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DirecTV Now is a bargain -- for NOW

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 10:50pm CET par Joe Wilcox

From the day I received the Oct. 14, 2016 letter about billing changes, AT&T U-verse and Internet cancellation was inevitable. I had auto-pay set up to a credit card, but the service provider wanted access to my bank account, which I didn't want to give. "Beginning in December, your credit card will be charged eight days after your Bill Cycle date", the correspondence reads. The change meant AT&T would take payment on the 8th of the month rather than the 21st. Since the company bills a month in advance, the new date would work out to about six-weeks in fees paid ahead for future… [Continue Reading]
What's next for AI in 2017?

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 8:45pm CET par John Schneider

In the sci-fi film Ex Machina, reclusive inventor Nathan Bateman foresees a bleak future, telling the movie's protagonist, Caleb, that "One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa". When we don’t understand something, we tend to fear it; which is one reason popular movies like Ex Machina and HBO’s nail-biting new series Westworld like to imagine futures in which artificial intelligence plots to destroy humanity. Fortunately, AI is far more likely to recommend those titles to your Netflix queue than to result in a dystopian… [Continue Reading]
Minecraft arrives on Apple TV

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 8:42pm CET par Mihăiță Bamburic

We knew that Mojang would bring Minecraft to Apple TV before the year's end, as the seriously popular game was previewed by Tim Cook during the MacBook Pro event earlier this year. And now, days before Christmas, it's finally here. Minecraft launches on Apple TV with nearly all of its features intact. The game lacks support for Realms and Xbox Live, but includes seven DLCs "for a limited time". Mojang says that the Apple TV edition, which can be had for $19.99, includes the Ender Update. It bundles the Cartoon, Festive 2016, Natural and Plastic mash-ups and the City Folk, Holiday… [Continue Reading]
The three secrets to successfully monetizing IoT data

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 4:56pm CET par Roman Stanek

The global business landscape is being transformed by the Internet of Things. Soon, every business will be an IoT business simply because those that don’t adapt, innovate, and transform their models will risk falling behind in the Connected Economy. But even as business leaders scramble headlong to get in on the IoT gold rush, many are faced with the same harsh realization: that actually monetizing IoT data is difficult. I’ve written about the challenges of IoT monetization before, and I agree with Gartner’s assessment that 80 percent of IoT implementations will squander their transformational opportunities. This statistic isn’t due to… [Continue Reading]
Lack of talent and compliance worries among cloud predictions for 2017

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 4:28pm CET par Ian Barker

This is the time of year when industry experts like to come up with predictions for the coming 12 months. Last week we looked at some of their security forecasts, today it's the turn of the cloud to get the crystal ball gazing treatment. So, what do experts think are going to be the cloud trends of 2017? "In 2017, enterprises will be transitioning IT workloads to the cloud at a significant pace that will drive the biggest growth in hybrid cloud infrastructure, along with a significant increase of SaaS service offerings from vendors that address niche needs," says Curtis… [Continue Reading]
The pros and cons of VoWiFi

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 2:09pm CET par David Del Fava

There’s no doubt that Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) has captured a lot of attention lately. Indeed, AT&T has announced that it is handling four million VoWiFi calls per day and T-Mobile boasts some 22 million calls per day using the technology. Today, many enterprises and mobile operators consider VoWiFi an easy and cost-effective way to provide indoor mobile coverage in buildings that block macro mobile signals. However, VoWiFi isn’t suitable for every application and neither do mobile operators want it to be. VoWiFi Market Momentum VoWiFi usage is on the rise. According to Cisco, VoWiFi traffic will grow from 15.7… [Continue Reading]
Ellp automates PC tasks with a click

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 1:35pm CET par Mike Williams

Ellp is a free tool which delivers very simple, script-free automation of common PC and other tasks. There are no menus, no complex dialog boxes, no command-line arguments, nothing to learn at all. You can get started in seconds and leave Ellp to do all the real work. The program opens by displaying these ten cards, each representing a task you’d like to automate. "When my hard disk is getting full, free up space". "When I plug in my headphones, play some music". "When I download the same file twice, let me know". "When it’s time, perform a privacy cleanup".… [Continue Reading]
Ways technology is continuing to transform the retail industry

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 1:28pm CET par Rick Delgado

From smartphones to the cloud and automation, technology is dramatically changing nearly everything about how we live and work. Technology’s impact can be felt in every industry, but it is especially strong in retail. It used to be that you had to have massive resources and connections to operate in the retail space. These days, thanks to more accessible technology, anyone with an idea and a product can sell via it the Internet and social media. Traditional retail business plans have been thrown by the wayside to make way for the disruptive new ideas of rapid transformation and increased competition,… [Continue Reading]
How to test anti-keylogger software

Publié: décembre 19, 2016, 11:27am CET par Mike Williams

Installing any good antivirus program will protect you from known keyloggers, but you’ll still be vulnerable to the very latest threats. Specialist anti-keyloggers such as SpyShelter take a very different approach. Instead of trying to detect and remove malware, they focus on preventing anything intercepting your keypresses. Sounds great, but -- how do you know whether any anti-keylogger is doing anything useful? That can be a challenge. Even if you install a commercial keylogger and see if it records anything, that won’t necessarily prove much (it might be a poor keylogger, real malware may be more effective). Anti-Keylogger Tester is… [Continue Reading]