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Software developers are easy targets for hackers study findsThursday, July 20, 2017 by Richard HarrisNetsparker Ltd., a company in the web applications security industry, has released survey results showing that most software developers make themselves easy targets for hackers, even when they are behind a corporate firewall. The primary reason is not that their web server software is out of date, however. Instead, it is largely the result of developers running vulnerab...
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Helium launches low-power long-range solution for IoT devicesThursday, July 20, 2017 by Christian HargraveHelium, a provider of IoT connectivity, announced the launch of its latest product suite, a comprehensive low-power, long-range solution for IoT devices. The new offering streamlines the ability to prototype, deploy and scale a long-range wireless network that connects thousands of end devices, giving companies a simple way to intelligently and securely deliver data fro...
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Clemson students make apps to help people with intellectual disabilitiesThursday, July 20, 2017 by Richard HarrisStudents and faculty at Clemson University have developed two smartphone apps to provide practical, real-world assistance to help people with intellectual disabilities maintain employment and live independently.Roy Pargas, associate professor emeritus in the School of Computing, led the technical aspects of the project devoted to producing the apps. He said the apps req...
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SoftNAS gets a speed bump and lower costsThursday, July 20, 2017 by Richard HarrisSoftNAS released their newest release of Cloud NAS with up to 400 percent faster cloud object storage performance. Now customers can replace expensive, aging hardware-based storage and on-premises NAS, SAN and file servers with limitless, durable and available cloud object storage. Common use cases now possible in the cloud with the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) include...
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Why Texas Humor selected the Shopgate mobile commerce platformThursday, July 20, 2017 by Richard HarrisShopgate has announced Texas Humor, a clothing brand that emphasizes Texas pride, selected their mobile commerce platform solution to develop an enhanced mobile shopping application for its customer base. The mobile app allows Texas Humor to further connect with customers through advanced features including push notifications, abandoned cart reminders and exclusive mobi...
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Over 90 percent of healthcare IT networks have IoT devices connectedThursday, July 20, 2017 by Christian HargraveZingBox has released the results of its survey of IT decision-makers within the healthcare industry. The survey, fielded in early July, found that the majority of healthcare IT networks have IoT devices and that most IT departments believe that existing security solutions for laptops and servers can also protect connected medical devices.More than 90% of healthcare IT n...
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CURRENT '17 to bring together Christian business leadersWednesday, July 19, 2017 by Christian HargraveC12, the nation’s largest network of Christian CEOs, business owners, and executives, this week excitedly announced their annual conference, CURRENT ’17, will be officially hosted this September 28 through the 30th at the JW Marriott Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas.Curated specifically to celebrate 25-years of positive impact, CURRENT ’17 will feature guest speak...
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The first Bluetooth Mesh solution from Silicon Labs landsWednesday, July 19, 2017 by Richard HarrisTo help developers simplify the design of mesh-networked devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) and get to market faster, Silicon Labs introduced a comprehensive suite of software and hardware that supports the new Bluetooth mesh specification. The new Bluetooth mesh solution benefits from the company’s proven mesh networking expertise and includes development tools, ...
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Stop masking your crappy appsWednesday, July 19, 2017 by Omed HabibThis may come as a surprise, but the “close door” button in an elevator does absolutely nothing to make the door shut faster. It’s purely a psychological ploy to ease the minds of impatient riders. It tricks them into thinking that they’re speeding up their ride when in reality it is solely designed to calm their nerves during unwanted seconds spent waiting.Developers h...
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5,000 developers and professionals responded in Skill Up 2017Wednesday, July 19, 2017 by Richard HarrisNearly 5,000 developers and tech professionals across the world responded to Packt’s third annual Skill Up survey to share their thoughts on the latest tech tools and trends, and how they work and learn. Skill Up 2017 also investigated wider questions about the tech industry - from its status and value in organizations and industry, through to urgent issues around diver...
