Cisco Plans to Cut 5500 Workers
Updated Aug. 17, 2016 6:50 p.m. ET Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -1.29 % is cutting 5,500 employees—7% of its workforce—in the networking company’s latest reaction to market shifts, including customers favoring software over hardware. The reduction beginning this quarter renews a pattern of midsummer moves to shed costs and make room to hire employees with new talents. The job cuts, disclosed with its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results, mark the most dramatic move yet by ..>> view originalKobo Unleashes Aura One E-Reader: For $229, You Get A 7.8-Inch Display, Waterproof Feature, Night Reading Mode ...
E-reader company Kobo has released the Aura One, a device that includes several features that might finally push potential new e-book readers to purchase an e-reader and could also cause Kindle owners to switch brands. The Kobo Aura One packs a massive 7.8-inch e-ink display that is significantly larger than the 6-inch e-ink displays that are found in the current Kindle e-readers of Amazon. However, despite the big screen, the Kobo Aura One only weighs 230 grams with a thickness of 6.9 millimet..>> view original'Auction' of NSA tools sends security companies scrambling
Strings of code were released to the Internet by a group calling themselves "the Shadow Brokers". They claim the code is a tool that can be used to hack into any computer. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) PARIS — The leak of what purports to be a National Security Agency hacking tool kit has set the information security world atwitter — and sent major companies rushing to update their defenses. Experts across the world are still examining what amount to electronic lock picks. Here’s what..>> view originalHands-on with the Honor 8: An affordable flagship aimed at Millennials
Huawei is not a household name in the United States—at least not yet. The third-largest smartphone maker is placing its bet on American youths with its Honor brand, a family of smartphones that seems to exist solely for the benefit of Millennials.Honor has already launched one Millennial-centric smartphone in the States, but the Honor 8 is its first true flagship. For a starting price of $399, you get an unlocked smartphone with a 5.2-inch Full HD display, an octo-core processor, 4GB of RAM..>> view originalWhy Republicans Are Against Obama Privatizing Internet Governance
The Obama administration raised partisan concerns in Congress Tuesday, after members of his administration announced final plans to effectively privatize Internet governance. The administration’s National Telecommunications & Information Administration yesterday announced it will transfer internet domain name authority (IANA) from the federal government to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on Oct. 1, a bipartisan effort that’s spanned three Presidents, according to..>> view originalIntel doubles down on Project Alloy as the savior of the PC
Your PC is bored. Your smartphone is, too. While you’re reading this story, your digital device is twiddling its thumbs, waiting for you to do something. When a smartphone can offer enough computing power for most tasks without breaking a sweat, you can understand why PC sales are tanking—and why Intel’s so enamored with virtual reality. Intel announced the Project Alloy virtual-reality headset on Tuesday at its Intel Developer Forum, as well as the next-generation Kaby Lake microprocessor. Kab..>> view originalAT&T is getting rid of annoying overages with its latest mobile plans
AT&T is finally phasing out overages fees on its mobile data plans. Today the company unveiled a revised lineup of monthly service plans — now called Mobile Share Advantage — that will launch on August 21st with prices starting at $30. AT&T is also (yet again) switching up the data buckets you can choose between. The data allotments are shown below, but keep in mind you'll also need to factor in a device access charge for whatever devices you're using on the account. For smartphones purchased a..>> view original3 Brands Using Facebook in Particularly Effective Ways During the Rio Games
Thanks to the explosive growth of platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, the 2016 Rio Games are widely assumed to be the most social ever. And they're also easily the most mobile. Marcos Angelini, the head of Facebook's office in Brazil, said that during the opening ceremony alone, 52 million people had about 110 million interactions on the platform, while another 21 million had 62 million actions on Instagram. (Brazil was the most active country, with about 13 percent ..>> view original
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