Apple shared details on its efforts to make inroads into the enterprise space via its IBM partnership on Tuesday. Around 500 companies, including Air Canada, U.K. energy provider National Grid and Mexican bank Banorte, are now using mobile apps developed by Apple and IBM, Apple CFO Luca Maestri said during a call to discuss the company’s Maestri didn’t provide information on how many workers are using the apps. For example, only a few Air Canada flight attendants could be using the Passenger + app, which allows them to view passenger and flight information via an iPad. Apple and IBM didn’t immediately respond to requests for more information.
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Joining AT&T is about to get more expensive, thanks to a new fee on the carrier’s contract-free plans. Starting August 1, new subscribers to AT&T Next will have to pay a $15 activation fee, regardless of whether they buy a phone from the carrier or bring their own. If you sign up for a new line of service with Next, you pay the fee. For now, existing Next subscribers won’t face any new fees,
If you’re wondering what a low-budget Windows 10 smartphone might look like, Microsoft’s minimum requirements provide some clues. According to The display must have a minimum resolution of 800-by-480. Oddly enough, there’s no lower limit on screen size, though Microsoft says a 3.5-inch or larger screen is necessary to run existing apps built for Windows Phone 8. Stranger still, Microsoft lists “touch, touch pad, and digital pen” as optional components in Windows 10 Mobile, though we’re guessing a rebirth of
Video services offer various ways to control who can and cannot watch a particular video. But for the most part they’re not all that secure. For instance, if you password-protect a video, your intended recipient might share that password with someone else. You need a system where only the people you select can watch the video, and those people can’t share it with others. Here’s how to do that in Vimeo and YouTube.
Microsoft is turning to the head of its Surface tablets as the company tries to bring smartphone sales to life. Panos Panay, whose current role is Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Surface, will be in change of engineering for all premium Microsoft hardware,
Google is rolling out a new “Your Timeline” feature for Maps over the coming weeks that is certain to thrill some folks—and horrify others. The feature allows you to view your entire location history on Google Maps based on data pulled from your devices when signed-in to your Google account. Google calls You can already view your location history by diving into the
A bug in OpenSSH, the most popular software for secure remote access to UNIX-based systems, could allow attackers to bypass authentication retry restrictions and execute many password guesses. A security researcher who uses the online alias Kingcope By default, OpenSSH servers allow six authentication retries before closing a connection and the OpenSSH client allows three incorrect password entries, Kingcope said.
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Two retail giants are making the most of their brick-and-mortar assets to help educate consumers about the latest smart-home trends.
