WhatsApp working on digital payment service, report says

From CNET: Facebook has been packing in new features recently, and it looks like WhatsApp is following suit.

The Facebook-owned app is working on launching a person-to-person payment service soon in India, reports The Ken, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.

As the publication points out...

As computing changes, Intel takes a fresh approach to chip design

From InfoWorld: For more than 30 years, Intel has made a name with its CPUs, which rule the PC and server markets. Chip advances have helped Intel make devices smaller, faster, and more power-efficient.

Computing is now spreading into cars, robots, drones, smart devices, and a wide range of other...

Office 365's deskless worker package expands with new features

From InfoWorld: Microsoft is adding new capabilities to one of its cheapest enterprise plans for Office 365, in a push to capture a group of users traditionally underserved by the productivity suite.

New to the Office 365 Enterprise K1 plan (the K stands for Kiosk) now includes 2GB of OneDrive for...

Intel's Cannonlake PC chip shipments may slip into next year

From InfoWorld: If you're expecting to buy laptops with Intel's next-generation Core chips code-named Cannonlake chips by the end of this year, you may be disappointed.

There's a chance that shipments of Cannonlake -- Intel's first on the 10-nanometer production process -- may slip into next year...

Microsoft to shut CodePlex open source project site

From InfoWorld: This December, Microsoft will shut down its CodePlex open source project hosting site, deferring instead to code-sharing site GitHub. The site will go read-only in October.

CodePlex was launched in 2006 when Microsoft was trying to make a name for itself in open source. But the...

Apple reportedly developing iPhone graphics chips in house

From CNET: Apple is developing its own graphics processors to be used in future versions of products including the iPhone, said one of its partners on Monday.

UK-based Imaginations Technologies currently makes the graphics chips used in the iPhone, but said in a statement that Apple will cease to...

Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 6 Review (Page 1 of 4)

I have been taking my PhD program in Electrical Engineering at the University of Calgary for about one year now. At the PhD level, my study experience is quite different from the education I ever had before. For example, when I was in my undergraduate studies, I really cared about my GPA. I thought taking exams was the only purpose I had in school, therefore I almost lived in the library. If that does not surprise you, my high school time was...

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