AWS partners with BlackBerry to develop and market Ivy
Amazon Web Services announced that it made a multi-year deal partnership to work with BlackBerry to develop the latter’s in-vehicle data platform, named Ivy. BlackBerry’s Ivy is targeted at automakers seeking a standardized way to read data collected from vehicle sensors.
They can then analy... Read more
Facebook buys Kustomer to expand into customer service tools
Facebook made one of its most significant moves to provide a better service experience to the businesses run on its platform. The social media behemoth acquired Kustomer, a startup that was created to disrupt the customer services industry with innovations.
Most of the innovations use tactics li... Read more
AWS rolls out expanded cloud compute offering
New service palette includes new EC2 instances and Outposts edge appliances.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week extended both the scope and the reach of its industry leading cloud computing services. The company announced five new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances and two new ... Read more
Microsoft announces enhancements to Teams Calling
New features make it easier for organizations and their employees to strengthen connections and create new ones.
This week Microsoft announced it is adding new communications options and features to its Teams collaboration platform. Some of these additions are generally available now and others ... Read more
Salesforce acquires Slack for 27,7 billion dollars
Salesforce has made the acquisition of Slack official. The two companies have signed an agreement for a sum of 27.7 billion dollars, approximately 23 billion euros.
In a press release, Salesforce states that the company will pay out 26.79 billion to Slack's stakeholders, plus 0.0776 Salesforce s... Read more
By the end of 2020, over 1 billion people will have access to 5G
With the current rate of 5G deployment and adoption rates by consumers, Ericsson predicts that 40% of mobile subscriptions will be 5G-ready within five years. In the Ericsson Mobility Report, the company says that 5G is the fastest-deploying mobile connectivity technology ever.
By the end of thi... Read more
Apple and Amazon declined for French initiative “Tech for Good Call”
Amazon and Apple have not signed up to the new French initiative to get global tech giants to comply with principles that include the fair payment of taxes while publicly acknowledging that fact. Government officials confirmed this refusal on Monday.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has be... Read more
Microsoft starts adding Windows 10 features in smaller updates
Microsoft has released the first Windows Experience Pack. This is a small-scale update that should add new features beyond the usual feature updates.
Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.1070.0 contains two improvements. The largest of these is the possibility to paste screenshots taken with... Read more
AWS adds macOS instances to EC2
Customers of AWS now have the option to use virtual macOS machines. Among other things, the machines can be used for the development of Xcode applications.
Since Apple does not sell any server hardware, Amazon makes use of Mac minis. The computers can integrate macOS 10.14 Mojave or 10.15 Catali... Read more
Apple fined 10 million euros over false waterproofing claims
The Italian antitrust watchdog has imposed a fine of 10 million euros for misleading consumers. It would not have been fair about the degree of waterproofing in several iPhones.
According to the watchdog, Apple falsely claimed that the phones are waterproof to a depth of four metres. Apple appar... Read more