Cash From Cloud Bigger Than Expected
A Gartner report shows evidence that revenues from the public cloud look likely to grow by 18.5% this year, and could top $260 Billion.
Tech Tip : Device Manager Locates Your Phone
If you’ve put your phone down somewhere in the house or office but can’t remember where, you can use Android Device Manager (Find My Device) to help you locate it. Here’s how:
Google's DeepMind To Monetize AI
After years of astonishing AI developments and expensive R & D and staffing bills, Google now plans to finally monetize its DeepMind AI by embedding it into a host of Google products and services.
How Your Phone Can Depress You
Research by Nottingham Trent University has revealed that mobile phone alerts can have a negative impact on your mood, especially if they're work-related and or non-human notifications.
Crackdown On Tax Payments By Online Businesses
The European Commission is using the rulings of two cases involving Apple and Amazon, and reforming the way VAT is collected to make sure that all online businesses pay their taxes.
Are You Unwittingly Making Crypto-Currency?
Scammers are secretly installing 'mining code' in websites so that they can use the computers of website visitors to help them generate digital cash or 'crypto-currencies'.
Augmented Reality Maps
The Ordnance Survey augmented reality (OS) Maps app will allow users to see signs identifying UK landmarks in the area they’re looking at through their phone or tablet’s camera view.
Legal Threat From GDPR
Speaking at the recent IP Expo in London, Irwin Mitchell solicitors warned businesses that focusing too much on consent as a basis for data collection could mean that they miss other options and issues, and leave themselves open to the risk of fines from the UK regulator when GDPR comes into force next year.
Tech Tip : Android Phone: Snap A Screenshot
If you see something on the screen of your android phone that you want to save and share, there’s an easy way to do it.