Twitter re-introduces full chronological timeline
As Twitter adds more and more things to the timeline, it gets complaints that people sometimes feel they are missing something. This is despite the fact that these are tweets that people may have missed, or that have been licked by people who follow them. Despite good intentions, Twitterers felt the... Read more
“Amazon is investigating data breaches by its own employees.
Amazon would be investigating data leakage by employees. The employees would also have taken bribes in exchange for those dates. In addition, they would have removed bad reviews and put banned accounts back in place.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the practices are said to occur particularly ... Read more
Google and Samsung are working on new message app for Android devices
Google and Samsung are working together on a new message app for Android devices. Although few details are known about the partnership and the app, it seems that the two companies want to compete together with the immensely popular WhatsApp.
The new messaging app from Google and Samsung has to offer... Read more
Co-founder of Salesforce buys Time Magazine
After Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post in 2013, there is still a tech billionaire who buys his own magazine. Marc Benioff, co-founder of Salesforce, together with his wife Lynne Time Magazine, took over from Meredith Corp. Before that, the couple paid $190 million.
Adweek repo... Read more
Rubrik unveils Rubrik Datos IO 3.0 for data protection for NoSQL databases
Rubrik has launched a new version of data security platform Rubrik Datos IO. This includes Rubrik Datos IO 3.0, which provides enterprise-quality backup and recovery for 'born-in-the-cloud' applications.
Born-in-the-cloud applications are large, cloud-based NoSQL applications. The NoSQL databases h... Read more
Global cloud market continues to grow; main growth in SaaS offering
The turnover that companies derive from Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will grow considerably in the coming year. It is expected to earn no less than 85 billion dollars in 2019. But also in the following years, the turnover in the market segment will continue to grow enormously.
Research agency Gartne... Read more
New Windows 10 update combines cloud with local storage
In the upcoming Windows 10 update, Microsoft will focus strongly on local storage with Storage Sense and OneDrive cloud storage. The difference between cloud and local becomes smaller, and Storage Sense keeps your computer much better organized by automatically deleting old folders and files.
We don... Read more
European Parliament brings ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’ a step closer
The European Parliament today voted in favour of an adaptation of online copyright. The guideline is controversial because, according to critics, it introduces an undesirable 'link load' and 'upload filter'.
The so-called Copyright Directive has been in the making for two years now and has to adapt ... Read more
Microsoft patches zero-day leak only two weeks after discovery
At the end of last month, someone had just dumped a zero-day leak on Twitter to give users access to Windows 10 systems. The find was confirmed later that day, but it was only today that Microsoft released an update to close the leak.
On August 29, someone had just thrown a zero-day leak for Windows... Read more
Zendesk expands portfolio and also adds CRM through acquisition
Until now, Zendesk has mainly limited itself to customer service scenarios. But that doesn't seem to be enough. Zendesk has decided to expand and take over the startup Base. He raised more than fifty million dollars in an investment round and has to fill an important gap for Zendesk.
It is not known... Read more