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IFTTT gets integration with Microsoft Skype

Publié: août 5, 2016, 11:49pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

If This Then That has become pretty popular, working with countless devices and websites. You can program it to do many things, recipes as the company calls them. There are channels where you can find what you're looking for if you'd prefer something already pre-written by another user. Now IFTTT is coming to Skype, the communications service purchased by Microsoft and one of the leaders in today's connected world. IFTTT lays out a few pretty simple instructions to take advantage of this. First, you'll need to connect your Skype account to the service. Then you can add the IFTTT Bot to… [Continue Reading]
Why Ashley Madison's 'oh no' data breach didn't scare new users away

Publié: août 5, 2016, 8:19pm CEST par Richard Stiennon

There once was a time when most people hadn’t heard of casual dating site Ashley Madison. That all changed in July 2015, when hackers stole sensitive customer information and posted the information on the dark web in a massive data dump, 9.7 gigabytes in size. The files included account details and logins for approximately 32 million of the dating site’s users. One year later, the dating site is doing several things to redeem its damaged reputation, including rebranding its parent company from Avid Life Media to Ruby, bringing in a new CEO and President to lead the business, revamping their… [Continue Reading]
Apple's water gun vs. Microsoft's realistic pistol -- which emoji is right? Vote now!

Publié: août 5, 2016, 6:30pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

Regardless of your stance on guns, I think everyone can agree that firearms deserve to be treated with respect. Even staunch 2nd amendment proponents will tell you that the weapons are not toys. Proper training and understanding of their potential danger are key for safety. Understandably, however, some parents don't want their children -- or themselves -- to have guns in their lives at all. Thanks to emoji, guns are sort of unavoidable nowadays. While parents can refuse to buy toy guns for their children, pistol symbols in communications are now a thing. Well, except on iOS 10 beta, that is. Apple has chosen… [Continue Reading]
Business apps are not ready for EU's GDPR rules

Publié: août 5, 2016, 5:49pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Time is relentless. The GDPR is moving ever closer, while at the same time apps aren’t. And that’s a huge problem for businesses, because if apps are not GDPR-compliant, they’re not GDPR complaint. That can mean huge fines, possibly even the end of businesses. The fact that apps are far away from being GDPR compliant came as a result of a new and extensive study by Blue Coat Labs. The company analyzed more than 15,000 enterprise cloud applications in use and 108 million enterprise documents stored and shared within them. Cloud apps included Dropbox, Slack and Salesforce, all being rapidly… [Continue Reading]
Latin America set to see major mobile growth

Publié: août 5, 2016, 4:42pm CEST par Ian Barker

Until now the Latin America region has been slow to adopt mobile apps, partly because of limited availability of high-speed data connections. But as the Rio Olympics kick off and the world focuses on the region, Yahoo's analytics arm Flurry is releasing its first-ever report analyzing mobile activity across Latin America. Flurry has tracked 10 percent year-on-year growth in active devices between June 2015 and June 2016, up from 230 million to 252 million. It has measured 70 million more active devices in the region in June 2016. When broken down by manufacturer, Samsung has gained six percent market share… [Continue Reading]
Casting a light on shadow IT -- turning threat into opportunity [Q&A]

Publié: août 5, 2016, 4:11pm CEST par Ian Barker

Today's climate of digital transformation (DX) is giving rise to a variety of intriguing cloud and software-as-a-service based offerings. In the case of public cloud, instant access to infrastructure and platforms for developing new services off-premise may be extremely attractive to some organizations. The modern world of free cloud services and easily installable apps makes it all too easy for employees to bypass the IT department and use whatever systems they want. Virtually unlimited elasticity and pay-as-you-go cost models with no capital expenditure make these offerings an ideal solution to lines-of-business . Add to this a wealth of SaaS offerings… [Continue Reading]
66 percent of IT professionals admit to delaying migrations

Publié: août 5, 2016, 3:28pm CEST par Ian Barker

According to a new study carried out by cloud migration specialist Vision Solutions, migrations are one of the major headaches faced by IT professionals. So much so that 66 percent say they've delayed a migration. Plus, nearly 75 percent of all companies who performed a migration in 2015 say they were offline or experienced downtime for 48 hours or more. Of the 935 professionals surveyed, 35 percent say that they lack the experience or the expertise to confidently perform a system migration. No surprise then that a worrying 44 percent of businesses experienced a migration failure in 2015. In addition,… [Continue Reading]
Apple sees disappointing iPhone sales in India

Publié: août 5, 2016, 2:39pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

India is the third-largest smartphone market worldwide, after China and the United States. In the second quarter of the year, vendors shipped just over 30 million devices, the vast majority of which run Android. That is no different than what is happening in the other leading markets, China and United States, except for one thing: iPhone sales. Apple is a major player in both China and United States, where its market share is well into double digits. However, in India, the iPhone is not as appealing to local shoppers, as only 2.4 percent of the smartphones shipped in Q2 2016… [Continue Reading]
Revo Uninstaller Free 2.0 gets full 64-bit support

