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The best Tech inventions of all time 3: Science
In this series we take a look at everything, large and small, that has changed the way we do things and enhanced our lives in some way. In part three we take a look at advancements in science that have changed our understanding of the world.

Five tips for taking professional looking photos with your smartphone
Want to take better photographs with your iPhone or Android smartphone? Here are my top tips.

Remembering Intel’s Andy Grove: “He built bridges of opportunity for thousands”
An emotional tribute to the late Andy Grove by Craig Barrett, former CEO of Intel.

IT runs on the cloud, and the cloud runs on Linux. Any questions?
IT is moving to the cloud. And, what powers the cloud? Linux. When even Microsoft’s Azure has embraced Linux, you know things have changed.

Getty Images to use VR cameras for Rio Olympics
Use of 360 devices will be standard for all of the agency’s photographers covering the sporting events

Industry grumbling about the FAA’s recent ruling on drones
There’s a sense that the FAA is afraid to take necessary risks when it comes to commercial UAV.

Microsoft confirms production of Surface 3 tablets will end in late 2016
Microsoft is planning to end production of its Atom-based Surface 3 tablets in December 2016. Will there be more devices coming in the Surface line this year or next? There’s no official word.

What’s inside a $4 smartphone?
Indian company Ringing Bells is ready to start shipping a $4 smartphone – but how much smartphone can you buy for $4?

Qualcomm sues Chinese smartphone maker Meizu
The chipmaker said it tried to reach an agreement with Meizu that was consistent with the terms it reached with the Chinese government over its licensing practices.

Broadband Studio project: Audio-only webcast configuration
David Gewirtz continues his ongoing Broadband Studio series with a tour of the new studio setup for webcast and podcast production.

Why Apple’s APFS won’t last 30 years
When introduced at this year’s WWDC, APFS – Apple’s new file system – was positioned as a platform for the next 30 years. Despite its many improvements over HFS+, APFS lacks two important features to future-proof it for serious business use.

Microsoft tweaks activation rules for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update nearly ready, Microsoft this week announced a seemingly minor change to its activation process. Under the new rules, it should be easier to reactivate Windows on a PC after major hardware changes. But is there more to the story?

Chromebooks are the new “it just works” platform
Opinion: Chromebooks might not be a perfect platform for everyone, but they’re a near-perfect solution for business and BYOD.

BlackBerry’s Radar, Internet of things meets trucking system, critical to turnaround
BlackBerry’s Radar could be compelling evidence that the company can use its mobile, embedded systems and security knowhow to grow in new industries.

Apple pulls plug on Thunderbolt display
Apple calls time on its Thunderbolt display, and tells people who want one to be fast, or go check out the many third-party options available.

Beyond Twilio’s IPO success: Rapid growth and significant risks
The cloud communications platform vendor raised a load of cash, but its prospectus document outlines both rapid growth and significant risks.

Singapore to develop satellite tech with European operator
Economic Development Board of Singapore and Luxembourg-based SES Global ink agreement to jointly develop satellite technologies, including components for Internet of Things deployment.

Embattled Wipro hopes for Holmes to imitate Watson to solve its current problems
Wipro is betting that its machine learning and AI-fuelled platform can make it a contender in the IT Services sweepstakes.

C3 IoT lands U.S. Department of State, utility ENGIE as customers
C3 IoT won two big customers for Internet of things deployments this week.

Comcast, Alarm.com acquire and split up IoT firm Icontrol
The main business Comcast is acquiring is Icontrol’s Converge software platform, which currently powers the Xfinity Home touch-screen panel and back-end servers.

How to speed up a sluggish iPhone
Is your iPhone feeling a bit sluggish? Here’s how to give it a refresh while you wait for the iPhone 7 to land.

Hera talking smart bra makes workouts more effective
Hera is a smart sports bra wearable that captures your biometric data to understand your body activity during workouts. It then generates a coaching program to help you achieve your fitness goals.

Share your summer travel: T-Mobile provides free unlimited high speed data throughout Europe in July and August
T-Mobile announced free high speed data for customers traveling to Europe this summer, along with a free hour of Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi for everyone on domestic flights this weekend.

