While You Wait: 4 Potentially Higher-Status Alternatives to the iPhone 8
At a rumored US$1,400 sale price the coming iPhone 8 likely will test just how much people are willing to pay for a new phone -- particularly, how much parents…
Understanding Indoor Positioning Systems
An indoor positioning system is a system that locates people and objects inside a building. As a user of the system, you can tell where you are going. As a…
JetBrains ships alternative to Microsoft’s Visual Studio
JetBrains’s Rider, a cross-platform IDE that could serve as a rival to Microsoft’s own well-established Visual Studio IDE, is now generally available. The commercially licensed Rider can be used on…
Facebook Takes Another Stab at Neutralizing Fake News
Stung by charges that it allowed fake news stories to proliferate during the 2016 election cycle, Facebook on Thursday began rolling out broadly a feature meant to regain the trust…
Automotive Grade Linux Reaches Key Car Platform Milestones
By Jack M. Germain Aug 3, 2017 4:07 PM PT Automotive Grade Linux on Wednesday released version 4.0 of the AGL infotainment platform and announced new projects to support telematics,…
Automotive Grade Linux Reaches Key Car Platform Milestones
Automotive Grade Linux on Wednesday released version 4.0 of the AGL infotainment platform and announced new projects to support telematics, instrument cluster, heads-up-display and a virtualization component. The group also…
HBO Cyberattack Driven By Mysterious Motives
Time Warner's pay-TV network HBO on Wednesday admitted that it had been targeted by a cyberattack, confirming an anonymous email the alleged hackers distributed to media outlets last weekend. Among…