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Breach Bill: Adverse Impact on Privacy?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 17, 2015, 9:52 am EDT

National Notification Law Would Eliminate State PII SafeguardsA proposed national data breach notification bill to usurp 47 state statutes could make it easier for businesses to notify consumers of a breach. But is that worth weakening PII protections some states offer? Massachusetts plans to do battle.

China's Web Censors Target Cloud Firms

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 17, 2015, 6:08 am EDT

U.S. tech companies are caught in the middle of an escalating battle between China’s increasingly active Internet censors and the free-speech activists determined to thwart them.

Oracle's Saving Grace: Low Expectations

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 17, 2015, 6:08 am EDT

Ahead of the Tape: Investors aren’t pinning high hopes on Oracle’s results due Tuesday. That’s a good thing.

My cloud + your cloud = our cloud

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 16, 2015, 10:04 am EDT

This blog is by Pia Lukkarinen from the Networks business of Nokia. Twitter: @nokianetworks Have you ever counted how long it takes to install a new software application on your own mobile phone? You easily wait 5 to 6 minutes to get it…Read more ›

Could this be the digital ad industry’s magic bullet? Connecting online ads to offline sales

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 16, 2015, 10:02 am EDT

Sponsored:Online advertisers have had no clear-cut way to conclusively tie online marketing to offline purchases. Till now.

The Wisdom Of The PaaS Crowd

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2015, 10:02 am EDT

Platform as a service offerings can help developers easily and quickly build applications that integrate with the complex modern IT environment.

Univ. Lab Creates Open-Source Intelligent Assistant

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2015, 10:02 am EDT

Developers of the Sirius open-source intelligent personal assistant software, l-r, professors Lingjia Tang and Jason Mars, with graduate students Johann Hauswald and Yiping Kang (Joseph Xu, University of Michigan) 11 March 2015. A computer science lab at University of Michigan is developing an intelligent personal assistant program that responds to voice commands like Apple’s . . . → Read More: Univ. Lab Creates Open-Source Intelligent Assistant

Juniper Doubles Down on Custom Silicon

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2015, 10:01 am EDT

In an effort to pit a grim year behind it, Juniper introduced a new router based on new chips, new switches, as well as security and management services.

Apple wants suit from battery maker A123 dismissed or moved to California

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2015, 10:00 am EDT

A bid by Apple to settle an employee poaching lawsuit with battery maker A123 Systems appears to have been unsuccessful, with the iPhone maker now asking the court to dismiss the suit or transfer it to its home turf in California.
A123 had in a suit filed in a federal court in Massachusetts charged Apple with poaching five of its employees to set up a new battery division, which was seen to give credence to reports that Apple was planning to get into the electric car business.

Apple: Watch The Watch, But Also Watch The Bottom Line

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2015, 9:58 am EDT

For years we’ve written how emotional engagement and loyalty metrics were “leading indicators,” that is to say, they were measurable factors that change before the economy starts to follow a particular pattern or trend. To be more precise, emotional engagement and loyalty metrics are leading indicators of consumer behavior rather than economic indicators – indicating the pattern of how consumers will behave toward a brand – positively or negatively – 12 to 18 months down the road.

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