Astronauts may soon have a whole new way to communicate with individuals and space stations while in space. A team of researchers and scientists from MIT are working with NASA to create wireless, Internet access on the moon. The Optical Society (OSA) is preparing a detailed overview of their work. The scientists have come up… Read more
Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and AT&T are now providing customers in 16 states with a text-to-911 service. All service providers will be required to offer it by the end of this year. The service was first used in Black Hawk County, Iowa, in 2009. Judy Flores, director of the county’s consolidated communication, said… Read more
With security breaches affecting big name retailers like eBay and Target, retail stores are now in the cybersecurity spotlight. However, according to a new analysis of Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index companies by BitSight Technologies, healthcare and pharmaceutical companies are worse than retailers when it comes to security performance. BitSight compared the performance of utilities,… Read more
On May 22, 2014, Avaya announced Amy Fliegelman Olli and Andrea Cunnigham as the two new members of the company’s senior executive council, with Amy as senior vice president and general counsel and Andrea as chief marketing officer. Amy Fliegelman Olli joined Avaya’s team from CA Technologies, where she had similar responsibilities covering legal, governance,… Read more
Ever wondered when the first cell phone was made? Or how much the most expensive mobile phone costs? Here is a list of 8 cell phone fun facts: The World’s Most Expensive Phone …Is approximately $8,184,968.42. Stuart Hughes, a British jeweler, sells this phone for £5,000,000. The iPhone 4 ‘Diamond Rose’ is made up of… Read more
Students from Harvard and MIT have partnered up to create ProtonMail, a new email server that promises to protect the user’s privacy. Gmail and the NSA are infamous for shuffling through people’s emails and monitoring activity, and as a response these students have created a highly encrypted method for sending emails. According to Jason Stockman,… Read more
On Thursday, May 15, the FCC voted 3-2 on pursuing a new proposal regarding Internet traffic. As a brief reminder, net neutrality is the idea that Internet traffic is fair game for all companies. This means that top companies don’t have an advantage over smaller companies in regards to Internet speed. Additionally, the bigger companies… Read more
Announced last December, Amazon is expanding its same-day services to include drone delivery. The drones will be able to deliver packages weighing up to five pounds to customers within 30 minutes of their purchase. Currently, the company is testing out prototypes which can be seen in this video. “The Prime Air team is already flight… Read more
Self-driving Volvos are hitting the streets of Sweden. The test drives are part of Volvo Car Group’s “Drive Me” project which aims to have 100 of the self-driving cars on the road by 2017. Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city, already has some of these cars traveling the streets. By just pushing a button on the… Read more
Virtualization can help any business in any industry. To keep it simple, here’s a list of 5 reasons why you should consider virtualizing your business: 5) Greener, Energy Efficient Data Storage By switching your data to virtual servers, your company doesn’t need to keep those extra servers that take up space and energy. Decreasing energy… Read more