Publié: août 5, 2016, 1:35pm CEST par Mike Williams

Powerful PC cleanup tool Revo Uninstaller Free has been updated to version 2.0 with full 64-bit support. Launch the program and you’re now able to view all your installed programs, both 32 or 64-bit, run their standard uninstallers and clear up any remnants afterwards. The Icons view has gained a Details panel. Clicking any program displays its install date, drive space used, company, website and more. A new Export option allows saving your list of installed programs or leftovers as a text or HTML report. The developer also says there have been improvements to Hunter Mode, the user interface and… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft: What have you done to my Windows 10?

Publié: août 5, 2016, 12:19pm CEST par Randall C. Kennedy

Maybe it’s my age, but I’ve found that I just don’t have the time or patience to play with Windows betas anymore. The bugs. The instabilities. The bricked PCs. I simply can’t get excited about once again playing guinea pig for Microsoft. In fact, aside from a minor dalliance with a "Redstone" pre-release build late last year, I have effectively sat-out the entire Anniversary Update testing cycle. I figured, "Windows 10 (RTM) was working great for me. Why muck it up by installing some buggy preview edition?" So, it was with a true consumer’s (as opposed to rabid tech enthusiast’s)… [Continue Reading]
Best Windows apps this week

Publié: août 5, 2016, 11:35am CEST par Martin Brinkmann

One-hundred and ninety-two in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 8.x and Windows 10 in the past seven days. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is out. Check out Wayne's overview of what is new, and this helpful tip to free up disk space after upgrading and making sure everything works as intended. As always, if I missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email instead. Discounts this week The… [Continue Reading]
Open huge text files instantly with LogViewer

Publié: août 5, 2016, 10:59am CEST par Mike Williams

You’re trying to troubleshoot some PC issue, the answer could be in a log file, so you open it using Notepad… And often wait, and wait, and wait, because the program takes so very long to parse larger files. As an example, we pointed Notepad at a relatively small 46MB log file, and even this took 23 seconds to appear. Using a smarter editor will help. We found Notepad++ opened the file in 8 seconds, a big improvement, although still slow enough to leave you with a lengthy wait for larger files. LogViewer is an open-source tool which is built… [Continue Reading]
Business apps can greatly benefit from flash storage

Publié: août 5, 2016, 10:14am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Here’s an interesting thought -- if you don’t use flash storage, you risk reputation damage. Interesting conclusion, right? Well, this is basically what data management company NetApp is saying in its latest report. NetApp claims that almost a quarter (23 percent) of businesses risk damaging their reputation because they do not support business-critical applications with flash storage. The report is based on a poll of 1,000 IT decision makers. They say that features such as processing of payments, customer relation management (CRM) tools, and email marketing systems are key business applications, used by 40 percent, 36 percent, and 35 percent of IT… [Continue Reading]
Seagate unveils 'energy-efficient' Nytro XF1230 SATA Enterprise SSD

Publié: août 5, 2016, 5:18am CEST par Brian Fagioli

There are many reasons why solid state drives are better than mechanical hard drives. Obviously, they are very much faster -- an upgrade to SSD can make an older PC feel new again. Also, they are silent, meaning you don't have to listen to a grinding-like seek sound. One of the forgotten aspects as to why SSDs are better, however, is energy savings. Since they use less electricity, they can save money and allow batteries to last longer. Today, Seagate announces a new enterprise SSD that it calls 'energy-efficient'. But aren't they all? "The Nytro XF1230 SATA SSD is energy efficient,… [Continue Reading]
The NFL comes to Sling TV just in time for the season

Publié: août 5, 2016, 5:12am CEST par Alan Buckingham

With training camp now underway the new NFL season is starting to feel close. That can mean different things to different people. For some it's excitement while others may think of it as a temporary loss of their significant other on Sundays. Now, just in time for kickoff, Sling TV has announced that the league is coming to its online streaming live TV service with the launch of the NFL Network and NFL RedZone. "NFL Network and NFL RedZone elevate our offering in time for the highly anticipated NFL season", says Roger Lynch, CEO of Sling TV. "This NFL season,… [Continue Reading]
[Giveaway] Win my Raspberry Pi 3 and Kodi Edition case!

Publié: août 5, 2016, 4:18am CEST par Brian Fagioli

The Raspberry Pi line of computers are wonderful for many things. If you are a builder or maker, it can be great for projects. If you just want a low-energy media computer, these little devices are a godsend. The most powerful version is the Raspberry Pi 3, and earlier this year, I bought it. Recently, I even purchased the super-cool Kodi Edition case for it. The problem? I am not a maker or builder, and I mostly use my Apple TV as a media player. I simply do not have a need for my Pi 3 anymore. My problem can be… [Continue Reading]