McAfee Blog – 10.15.19 (10.12.19)
Someone recently asked me what I wanted for Christmas this year, and I had to think about it for a few minutes. I certainly don’t need any more stuff. However, if I could name one gift that would make me absolutely giddy, it would be getting a chunk of my privacy back.
Source: 15 Easy, Effective Ways to Start Winning Back Your Online Privacy | McAfee Blogs
Logitech Blog -10.15.19 (10.11.19)
For the past several years, Logitech has been transforming teamwork with a video collaboration portfolio designed to reduce complexity and help geographically distributed organizations quickly and effectively adapt to today’s new way of working. As part of our vision to video-enabled every meeting space, we’ve created a best-of-breed partner ecosystem to complement our solutions and expand collaboration capabilities to meet the diverse needs of every organization.
Source: Logitech and Avocor Team to Deliver Zoom Rooms for Touch
Google Blog – 10.15.19 (10.11.19)
Everything that makes up the web—text, images, video and audio—can be easily discovered. Many people who are blind or have low vision rely on screen readers to make the content of web pages accessible through spoken feedback or braille.
Source: Using AI to give people who are blind the “full picture”
Owl Labs Blog – 10.15.19 (10.8.19)
Thorough communication is incredibly important when your office colleagues can’t walk across the room and tap you on your shoulder to find out something in a hurry. For distributed teams, communication becomes critical when working across multiple time zones.
AfterShokz Blog – 10.15.19 (10.11.19)
Everyone is gushing over their new AfterShokz Xtrainerz, and that may have you wondering if you should get yourself a pair. Need convincing? Here are five reasons to take home some Xtrainerz today.
Microsoft Blogs – 10.15.19
Around four thousand years ago, merchants in Assyria, India and Sumeria began giving out grain loans to farmers and traders who transported goods between cities. Fast forward to ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, and lenders in temples were providing loans, accepting deposits, and changing money, paving the way for the modern-day banking systems, providing new opportunities for people to spend, save and grow their money.
Kaspersky Blog – 10.10.19 (10.7.19)
Back in 2017, we introduced Kaspersky Free antivirus globally, a solution that offered basic protection for PC users at absolutely no cost, so that no person would be left unprotected from cyberthreats. Under its hood thrummed the same engine as in our premium security products, which collect the majority of awards from independent test labs each year. And it really was free — no payment required, no third-party ads. And, no surprise, it became quite popular.
Backblaze Blog – 10.10.19
The open road has always held an allure of adventure and rebellion. Whether perched on an Indian or Harley-Davidson motorcycle, laid back in an old Chevy truck or a VW van, or sailing a sloop downwind to French Polynesia, who hasn’t daydreamed about breaking away from the daily slog?
Source: 4 Critical Tips and Tricks to Be a Successful Digital Nomad
Amazon Blog – 10.10.19
Amazon Music announces its new app for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD running tvOS 12.0 and later.
Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, including access to a wide range of global playlists like Pop Culture, which highlights the most buzzworthy songs across the current pop music landscape, and Rap Rotation, Amazon Music’s new home for hip-hop in heavy rotation.
IBM Blog – 10.10.19
AI has gone through many cycles since we first coined the term “machine learning” in 1959. Our latest resurgence began in 2011 when we put Watson on national television to play Jeopardy! against humans. This became a cornerstone event, demonstrating that we had something unique. And we saw early success, putting Watson to work on projects with clients. This created even more excitement. That excitement led to more opportunity. At this stage, we have a large product organization, separate dedicated research organization, and an entire health organization all leveraging and building on this technology.
