Новости за 21.03.2016

Apple on Monday unveiled a new tablet in its lineup: the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, a tablet that's a follow-up to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro that was released last fall.

Google has set a deal to bring Wi-Fi and broadband connectivity to Cuba, but some are already wondering how much information and access will freely flow to the Cuban people.

Apple has developed a new tool that deconstructs iPhones after they are returned. 

Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice will argue in court Tuesday about whether a judge should require the tech giant help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino, Calif., mass shooter.

Many of us probably need a wi-fi extender, but have yet to pull the trigger. The deal currently on the table from TP-LINK may give you the nudge you needed. Their wi-fi range extender lists for $169.99, but at the moment you can purchase this for 43% below list price ($96.96 - See item on Amazon). 

A new material being researched could make shape-shifting robots real, but let's hope they aren't as violent as the Transformers from the movies.

Image recognition is a hot area of research using artificial intelligence, and now IBM offers an online demo to let anyone test out the capabilities offered by its Watson cognitive computing system.

There’s a new iPhone in town, and it looks pretty familiar. The iPhone SE, which is available to preorder on Thursday, is nearly identical to the iPhone 5S but has 6S guts, which makes it a compelling buy for people who love 4-inch phones but want the latest hardware features.

Apple has a long history of making a big splash with their events, including the “just one more thing” presentation technique made popular by the late Steve Jobs.

Engineers from some of the world's largest email service providers have banded together to improve the security of email traffic traversing the Internet.

Apple won't shrink from its responsibility to safeguard the privacy of its users, CEO Tim Cook said Monday, a day before Apple lawyers are due to face off with the Department of Justice in a California courtroom.

For today only, Amazon is featuring a dramatic discount on the popular photo-editing software Photoshop Elements. Typically listing for $99.99, you can order it today for just $49.99 (See it on Amazon).

In every industry, there are inflection points that change the face of the market by creating new opportunities. Take the mobile phone, for example: for years, flip phones were king, and companies like Motorola and Nokia were the uncontested leaders. Along came the iPhone, which created the smartphone market—as well as new opportunities for a handful of innovative companies that were ready to jump in and lead.

GoDaddy is a funny beast. On the one hand the hosting business is huge, boasting 14 million customers worldwide and managing over 60 million domain names. It offers primarily small-business owners a one-stop shop. A place to buy their domain name, build their online presence, gain customers and manage their business.

Microsoft Xbox 'bros' paid women to entertain attendees at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). As if that's not bad enough, these mini-skirted dancers were described by some party attendees as being dressed like "schoolgirls" (although they sure weren't dressed like that when I went to school).

The U.S. Supreme Court has given Samsung a last chance to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars to Apple for allegedly infringing its iPhone design patents.

Is your company suffering from application bloat? Do you have expensive, overlapping legacy apps that need to be decommissioned as you move to modern, lightweight apps, or to the cloud? Do you have zombie apps lurking in your IT infrastructure, applications that nobody uses anymore but that are still live and contain sensitive data?

A vulnerability in iOS encryption could allow skilled attackers to intercept iMessages and decrypt iCloud photos. Researchers told The Washington Post the flaw could be exploited “to decrypt photos and videos sent as secure messages” via the iMessage service.

The IT skills gap and talent shortage remains an ongoing business challenge as technology becomes the cornerstone of nearly every industry. That shift means there is a bigger demand for tech pros with specific skill sets; and companies are hiring qualified individuals faster than schools can graduate candidates with the right skills.

Just as there's a dominant technology platform for digital business, comprised of a set of foundational emerging and disruptive technologies, there's also a dominant new business model emerging in the form of digital business ecosystems.

The retail mobile challenge today, especially when trying to interact with the youngest of consumers, is not merely what a message says or even how it looks. It's giving shoppers concrete reasons to interact with the messages, preferably in a pleasant, sometimes humorous way.

Do you have an older Amazon Kindle? Beware that it may lose its connection to the cloud unless you update it today or tomorrow -- otherwise, you'll need to fiddle with USB cables, and ain't nobody got time for that.

Apple's iMessage system has a cryptography flaw that allowed researchers to decrypt a photo stored in iCloud, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.

A near-miss between a drone and a Lufthansa aircraft landing at Los Angeles International Airport may give impetus to moves to regulate consumer drones more closely, including by using technologies like geofencing.

Everyone is busy these days, sure, but research shows that most people are wasting chunks of time throughout their day, whether it's fiddling with the latest tech toy or responding to every email that lands in their inbox.