From PC Mag: The Chinese government wants complete control over what its citizens are allowed to view on the Internet. That's why the Great Firewall exists, and why many services we enjoy in the west can't be accessed from within China. But the Great Firewall is far from perfect, and a big thorn in...
From CNET: The Amazon empire continues to expand.
On the heels of Prime Day, the retail giant has won approval in India to stock and deliver groceries, according to Reuters. The company currently offers food in the fast-growing country via partners.
The move could help Amazon compete with...
From ComputerWorld: Apple and Cisco recently confirmed they will be working even more closely together. I caught up with two key Cisco executives to learn a little more about the two company’s plans.
At root, Cisco and Apple are opening up new opportunities that transform iOS into the key platform...
From CNET: Microsoft wants to make sure even the hard-to-reach places in the US have access to speedy internet service.
The software titan plans to promote a wireless access technology called "white space," which figures to be the centerpiece of a speech given by Microsoft President and Chief...
From The Verge: Microsoft is announcing Microsoft 365 today, a new way for businesses to purchase Office and Windows together. While the software giant has sold Office 365 and Windows 10 to businesses in many different ways, Microsoft 365 Enterprise combines Office 365 Enterprise, Windows 10...
From CNET: Five months after his arrest, Samsung heir apparent Jay Y. Lee is refusing to testify at the corruption trial of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. He's concerned that testifying may affect his own bribery hearings, according to Bloomberg.
Arrested under a bribery charge in...
From PC Mag: Part of the Alphabet (formerly Google) empire is the moonshot factory simply called X. X focuses on inventing and launching "moonshot" technologies to make the world a better place. The latest of those technologies just became an independent company called Dandelion.
Dandelion was an...
From CNET: Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset already got one price drop back in March. Now it's getting another.
As part of the "Summer of Rift" sales promotion Oculus is having, the VR headset and a pair of Touch controllers are down to a combined $399, a $200 drop. That undercuts the HTC Vive...
Last week, I made a bet with one of the interns in the office. For the longest time, I have been working about three kilometers away from Chinatown and I have always wanted to go there. We were talking over lunch about how long it would take to walk from our office to Chinatown. I definitely thought it would take less than forty minutes, while the intern was sure it would take more. Over our lunch break, we started our walk. Along with two other...
One of my favorite comedy movies is the Pink Panther movie starring Steve Martin. I know the comedy in that movie is fairly specific and is not everyone's cup of tea. However, there are some laugh out loud jokes. Of course, if I attempt in any way to retell the joke right here, it would fall flat, and you would probably never want to watch it. There is also a sequel to the movie, but it is much worse than the first. What I enjoyed most about the...
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