Collaborate Disseminate
Reader alphadogg writes: Open source’s march toward preeminence in business software continued over the past year, according to a survey released by open source management provider Black Duck Software and venture capital firm North Bridge. Roughly two-… Continue reading Almost Two-Thirds of Software Companies Contributing To Open Source, Says Survey
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the next big evolution for technology is AI. “Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the ‘device’ to fade away,” Pichai wrote in Google’s annual founders’ letter. USA Today writes: His vis… Continue reading Google CEO Predicts AI-Fueled Future
An anonymous reader writes: YouTube announced on Tuesday that it will be introducing an unskippable, 6-second bumper ads before certain videos. The video juggernaut says that these ads are largely aimed at mobile users. “We like to think of Bumper ads … Continue reading YouTube To Roll Out 6-Second Ads That You Can’t Skip
An anonymous reader shares a TechCrunch report:Some of the biggest names in tech and corporate America, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon,… Continue reading Top Silicon Valley Execs and Others Urge Congress To Fund K-12 Computer Science Education
Not long ago a list of hundreds of Spotify subscribers was dumped on Pastebin. The list included email addresses, usernames, passwords, account type, and plenty of other details. Also, TechCrunch independently confirmed that some of the credentials lis… Continue reading Spotify Denies User Details Hacked After Passwords Show Up Online
An anonymous reader shares an article on CNBC: Apple is “outdated” and losing momentum in China, billionaire entrepreneur Jia Yueting told CNBC in his first international television interview. “Apple only has individual apps. This was the right choice … Continue reading Apple Is Outdated, Says Chinese Conglomerate LeEco CEO
Joshua Topolsky, co-founder of The Verge and Vox Media, and formerly Editor-in-chief of Engadget, has published an article on Medium wherein he analyzes the ongoing and long-term issues with digital media businesses and their increasingly growing thirs… Continue reading Your Media Business Will Not Be Saved
Google, Ford, Volvo, Uber, and Lyft are forming a coalition to help speed self-driving cars to the market. Until now, these five companies have all been working on their own driverless car initiatives. According to a statement, the new effort, dubbed t… Continue reading Google, Ford, Volvo, Lyft and Uber Join Coalition To Further Self-Driving Cars
Martin Brinkmann, writing for Ghacks: Open365 is an open source Office 365 alternative that allows you to edit or create documents online, and to sync files with the cloud. The service is in beta currently but you can sign up for it already on the offi… Continue reading Open365 Is An Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Office 365
An anonymous reader cites an article on CNN:The situation at Mitsubishi Motors just went from bad to much, much worse. The Japanese automaker admitted Tuesday that it had falsified fuel efficiency tests for the past quarter century (warning: annoying a… Continue reading Mitsubishi: We’ve Been Cheating On Fuel Tests For 25 years