Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Android VS iOS

Android VS iOS

As the competition for releasing a better operating system annually, the fight between Android and iOS to win the hearts of million and keep the loyalty of the millions that they already have won. The match up against the most favoured os's for smart phones in the world leaves many users happy unless they can't upgrade their software's, the matchup leaves behind more faster, sleeker, attractive and more functional and convenient os's for everyday users. 

So less of the chit chat and here we compare the main attributes that will be important to the potential buyers to make a decision on which os to choose. Firstly we will take a look at the design interface or just simply how beautiful the screen lock looks. 

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Google asked to remove over 250,000 links

Google asked to remove over 250,000 links


Google should be thought of as part of the press, and given protection not for its own sake, but for ours

Google has been asked to remove over a quarter of a million links to articles following an EU court ruling in favour of the ‘right to be forgotten’.
Over 70,000 requests have been made in total to the search engine asking for links to information be removed from Google's European site branches. 

Monday, 30 June 2014

Top 10 technologies for information security in 2014

Top 10 technologies for information security in 2014



 

The top 10 technologies for information security are:

Cloud Access Security Brokers
Cloud access security brokers are on-premises or cloud-based security policy enforcement points placed between cloud services consumers and cloud services providers to interject enterprise security policies as the cloud-based resources are accessed. In many cases, initial adoption of cloud-based services has occurred outside the control of IT, and cloud access security brokers offer enterprises to gain visibility and control as its users access cloud resources.

Oracle to Buy a Software Maker Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion

Oracle to Buy a Software Maker Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion



Mark Hurd, an Oracle president, in 2011. 

Oracle’s acquisition machine spun up again on Monday, as the software giant struck its biggest deal in five years. It agreed to buyMicros Systems, a maker of software for restaurants and hospitality providers, for $5.3 billion in cash.
Under the terms of the deal, Oracle will pay $68 a share. That is approximately 18 percent above where Micros Systems’ shares were trading before Bloomberg News reported about a potential transaction last week.

Google Announces Sub- $100 Smartphone

Google Announces Sub- $100 Smartphone

 

A low-cost smartphone designed by Google will go on sale in India this fall before debuting in other emerging economies, the company announced today.

The phones will be branded “Android One,” after the company’s mobile operating system Android, and will cost less than $100. They are part of a new effort by Google to get devices based on its software into the hands of people who currently lack access to the Internet.

Already, one billion people use phones running Google’s Android software, said Sundar Pichai, leader of Google’s Android division, at the company’s I/O conference in San Francisco today. “Our goal is to reach the next five billion people in the world,” he said.

Why Apple Employees Never Wanted To Have Lunch With Steve Jobs

Why Apple Employees Never Wanted To Have Lunch With Steve Jobs




Former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is known for instilling Apple's ridiculously high standards when it comes to product design and development.
A large part of meeting those standards involved motivating employees to work hard and be prepared at all times - values that Jobs took very seriously, according to a former employee.
David Black worked at Apple for nearly 12 years in the early 2000s before he left to work on his own startup.

Yahoo in race to buy YouTube content provider Fullscreen

Yahoo in race to buy YouTube content provider Fullscreen



Internet giant Yahoo has put in a bid of around $250 million to buy Fullscreen, a company which creates content for YouTube channels, Britain's Sky News reported on Thursday.

Yahoo is looking to expand its reach to young consumers through the acquisition of the company, which generates more than 3 billion monthly views on Google's video streaming service.