCHQ join Amazon and Apple in denying Bloomberg chip hack story
US and UK officials stand by Amazon and Apple’s statements regarding Bloomberg chip hack story. Read More
Firefox and Edge add support for Google’s WebP image format
WebP image format gets new life courtesy of Microsoft and Mozilla. Apple is last browser maker without WebP support. Read More
Microsoft halts rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 Update: What happens next?
Only days after releasing its latest feature update to Windows 10, Microsoft abruptly stopped the rollout and pulled the new version from its download servers as it investigates “isolated reports” of a data-destroying bug. What should you do now? Read More