GitHub cranks delivery speeds, adds analytics
Rounding out its hosting service for millions of users, the GitHub online code repository has added more bandwidth for project home pages and has introduced analytics to summarize the Web traffic each project generates. The company has contracted with a CDN (content delivery network) to boost the delivery times of GitHub Pages, a Web page hosting service the company offers to provide information about projects managed on GitHub.
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Twitter co-founder launches Jelly, a social search app
What's this strange object in front of me? A new app from Twitter's co-founder wants to give you the answer, by asking your friends. On Tuesday, Biz Stone announced the launch of Jelly, his new startup that has been in stealth mode for roughly a year. The mobile app, which is available now on iOS and Android-based devices, is designed to answer people's questions using photos and their existing networks of friends.
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Wolfram offers data analysis stack to device makers
Banking on its deep expertise in mathematical analysis and visualization, Wolfram Research is extending its set of tools so they can be used by portable device manufacturers to offer richer, more interactive data to their users.
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Apple still king of mobile apps with over $10 billion in App Store sales
With all the crowing about Apple and iOS having a minority market share in the mobile space, it's easy to forget that Apple does something with iOS that Google's still struggling to do: make money -- and tons of
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Android on pace to surpass 1 billion devices this year, says Gartner
This year vendors will ship 1.1 billion devices based on Android, while Windows stages a small comeback and the number of Apple machines, percentage-wise, increases the most, according to estimates from market research company Gartner. Shipments of PCs, tablets, and mobile phones of all shapes and sizes will increase by 7.6 percent year-on-year to 2.47 billion units, as users across the globe continue to buy more tablets and phones, according to Gartner.
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Oracle buys Corente for software-defined networking
Oracle is buying Corente, maker of SDN (software-defined networking) technology for WANs (wide area networks), in a strike against competitors such as Cisco and IBM. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close early this year, weren't disclosed on Tuesday. With Corente, Oracle will have a suite of network virtualization products that extends from LANs (local area networks) in corporate data centers to WANs, according to a statement.
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Welcome to the era of radical innovation
Moore's Law created a stable era for technology, and now that era is nearing its end. But it may be a blessing to say goodbye to a rule that's driven the semiconductor industry since the 1960s. Imagine if farmers could go year to year knowing in advance the amount of rainfall for their area. They could plant their crops based on expected water availability.
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Cybercrooks developing dangerous new file-encrypting ransomware, researchers warn
A team of malware developers is preparing to sell a new ransomware program that encrypts files on infected computers and asks victims for money to recover them, according to a volunteer group of security researchers who tracked the development of the threat on underground forums in recent weeks.
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Next ARM server chip maker: Qualcomm?
Qualcomm's CEO said his company has the capabilities to build ARM server chips but was careful not to disclose any product plans at the International CES in Las Vegas. "It's an interesting opportunity for us, because the assets you need to develop to be a leader in mobile -- GPUs, CPUs, and low-power designs -- set you up for [the server market] as well," Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf told reporters at CES, when asked for his view on ARM servers.
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Intel chief opens CES with parade of wearables
Intel's CEO, battling to keep the company relevant as computing moves beyond the PC, introduced a new line of wearable computers Monday night, including a connected smart watch and a pair of earbuds with a built-in heart monitor. CEO Brian Krzanich also introduced a PC the size of an SD card called Edison that's aimed at the growing wearables market. He showed Edison connected to a baby's "onesie" outfit that was fitted with sensors to monitor the infant's health.
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Microsoft buys Parature for customer self-service software
Microsoft is rounding out its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) product by acquiring Parature, maker of cloud-based software companies can use to create self-service portals for customers. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close within 30 days, were not disclosed. Parature's roughly 100 employees will be brought into Microsoft, said Fred Studer, general manager of Dynamics product marketing.
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Nvidia Tegra K1 processor isn't just for games
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