Google launches official Gmail Add-on program

From PC World: Google is making it possible for developers to bring their services into Gmail using new integrations called Add-ons.

It’s built so that developers can write one set of code in Google’s Apps Script language and have their integration run in Gmail on the web, as well as inside Google...

Google tries to beat AWS at cloud security

From InfoWorld: Google knows that if enterprises are going to move their critical services to its cloud, then it has to offer something that AWS doesn’t. At Google Cloud Next, the company’s leadership made the case that Google Cloud was the most secure cloud.

At the conference this week, Google...

Intel's Core i3 NUC has dropped to $220 today

From PC World: For anyone wanting to take their first baby steps into the world of PC building, it doesn’t get much easier than today’s deal. You can create an HTPC with a small footprint for pretty cheap and little work thanks to Newegg, which is selling an Intel NUC with a Skylake Core i3...

China's Uber slayer becomes Apple's new neighbor

From CNET: After last year's Uber acquisition and Apple's $1 billion investment, Didi Chuxing has journeyed to the mecca of tech, Silicon Valley.

The Chinese ride hailer officially opened its first US-based research and development lab in Mountain View, California this week, according to a...

Facebook, Microsoft target faster services with new AI server designs

From InfoWorld: Facebook on Wednesday rolled out some staggering statistics related to its social networks. Each day, users watch 100 million hours of video, 400 million people use Messenger, and more than 95 million photos and videos are posted on Instagram.

That puts a heavy load on Facebook’s...

The FCC's investigating AT&T's widespread 911 call outage

From PC World: AT&T’s mobile subscribers in some U.S. states were not able to make 911 emergency calls late Wednesday, leading to complaints from police departments and emergency agencies in various parts of the country.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wrote on Twitter that his...

Microsoft's Windows Server OS runs on ARM, with help from Qualcomm

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has warmed up to Qualcomm to make a Windows 10 PC based on its ARM chip, and now the companies are bringing Windows Server OS to ARM.

For the first time ever, Microsoft is expected to show the Windows Server OS running on an ARM server. The server runs on Qualcomm’s...

Uber to end use of Greyball tool to evade authorities

From CNET: Uber said Wednesday that it will stop using its secretive Greyball tool to thwart efforts by local authorities to catch the ride-hailing company violating local regulations.

The tool, which Uber had used since 2014, helped the company avoid regulators in cities where the service isn't...

Nvidia's Pascal-powered Jetson TX2 computer blows away Raspberry Pi

From PC World: The Raspberry Pi may be the most widely known board computer being sold, but Nvidia's Jetson TX2 is one of the fastest.

The Jetson TX2, unveiled Tuesday, is a full Linux computer on a tiny board the size of a Raspberry Pi. It's designed to help make robots, drones and other devices...

Firefox 52 bans plug-ins, supports 'game changer' standard

From InfoWorld: Mozilla today updated Firefox to version 52, which warns users when they put passwords into non-encrypted websites, bars all plug-ins other than Adobe’s Flash Player and adds support for an under-consideration technology standard that claims to run web apps at nearly the same speed...

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