Thomas Yohannan
Republished from AlleyWatch In a country that is obsessed with privacy and opinion, it is disconcerting to see that this election cycle has failed to thoroughly address the issue of cybersecurity. The closest we had come to a bold proclamation of our need for a security evolution has been John McAfee. What America needs now…
It’s been a good few years for Microsoft. The company has made a real turnaround with Satya Nadella at the helm. He’s not only helped to focus the company back to its roots, the enterprise, but also helped give the consumer insight into the direction that Microsoft will be heading when it comes to security.…
On June 14, it was revealed that “Russian government hackers” may have infiltrated the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer network to take a database of opposition research. The breach will have political and technological consequences not only for the U.S. but also for the security of candidates and campaigns in the future. Beyond placing blame,…
Published @ IoT One In the past few years, it seems as though the Internet of Things (IoT) has been touted as a cure for many of our everyday ills. At the end of 2015, nearly 20 percent of all U.S. households with broadband connections owned at least one smart home product, according to the…
Read more It’s Always Been About the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
republished from MobilePaymentsToday. Moving beyond the question of staying private and going public, companies such as Square need to appreciate the responsibility of constant innovation and fiscal responsibility. Recent stock market volatility has raised plenty of questions surrounding the technology sector’s growth with companies such as LinkedIn losing massive value in a matter of hours.…
Read more What to Expect from Square’s First Earnings Report
Recent news of Gabriel Stricker returning to Google to lead policy and communications for Fiber has me quite excited about the future of broadband in the U.S. since it means Google, err Alphabet, is getting serious about its 1 GB/s fiber to the home (FTTH) service. Whether Fiber will drive mass adoption or spur fierce…
Alex Wilhelm wrote a piece today on the relationship of Windows 10 and its possible dampening effect on the PC market. The case can be made that Windows 10 won’t do much for PC sales this year as Windows 8 users, according to HP CFO Cathie Lesjak, need to be flushed through before 10 takes…
republished from MobilePaymentsToday. In March, Microsoft introduced a “tap-to-pay” feature that will be in its forthcoming Windows 10 for phones and small tablets (a.k.a. “Windows Mobile”), which would support Host Card Emulation. Newer Android phones use HCE to transmit NFC signals to terminals, which means third-party developers can use this process to build NFC functions…
republished from law.com Data storage is increasingly becoming cheaper beyond human intervention. With the recent IPO of the online storage provider, Box, and the threat of cyber security attacks, a question that must be posed is what data auditing requirements, privacy and legal jurisdictions apply when ownership and legal issues come into question. If you’re…
Blackhat is finally in theaters to portray a new type of war that’s being waged – cybersecurity wars. Add a few explosions, car chases and an A-list actor and you have a Hollywood movie expecting to portray a fundamentally boring exercise, cyberhacking, in an exciting way. Although, the movie does raise an interesting proposition of…