Cornerstone OnDemand revamps HR platform for SMBs
The Growth Edition platform now features a mobile-optimized design and Cornerstone’s suite of analytics tools.

New YouTube Director tools makes video ad making easy for businesses
If your business needs a promotional video and you do not have the budget for a camera crew and director, then try this free app from YouTube

Severe Swagger vulnerability compromises NodeJS, PHP, Java
Alongside Ruby and similar languages, the severe flaw allows attackers to remotely execute code.

BlackBerry’s transition to software near complete as Q1 hardware sales tank
The good news: BlackBerry’s beefed up software and services business is faring well. The bad news: Software nearly equals the cratering device business in terms of revenue.

Twilio IPO launches: Why it’s successful
Twilio is a real business behind the scenes, with a real model, developer ecosystem and a solid enterprise play.

iPhone battery-saving tips that work
When your iPhone’s battery is down to its last 10 percent here are a few quick and simple tips to help you make it until you find a charger.

Microsoft, Amazon both receive highest FedRAMP status for their government clouds
Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud and Amazon’s AWS GovCloud both have received the highest level of FedRAMP accreditation.

Singapore mobile ad firm fined $950K for ‘deceptively’ tracking consumer location
US Federal Trade Commission says InMobi had secretly monitored the location of consumers and served them geo-targeted advertising without their knowledge or prior consent.

Over half of world’s top domains weak against email spoofing
Misconfigured email servers could prompt spoof emails being ‘sent’ from legitimate services.

A tour of IBM’s cloud brokerage software cloudMatrix
IBM is betting that its cloudMatrix software will enable it to make a pivot from a systems integrator to a services integrator.

Linux recommendations for a novice: Trying out Linux Mint, Manjaro, and PCLinuxOS
As recommended in my previous post, I have loaded Linux Mint, Manjaro, and PCLinuxOS on an old Samsung N150 Plus netbook. Here are the results, and a few screenshots.

Inside IBM’s plan to become a cloud broker and even resell AWS, Microsoft Azure
With the launch of cloudMatrix, IBM is pivoting from systems integration to services integration. And that means Big Blue will even resell customers Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

Sandbox initiative allows Singapore to figure out fintech regulations
The proposal, which allows companies to test products under less stringent laws, will enable Monetary Authority of Singapore to better understand the fintech industry and work out whether new regulations may be needed to support the ecosystem.

Robots can drive and fly. This is why they’re not great swimmers.
A competition in the world’s largest swimming pool is like swim school for robots and their young makers.

Apple deliberately left iOS 10 kernel unencrypted
According to a statement from Apple, this was done deliberately to boost system performance.

Google Ventures invests $20 million to rate enterprise security threats
GV’s investment will push forward cybersecurity audits in the cloud and corporate realm.

Companies, employees not quite ready for cognitive technology wave of robotics, AI, machine learning
Forrester Research said job losses due to robotics should be contained to about 7 percent, but the change management with implementing cognitive technologies is going to be tricky.

Opera, not Microsoft Edge, is the best for battery life, says Opera
“Better luck next time, Microsoft!” says Opera’s director of software development, who criticized the Redmond giant for not being transparent about its testing methodology.

France seeks Singapore founders in startup initiative
French government wants Singapore entrepreneurs to join its year-long French Tech Ticket programme, which offers funding and mentoring support to international startups, focused in big data, IoT and fintech.

Salesforce updates Community Cloud with Lightning interface, personalization, social improvements
Lightning Customer Communities is an update that makes Salesforce’s Community Cloud more mobile friendly and personal based on profiles.

Gap between DevOps-savvy and non-savvy companies is huge, survey finds
DevOps makes a huge difference in software release speed and quality, latest Puppet survey confirms.

Google, RingCentral team up to compete against Microsoft
The two companies are offering an integrated solution to help mid to large enterprises transition to the cloud.

Apache Libcloud: The open-source cloud library to link all clouds together
Apache Libcloud, the leading cloud service interoperability library used by Amazon Web Services, Apache CloudStack, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and VMware, has finally reached 1.0 status.