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Lucktastic releases STREAM audience platformWednesday, July 19, 2017 by Christian HargraveLucktastic, a free app that is crushing it with app rewards, has introduced the STREAM audience platform. STREAM gives marketers the ability to define and target mobile first US consumers using their proprietary first party data. Access to the STREAM is available immediately with the ability to apply segmentation across all of the unique native ad units within the app.“...
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Sports and Entertainment Digital Accelerator for SportsTech launchesTuesday, July 18, 2017 by Christian HargraveBuilt.io, provider of a Digital Fan Experience Platform, and BeyondCurious, a digital transformation consultancy, has announced a joint offering for the SportsTech world: the Sports & Entertainment Digital Accelerator. The Digital Accelerator program helps sports teams transform their venue, team and fan experiences through innovative use of digital technology.Under...
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Blueprint now integrates with CA Agile Requirements DesignerTuesday, July 18, 2017 by Richard HarrisBlueprint has announced the integration of its Blueprint solution with CA Agile Requirements Designer (CA ARD) from CA Technologies. Blueprint Storyteller is an agile planning solution for large-scale enterprise transformation, and Agile Requirements Designer is an end-to-end requirements design, test design automation, and automated test case design tool. The integrati...
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Amos Ben Yaacov hired as PacketZoom's General Manager EMEATuesday, July 18, 2017 by Richard HarrisPacketZoom, a leader in mobile application acceleration, announced today that it has expanded to Europe to help accelerate mobile app performance in the region. The company has hired industry veteran Amos Ben Yaacov as its new General Manager EMEA to oversee growth throughout Europe and bring PacketZoom’s proprietary app analytics, controls and acceleration technology t...
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Metadata can be deadly in cyber exploitationTuesday, July 18, 2017 by Christian HargraveWhen someone says "There's no cause for concern, it's only metadata" you can send them this:Metadata, or “data about data,” is collected and recorded to describe data, identify trends, administer algorithmic solutions, and model potential scenarios. When one understands how to make sense of seemingly random metadata or how to pair the data with other exfiltrated data po...
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Cloud native app firewall Twistlock 2.1 launchesMonday, July 17, 2017 by Christian HargraveTwistlock, a provider of cloud container security solutions, has announced the availability of Twistlock 2.1. The latest release of their flagship product includes a first of its kind cloud native app firewall, vulnerability risk ranking that uses knowledge of an enterprise’s unique environment to prioritize what to fix first, a brand new dashboard and integrated secret...
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World Emoji Day: The Royal Opera House teams with TwitterMonday, July 17, 2017 by Richard HarrisWorld Emoji Day on Monday, July 17, 2017 marks the first time that the Royal Opera House has teamed up with a digital platform like Twitter to tell the stories of some of the world’s best-loved operas and ballets, engaging new audiences at giant scale for the first time. Throughout World Emoji Day, the Royal Opera House will share a series of tweets via its Twitter hand...
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Avocarrot Unified SSP for mobile is launched from GlispaMonday, July 17, 2017 by Richard HarrisFollowing the announcement of its fourth strategic acquisition, Glispa Global Group, a mobile ad tech company, unveils its newest product offering, Avocarrot, the full-service monetization platform which serves all types of mobile in-app advertising, both programmatic and performance-based. The new platform offers full transparency, control, and ease of use to boost and...
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VMware CodeHouse increases the representation of women in techMonday, July 17, 2017 by Richard HarrisVMware CodeHouse is a three-day coding experience where the brightest female engineering students from top universities across the U.S. come together to harness the power of collective thought and compete to develop the strongest solutions for increasing the representation of women in technology. We recently spoke with Laura Greenwald, VMware's Global Head of Talent Acq...
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Millionaire's Run game app offers winner-takes-all $1M grand prizeMonday, July 17, 2017 by Christian HargraveA new mobile app just launched that’s set to reimagine the running game experience for both expert and casual players. As part of the launch, the team will host a global competition in search of the app’s fastest runner over the course of the next six months, with a $1,000 cash pot for each week’s high score, and a phenomenal winner-takes-all $1 million grand prize to p...
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