Plantronics and Polycom continue as Poly
Plantronics and Polycom continue as Poly. The tech company focuses on the human experience of communication and collaboration and aims to make communication via the telephone or the internet as rich and natural as a physical conversation. Poly mainly wants to present itself as the most important sol... Read more
Atlassian acquires AgileCraft as a complement to Jira
Atlassian wants to offer more and new services for its customers. To this end, it is now taking over the startup AgileCraft, which sells tools for mapping and tracking business projects. The takeover should be completed by April.
According to Atlassian, the acquisition will cost USD 166 million (EUR... Read more
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with bugfixes
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview. This brings Windows 10 to build 18358 and contains a number of bugfixes. The build fits within the 19H1 industry, and is part of the next major Windows 10 update that is reported to be available to everyone as early as next month.
The new update not... Read more
SMEs are making substantially more budget available for cyber security’.
Small and medium-sized enterprises are spending more money on security this year. In addition, SMEs spend more on staff in order to really get their security in order. It therefore seems that companies of all sizes are increasingly aware of the importance of good security.
That's what new research ... Read more
Accenture Interactive acquires Dutch Storm Digital
Accenture has acquired Storm Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency specialising in social, programmatic and search advertising services, for an unknown amount of money. The agency's services help clients with solutions in the field of marketing.
The acquisition of Storm Digital strengthen... Read more
Suse returns to being an independent company for the first time in a long time
Suse, the company behind one of the oldest Linux distributions, today announced that it is independent again. The company, which provides open-source infrastructure and applications, has been acquired from Micro Focus by growth investor EQT for $2.5 billion (€2.2 billion).
There are few compan... Read more
Wireless Fujitsu keyboard vulnerable to keystroke injection
The Fujitsu LX901, a wireless keyboard and mouse, is susceptible to keystroke injections. That's what the German company SySS is revealing today. The vulnerability makes it possible to transmit wireless radio signals to the receiver (a USB dongle) of the keyboard. Those signals allow attackers to in... Read more
Helmond’s smart city project gives a discount on rent in exchange for personal data
In the city of Helmond in Brabant, a district will be built full of sensors. These sensors collect a great deal of data and are intended to generate income in this way. For residents, there will be a discount on their rent in exchange. The discount increases as they share more data.
According to Twe... Read more
A terminally ill patient is told by a robot that he doesn’t live long anymore.
The health care sector is undergoing major developments. Robots, for example, already help in carrying out complex operations. But sometimes developments take a turn for the better, as was the case with the 78-year-old Ernest Quintana. He was told by a robot that he would die in a few days.
Accordin... Read more
“Google is cutting back on production hardware.
Google notices the impact of a shrinking hardware market. The company has indicated to dozens of employees working on laptops and tablets that they should look for another job within the company. Perhaps it's a sign that Google is putting its focus somewhere else.
Various media have interpreted this... Read more