From ComputerWorld: Amazon.com is using independent contractors for its Flex delivery program to ferry packages to customers, adopting a staffing method that has already attracted controversy and lawsuits.
Amazon Flex, which the company describes as its newest delivery innovation, allows...
From InfoWorld: Silent Circle's second privacy-focused device, the Blackphone 2, is designed to meet the management and security needs of enterprises, while not alienating workers who will end up using it for their personal affairs as well.
The phone, launched Monday, integrates with Google's...
From PC World: There has been at least a low hum of concern around new features in Windows 10 that send information back to Microsoft. The company has mostly kept quiet about those concerns, until now.
Windows 10, launched at the end of July, shares two different kinds of data with Microsoft...
From CNET: The tech world expects Google to debut two new Nexus smartphones later on Tuesday, but the company may also unveil a tablet called the Pixel C.
Google is set to announce the 10.2-inch Android device alongside several other products and begin selling it in November, according to Android...
From ComputerWorld: Facebook is giving its worldwide Internet connection project, Internet.org, a makeover that includes more security and granular control, along with a new name.
On Thursday, Internet.org's name became Free Basics by Facebook. The name change is consistent across the app and the...
From InfoWorld: It's official: BlackBerry's next phone will run Android.
The phone, called Priv, will also include BlackBerry security and productivity tools, Chairman and CEO John Chen told investors early Friday.
The move suggests that Chen still can't decide whether BlackBerry should focus on...
From PC World: Microsoft appears to be taking inspiration from Google Cardboard with “VR Kit” for Windows phones.
Much like Cardboard, VR Kit aims to enable cheap virtual reality through a cardboard box with a pair of attached eye lenses. Users slide their phone into the box, and view apps that...
From CNET: The iPhone phenomenon endures.
Apple said Monday it sold 13 million iPhone 6S and 6S Plus units from Friday through Sunday, the first three days of sales.
The tally represents a record for Apple, which sold 10 million iPhones over the same period a year ago when the previous models hit...
There are many reasons why you should never hit jaywalkers. Firstly, depending on how hard you hit them, you might damage your car bad enough that it would be structural. But regardless of how hard you hit them, the moment you claim insurance, it will go on your car's accident history, which brings us to the second reason: It will reduce your vehicle's resale value. Thirdly, since you are hitting another uninsured entity, you will have to pay the...
From ComputerWorld: Verizon and Qualcomm are on track to extend LTE networks into Wi-Fi frequencies by the end of next year despite a heated controversy over whether that would slow down wireless LANs.
Verizon will start field trials of LTE-Unlicensed in October, aiming for a commercial launch...
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