Microsoft scraps ‘Windows-first’ practice, puts Office on iPad before Surface
As expected, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today hosted a press conference where the company unveiled Office for iPad, breaking with its past practice of protecting Windows by first launching software on its own operating system. CEO Satya Nadella expounded on Microsoft’s ‘cloud first, mobile first’ strategy today as his company unveiled Office for iPad as proof of its new platform-agnosticism. Three all-touch core...
iPhone App Helps Fans Get More Yardage Out of Super Bowl Weekend
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Google transparency report: government requests up 120 percent since 2009
Google’s been publishing transparency reports since 2009, but its disclosure of government requests has become especially interesting in the aftermath of revelations about PRISM and NSA surveillance. The company’s ninth report, released today, details a significant jump in requests for user information. Since the first report, the volume of government requests has increased by about 120 percent. Meanwhile, the percentage...
Payment card security revamp becoming chip vs. PIN tussle
Industry efforts to shore up payment card security after the massive data breach at Target appear to be devolving into a battle over chip vs. PIN technology between retailers and credit card companies. MasterCard and Visa want all U.S. retailers to install payment terminals capable of accepting Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) smartcards by October 2015 or face increased breach liability exposure. EMV chip cards are used widely around...
The Pen, Phone, and iPad: Obama’s Tech Push in U.S. Schools
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama has a pen. He has a phone. And on Tuesday, he wielded an iPad to help make a point about how he hopes to do more for schools without more funding from Congress. Obama toured Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland, where seventh-grade students were using tablets to work on math problems based on the Rover explorer on Mars.Obama borrowed a tablet to film his security entourage....
