Google offers $100,000 cloud credit for startups
Looking for more success stories to add to its portfolio, Google has assembled a starter package to help startup businesses ramp up operations with free Google Cloud Platform services. Startups that qualify will get a $100,000 credit for Google Cloud Platform services, along with around-the-clock support and access to the company's technical solutions team.
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Why HP bought Eucalyptus: An easy way to go hybrid
When HP announced it was purchasing Eucalyptus Systems, the company behind an open source project for creating
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Data protection authorities find privacy lapses in majority of mobile apps
Many mobile apps request too many permissions and don't explain how they collect users' personal information, a study of 1,211 popular apps by the Global Privacy Enforcement Network has found. The majority of the apps reviewed did not adequately explain to users how they were collecting and using information, according to the study, carried out by 26 privacy enforcement authorities in 19 countries. It also found that a third of the tested mobile applications requested excessive permissions that were outside the scope of their functionality.
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Yahoo says it faced $250,000 daily fines for defying U.S. surveillance requests
The U.S. government once threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it failed to assist with its surveillance efforts, Yahoo said Thursday. Yahoo said it was threatened with the fines after it challenged surveillance powers granted to the U.S. government under the Protect America Act of 2007. The information has come to light now because the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which oversees how those laws are implemented, agreed to unseal documents in the case.
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HP buys cloud provider Eucalyptus, Marten Mickos to lead HP Cloud
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy cloud platform provider Eucalyptus, stepping up HP's efforts in the growing field of cloud computing, Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos will manage HP's cloud business and report directly to Meg Whitman, HP's chairman, president and CEO, HP announced Thursday.
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How platforms attract developers: Docker shows the way
Credit: iStockphoto While everyone covets developers, not everyone gets them. Take a look across the industry -- it's littered with the corpses of would-be platforms that never caught on with developers.
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CloudBees enterprise PaaS bites the dust
CloudBees has decided to pull the plug on Run@Cloud, its PaaS aimed at enterprise Java developers.
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WatchKit tools pave the way for Apple Watch app developers
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SAP spices up its predictive analytics and visualization apps
SAP has made a series of updates to its InfiniteInsight predictive modeling software and Lumira data-visualization tool in a bid to shore up its foothold in the analytics market.
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Leaked Windows screenshots look legit -- and hold some surprises
Early this morning, two German-language blogs, Computerbase.de and
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Microsoft expanding Windows on Devices program
Microsoft is expanding a program to put Windows in smart devices, robots and Internet-connected appliances, following overwhelming response for developer hardware. The company is currently putting a stripped-down version of Windows 8 on Intel's Galileo development board to bring the OS to a "smaller class of devices," said Colin Murphy, senior technical product manager at Microsoft, during an interview at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
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Former Red Hat CTO now head of Google Cloud
Brian Stevens, the former CTO for Red Hat, is now managing Google Cloud. As Red Hat CTO, Stevens was instrumental in preparing the enterprise Linux software provider for the cloud, including its adoption of the OpenStack software for running cloud services.
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Why Microsoft pulling KB 2889866 OneDrive for Business patch is good news
September's Update Tuesday included a bunch of Office patches,
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