NetApp confirms: SolidFire hyperconverged appliance is coming

HCI plans reveal overshadows Q3 numbers +Comment  NetApp met its revenue predictions for its third fiscal 2017 quarter and talked openly about a coming SolidFire-based hyperconverged product suited for scalable hybrid cloud and mixed workload enterp…

Apple at peak of Fortune 'Most Admired Companies' list for 10th straight year

Racking up a 10-year streak, Apple on Thursday claimed the top spot on Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies" list for 2017, based on the opinions of 3,800 executives, directors, analysts, and experts.

Patent used by Sportbrain in Apple Watch infringement suit under review by US Patent Office

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review the validity of a patent owned by Sportbrain Holdings relating to how wearable devices operate, shortly after the company sued Apple by alleging the Apple Watch infringes…

IBM's new weather app sends emergency alerts without a network

What good is a weather app when the network is down? Not much -- typically. But with an upcoming Weather Channel app for Android, IBM is offering one solution for emerging markets: "Mesh Network Alerts," a new technology that can transmit n…

Twitter starts temporarily restricting abusive accounts

In a bid to stop trolling and online harassment, Twitter has now begun to reduce the reach of abusive accounts. The social media site's new vetting system temporarily restricts the tweets of abusive users, making them effectively invisible …

FCC chief wants smartphones’ hidden FM radios turned on, but won’t do anything about it

HTC will stop making cheap phones this year

As Kickstarter matures, crowdfunded games find safety in sequels and big names

Sprint follows Verizon and T-Mobile in offering better unlimited data plans

Apple Continues Promoting iPhone 7 Plus Portrait Mode With Two New Videos

Apple today shared two new videos on its YouTube channel, again designed to promote the Portrait Mode feature that's unique to the dual-camera iPhone 7 Plus. Both videos are 15 seconds in length and show the Portrait Mode in action, with an expla…

Alle geruchten en feiten over de nieuwe iPhone 8

In september 2017 bestaat de iPhone 10 jaar. Reden genoeg voor Apple om een grote update van zijn paradepaardje uit te brengen. En de geruchten zijn niet mals: een thuisknop onder het glazen scherm, een OLED-display en het hoogste prijskaartje ooit.…

New iMac release date rumours UK | iMac 2017 tech specs & new features

When will Apple release new iMacs, and what tech specs and new features should we expect from the updated iMacs for 2017? We round up the rumours about new iMacs, including the theory that new iMacs will feature AMD Radeon Polaris graphics chips and…

New iMac release date rumours UK | iMac 2017 tech specs & new features

When will Apple release new iMacs, and what tech specs and new features should we expect from the updated iMacs for 2017? We round up the rumours about new iMacs, including the theory that new iMacs will feature AMD Radeon Polaris graphics chips and…

Dirty data, flogged cores: YES, Microsoft SQL Server R Services has its positives

The language isn't the problem, it's you and your PC The R language has enjoyed a great reputation in statistical computing and graphics for decades. However, it is also known as something for statisticians. Born around the time of Java, PHP and Pyt…

Nederlandse kabinet wil overnames telecom- en internetbedrijven kunnen voorkomen

Minister Kamp van Economische Zaken komt met een wetsvoorstel waarmee de regering ongewenste overnames van Nederlandse bedrijven die vitaal zijn voor de nationale veiligheid en openbare orde, kan verbieden.

Renders tonen Huawei P10 met plat scherm en P10 Plus met gekromde display

Er is een marketingrender online verschenen die het uiterlijk toont van de Huawei P10. De telefoon heeft een vingerafdrukscanner aan de voorkant, terwijl Huawei de scanner jarenlang steevast aan de achterkant van telefoons plaatste.

Scarlet introduceert 50/4-internetabonnement met fup tot 500GB voor 35 euro

De Belgische internetprovider Scarlet introduceert een abonnement zonder harde datalimiet voor 35 euro per maand. Het Loco-abonnement biedt een downloadsnelheid van 50Mbit/s en upload van 4Mbit/s. Als klanten meer dan 500GB verbruiken, wordt de down…

Apple's WWDC 2017 art borrows design concept from 2010 Spanish film festival [u]

The colorful artwork Apple is using for its 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference is based on a poster for a Spanish film festival from 2010, both of which were created by the same artist (updated).

Facebook 'Trending' fights fake news on desktop & iPhone, displays trusted publisher & summary

In an effort to fight the fake news epidemic, changes to Facebook's Trending section have now rolled out to all users, adding an original, trusted source of the material and brief summary of the story.

Makerbot lays off a third of staff as 3D printers remain niche

For the fourth time in less than two years, 3D printer manufacturer Makerbot is laying off workers, this time cutting 30 percent of its staff. It also announced plans to shift its focus to professional and educational 3D printing, presumabl…

Bloomberg: The next Apple TV will be 4K

The next Apple TV will support 4K video and possibly HDR, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Other than that, though, it won't be massively different from the current product, and the company's engineers aren't necessarily thrilled about…