Instagram introduces new Hyperlapse app

NEW YORK -- Instagram unveiled Hyperlapse, its new standalone app, Tuesday, which allows users to shoot time-lapse videos from their smartphone and upload them to social media. Before the app went live at 1 p.m. EDT, the only way to create a time-lapse video was with Steadicam technology or a $15,000 tracking rig. Now the technology is in the hands of iPhone users for free, reports WIRED. Instagram would like to make ...

Pacnet Receives PCI DSS 2.0 Certification for Its Singapore Hong Kong and Sydney Data Centers

HONG KONG, CHINA--(Marketwired - Aug 25, 2014) - Pacnet, a leading provider of integrated technology solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, has attained PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 2.0 Certification and Attestation of Compliance for its CloudSpace data centers in Sydney (SYCS1); Hong Kong (HKCS1 and HKCS2); and Singapore (SGCS2).

Classified by the standards council as a Level 1 Service Provider, ...

Siddaramaiah told to resolve e-commerce tax issue

With Bangalore emerging as a major e-commerce hub in the country, the Congress Coordination Committee in the State on Tuesday authorised Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to resolve taxation problems related ...

Allied Minds Announces the Formation of Whitewood Encryption Systems Inc.

BOSTON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Allied Minds (LSE: ALM), an innovative U.S. science and technology development and commercialization company, announced today the formation of Whitewood Encryption Systems, Inc., a builder of next-generation systems of data encryption that leverage advanced cryptography technologies emerging from U.S. centers of research excellence. Additionally, the company announced today it has ...

Nightingale to Host Conference Call to Discuss First Quarter Fiscal 2015 Financial Results

Aug. 26, 2014 /CNW/ -?Nightingale Informatix Corporation ("Nightingale" or the "Company") (TSX-V: NGH), an application service provider (ASP) of electronic health record (EHR) software and related services announces that it will hold a conference call to discuss its first quarter fiscal 2015 financial results.? ...

Surface Pro 3 not overheating but needs a software fix Microsoft says

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SEC filings reveal new details about Validic Windsor Circle Clinverse fundraising

It's been a banner month for Durham technology startups, as three have reported raises in excess of $5 million: Validic, Windsor Circle and Clinverse. A securities filing offers new insight into Validic's recent $5 million fundraising effort. Validic, a Durham firm developing a technology aimed at connecting users with a variety of health care platforms, counts local ...

Net NOFN will boost e-commerce

STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE New Delhi, 26 August The minister for communication and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad today expressed confidence that the growth opportunities provided by the Internet and the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) will herald an e-commerce revolution in the country. "NOFN will lead to an empowered India with villages boarding the Internet superway. It will also lead to an ...

California law orders kill-switch software in smartphones

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday mandating that all smartphones sold in the state are to be installed with a software that remotely clears the device of data. Photo by Flickr user Blake Patterson In case of theft, residents of California will be able to remotely wipe their smartphone data with the push of a ...

Software vulnerability patching is far too slow and leaves users at risk

Heimdal Security who conducted analysis of software vulnerabilities. The security firm found that while security problems are on the increase, companies are failing to keep pace and issues remain unaddressed for too long. It's something that hackers are taking advantage of, and user data is being left at great risk. Heimdal Security found that between 60 and 90 percent of attacks from hackers take advantage of this ...

Google buys Boston visual effects software maker Zync

Google snapped up Boston-based Zync Inc. which develops cloud-based technology for special effects used in movies. Google Inc. has acquired Zync Inc., a cloud-based visual effects service, to boost its cloud platform as the company competes with Amazon.com Inc. Zync, founded about five years ago, offers technology for visual designers and artists in the film industry. It's Zync Render platform is a tool that allows ...

How important are humans to self-driving cars California regulators will decide

As Google prepares to test its self-driving cars, a key policy question is on the minds of both California regulators and Google's car project group: How much control should be offered to human passengers? As Google prepares to test its self-driving cars, a key policy question is on the minds of both California regulators and Googles car project group: How much control should be offered to human passengers? The Wall ...

Google grant helps explore broadband in rural Oregon

The Google grant could help one day bring broadband services to Wasco County. A Google grant of $25,000 will help Mid-Columbia Economic Development District and Wasco County study the needs and feasibility of broadband infrastructure within the rural county. With this support, groups can gather information to help make the business case for investment by private providers or identify gaps in the resources needed to make ...

Expansion on the way thanks to Bulldog Solutions software gambit

Darin Hicks, CEO of Bulldog Solutions Bulldog Solutions, an Austin-based marketing technology firm with 75 employees, announced its first new clients to take advantage of the companys new Gameplan marketing software that was developed to analyze and find inefficiencies in marketing plans of major corporations. Epsilon, a marketing services firm, and Zebra Technologies, which is purchasing the enterprise business of ...

E-commerce tech company Monetate names new CEO

Lucinda Duncalfe is Monetate's new CEO. Its been a busy month for Conshohocken, Pa.-based Monetate. The e-commerce optimization company, founded in 2008, recently expanded its office space to accommodate a growing product development team. It detailed its latest product Monetate for Testing and Targeting just last week. Now, the company is announcing Lucinda Duncalfe as its new CEO. She will replace Monetate ...

Traklight Leading Provider of Cloud-Based Software for Identifying and Protecting Intellectual Property Raises Angel Financing

Silicon Alley . Traklight will use this round of funding to scale sales and marketing efforts as the company builds a national footprint. Traklight is used by both entrepreneurs with valuable IP as well as by the lawyers, law firms and business professionals that service them."Identifying and protecting IP, particularly for startups and small businesses, can mean the difference between success and failure," ...

Is Googles Free Software A Good Deal For Educators

Google Apps for Education claims 30 million active users around the world. The free, Web-based software works on any device and allows teachers and students to use Gmail with their own .edu address. It's the beginning of what Google calls the "paperless classroom" -- moving assignments, class discussions, feedback, tests and quizzes online. Now comes Google's latest education offering, launched last ...

Turnitin And The Debate Over Anti-Plagiarism Software

Students are heading back to campus. And when they finish writing that first paper of the year, a growing number will have to do something their parents never did: run their work through anti-plagiarism software. One company behind it is ...

TomTec introduces its new TomTec-Arena 1.2 software at the ESC in Barcelona

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Scality Releases RING™ 5.0 Software-Defined Storage and Introduces Unified File Object and VM Storage for Enterprise Clouds and Service Providers

Scality RING 5.0 Software, Announced at VMworld 2014, Enhances Multi-workload Performance, for the First Time Adding VM Storage to Enable Unified Amazon S3 and EBS-like Storage Services, Deployable On-Premises or ...