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5 tips for giving your colleagues a killer virtual reality demo
Here are some tips to ensure that those you work with have a good experience when trying VR in the office.

Will the next iPhone be curved? Apple pushes ahead with bendable display research
Apple patent shows off display technology that can bend without breaking, the latest in a series of filings by the company linked to curved touchscreens.

How to add a layer of security in Chrome OS with Guest Browsing
Chromebook users who are frequently on the go might want to take advantage of the Chrome OS Guest Browsing feature. Jack Wallen shows you how.

6 roadblocks to cloud security, and how to move past them
Achieving security in the cloud is far from easy. Learn why that is, and how to fix it.

How to get more battery life from your Samsung Galaxy 6S
If your Samsung Galaxy 6S battery is draining way too fast, you can resolve this issue by making two simple changes.

How to use Excel’s Data Validation feature to prevent data entry mistakes
Your application is only as strong as your data. Learn how to restrict input values using Excel’s Data Validation feature.

Channel Leonardo da Vinci and take your big data designs to the next level
This brief overview of polymathic analytics explains how da Vinci, as well as Star Trek, may serve as inspiration when designing AI solutions.

Why the future of a Dell-led VMware hinges on developers
The combination of Dell, EMC, VMware and Pivotal is compelling, but only if VMware can figure out the proper relationship with its developers.

Why big data and privacy are often at odds
Big data capture and analysis are powerful tools. It is time to consider who these tools benefit and who they may harm.

The one simple fix that make the Ubuntu Phone incredible
If you’ve given Ubuntu Touch a chance, you’ve probably felt like the platform holds the possibility to be great, but is missing something. Jack Wallen thinks he’s solved that confounding enigma.

Why the Internet of Things needs open source
The Internet Of Things has grown into a vast subset of mobility. But it could implode just as easily as it rose to fame. Is the key to open source protecting IoT devices from sudden demise?

Nyansa launches to help enterprise IT better wrangle its Wi-Fi issues
Networking startup Nyansa recently came out of stealth. Its new product, Voyance, monitors and analyzes a company’s network and provides plain English answers for what is going right or wrong.

MIT shows how AI cybersecurity excels by keeping humans in the loop
A new paper from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and PatternEx shows that their AI system predicts cyber-attacks better than machine learning systems or human experts.

Get smarter about analytics by studying memory design
When designing the memory subsystem for an advanced analytic solution, you should consider the architecture of human brains.

What smartphone manufacturers are doing wrong
No gimmicks are necessary. Smartphone manufacturers need to design reliable devices that perform to the needs of the user. Here is advice for those designers looking to create next big thing.

What’s the secret of uniting an IT department?
Getting IT workers to become an effective team is a difficult balancing act, says the Naked CIO.

Steve Case: The ‘third wave’ of the internet will transform our institutions
AOL co-founder Steve Case foresaw the importance of the internet decades before it became mainstream. TechRepublic spoke to Case about lessons from AOL and the dawn of a ‘third wave’ of the internet.

How to plan for your first project manager role
Increase your odds of a successful first project management role by planning for these basic components of a project.

The Windows 10 roadmap provides in-depth details on Device Guard and Credential Guard
The Windows 10 roadmap offers information on features that are pending or that have recently been released. Greg Shultz focuses on the detailed coverage of two notable security features.

Android Security Update April 2016: What you need to know
The Android Security Update for April 2016 includes a number of critical issues. Jack Wallen has the highlights, and shows how to find out if your device is up to date.

How AI can help companies recruit and hire the best employees
Broad Listening, an AI platform, analyzes the context of written text to help human resource offices strike the right tone when advertising positions and communicating with potential employees.

Microsoft research chief: AI is still too stupid to wipe us out (and will be for decades)
But while the narrow AI systems of today aren’t a threat to the human race, that doesn’t mean we should have blind faith in their decisions.

Google’s problem with the enterprise cloud is that it’s too innovative and not practical enough
With practicality still valued over innovation in much of big business, products have to be somewhat boring. Google can do science fiction, but can it do enterprise?

Election Tech: Candidates battle over big ideas at the Brooklyn Democratic debate
Innovation is America’s past, and future. Technology was the subtext of Thursday’s debate, as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled over issues ranging from renewable energy to the economy.

Podcast: The next president cannot be a Luddite
Next week the TechRepublic podcast becomes Business Technology Weekly! On the final episode, our team talks podcasting, the value of community feedback, about why election tech policy matters.

How to password protect notes in iOS 9.3
Keep sensitive information secret by protecting your notes in iOS 9.3 with a password and/or Touch ID.

Stranger danger? All it takes is a license plate number to text via Plext
See another driver that you’d like to talk to? With Plext, all you need is their license plate to send them a text message.

CIOs favor Microsoft Azure over AWS, according to new survey
Though AWS has an early, commanding lead in cloud infrastructure, CIOs anticipate a ‘momentous change of guard’ driven by public cloud.

Could Cortana replace Windows one day?
Microsoft entered the fray of digital assistants with Cortana, a competitor to Apple’s Siri and Google Now. Could Cortana ultimately be a more important product than Windows?
Microsoft research chief: AI is still too stupid to wipe us out (and will be for decades)
But while the narrow AI systems of today aren’t a threat to the human race, that doesn’t mean we should have blind faith in their decisions.
Google’s problem with the enterprise cloud is that it’s too innovative and not practical enough
With practicality still valued over innovation in much of big business, products have to be somewhat boring. Google can do science fiction, but can it do enterprise?
Election Tech: Candidates battle over big ideas at the Brooklyn Democratic debate
Innovation is America’s past, and future. Technology was the subtext of Thursday’s debate, as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled over issues ranging from renewable energy to the economy.
How AI can help companies recruit and hire the best employees
Broad Listening, an AI platform, analyzes the context of written text to help human resource offices strike the right tone when advertising positions and communicating with potential employees.
Android Security Update April 2016: What you need to know
The Android Security Update for April 2016 includes a number of critical issues. Jack Wallen has the highlights, and shows how to find out if your device is up to date.
Steve Case: The ‘third wave’ of the internet will transform our institutions
AOL co-founder Steve Case foresaw the importance of the internet decades before it became mainstream. TechRepublic spoke to Case about lessons from AOL and the dawn of a ‘third wave’ of the internet.
How to plan for your first project manager role
Increase your odds of a successful first project management role by planning for these basic components of a project.
The Windows 10 roadmap provides in-depth details on Device Guard and Credential Guard
The Windows 10 roadmap offers information on features that are pending or that have recently been released. Greg Shultz focuses on the detailed coverage of two notable security features.
Mac OS X ransomware: How KeRanger is a shadow of malware to come
The design of KeRanger demonstrates how attackers plan to make it even harder for victims of ransomware not to pay up.
Five old-school dictation apps
Dictation apps can save you time and help you fend off carpal tunnel syndrome. Here are five handy tools to consider.
Fighting tax return fraud with analytics
Analytics is at the heart of a state government department’s approach to fighting tax return fraud. An added bonus is the new analytics model saves staff time.
What smartphone manufacturers are doing wrong
No gimmicks are necessary. Smartphone manufacturers need to design reliable devices that perform to the needs of the user. Here is advice for those designers looking to create next big thing.
What’s the secret of uniting an IT department?
Getting IT workers to become an effective team is a difficult balancing act, says the Naked CIO.
How to build an external GPU for 4K video editing, VR, and gaming
This step-by-step guide for Mac users, professional video editors, graphic designers, and gamers explains how to build a Thunderbolt-connected, budget-friendly, and powerful graphics processing unit.