MIT Technology Review has named 50 companies “that best combine innovative technology with an effective business model.” The company categories range from vehicle makers, manufacturers, apps, healthcare and technology to shopping. From start-ups to older standbys the companies truly reflect “50 companies that are “smart” in the way they create new opportunities .” The top…
.TECH ranks fifth for new domain registrations since it’s inception nearly a year ago. Among .TECH adopters are universities, startups and YouTubers. Even long-standing companies have entered into the .TECH momentum: “During the first phase of launch, .TECH saw registrations from reputed brands like Apple, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft.” The .TECH domain extension helps solidify tech companies’…
For the last two weeks, an IT team from the U.S House of Representatives has effectively blocked representatives from using Yahoo Mail, Gmail and appspot.com, “the domain where Google hosts custom-built apps.” Purportedly since June 2015, Google’s appspot.com has been hosting a remote access trojan which is designed to extract personal information from users. Gmail and Yahoo…
Apple is increasing its business focus by collaborating with software company, SAP: “Under the new deal, Apple and SAP plan to release programming tools that software developers can use to build apps for Apple’s handheld devices.” Since businesses currently utilize SAP’s expertise in inventory, manufacturing, sales and other operations, a united Apple and SAP will further…
Wondering if your internet service provider is shaping your internet traffic, then look no further than the Glasnost online tool to inspect your current service situation. In summation, “The goal of the Glasnost project is to make ISPs’ traffic shaping policies transparent to their customers. To this end, we designed Glasnost tests that enable you…
Yesterday, the second Android N development preview was released to participating developers. A number of features have been introduced. The features include Vulkan a new 3-D rendering API, launcher shortcuts , Emoji Unicode 9 support with “generic look in favor of a more human-looking design”, API changes (which include multi-window support and notifications) and bug…
For those of you looking for a “lightening-fast” and “lightning-smart” PHP IDE look no further than PhpStorm at the following link: https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm. Another description of this IDE is intelligence coding assistance- it actually “gets your code” and “deeply understands your code.”
Test your internet provider’s speed for both download and upload at Speedtest. Mobile versions are also available. 50 millions users per month use this service worldwide. The service purpose is summed up in this statement: “This free service from Ookla opens hundreds of testing locations around the world to anyone curious about the performance of their Internet…