Technology
Time to Shore Up Security at Home
Last week’s cyberattack that shut down many popular websites occurred in part with the use of smart devices. This interesting information came to us from USA Today in their article, “How your DVR was hijacked to help epic cyberattack.” An unknown attacker intermittently knocked many popular websites offline for hours – from Amazon to Twitter and Netflix…
Read MoreData Breaches and Politics
Data security is as important as ever. Cyber fraud and attacks seem to fill the headlines on a daily basis. In this political season, how does your vote impact the future of cyber security? Or does it? Forbes brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Cyber Security Trends To Watch: 2016.” Many…
Read MoreSame Technology, New Purpose
Expedia has launched Expedia Labs, a website showcasing travel technology that will enable developers to test their concepts and receive feedback from users. Travel Weekly brought this news to us in their article, “Expedia introduces website to demonstrate new technology.” This unique application features technologies built internally at Expedia and through Expedia partnerships. Anyone who visits the…
Read MoreData is Our Magic 8 Ball
If we were able to predict the future, there would be no need for gambling and Las Vegas would turn into the shiniest senior citizen city in the west. Unfortunately the world we live in has many variables. DATAVERSITY brought this information to us in their article, “The Road to Prediction: Using Unstructured Data.” Collecting information from the…
Read MoreNew Features Enhance Efficiency
Altova MissionKit’s release features changes to its big data, database, and XBRL tools – all designed to increase an organization’s productivity. This interesting news came from Software Development Times in their article, “Altova MissionKit enhances its Big Data, database and XBRL tools.” Altova’s last release focused mostly on support for JSON and .NET APIs, introducing new tools…
Read MoreGenerations and Technology
Generational differences are attributed to everything from driver’s licenses, work styles, and communications. The first generation born to be truly digital natives are millennials. So it would be natural that they push the boundaries of massive online data considering that 59 percent of millennials get their news online, and 80 percent sleep with their phone next…
Read MoreAudiobooks Transformed
Remember books on tape? Then they morphed into CDs, but it still took four or five CDs for a decent size novel. Now with smartphones, audiobooks are finding a new audience that appreciates the ease and portability of downloading recorded versions of books onto their smartphones. USA Today brought this information to us in their article, “Smartphones give…
Read MorePower Project Using Cellular Engineering
In the world of semantic technology and artificial intelligence, it may seem surprising that cellular engineering is poised to open up new and exciting avenues of exploration into ways to address issues like combating disease, enhancing food production, monitoring the environment for toxins and much more. Forbes brought this news to us in their article, “IBM,…
Read MoreTime for Change
We have all heard it muttered and maybe some of us have done the muttering. The observation that many feel there is no innovation in scholarly publishing and that leaves the publishing word ripe for disruption. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this news to us in their article, “Ripe for Disruption – From Within?” With scholarly publishing, it seems that…
Read MoreData Analytics in the Bar
Beer and data analytics have paired up in an inventory system for bars and restaurants. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article,”Drink Up the Data Analytics: System Helps with On-Tap Inventory and Sales.” Retail establishments can use it to help them better understand and manage their on-tap inventory and improve their sales. It…
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