Giving Cryptocurrency Users More Bang For Their Buck
A new cryptocurrency-routing scheme co-invented by MIT researchers can boost the efficiency — and, ultimately, profits — of certain networks designed to speed up notoriously slow blockchain transactions. Cryptocurrencies hold promise for peer-to-peer financial transactions, potentially making banks and credit cards obsolete. But there’s a scalability issue: Bitcoin, for instance, processes only a handful of …
InfluxData Announces Availability Of The Leading Time Series Platform On Google Cloud
InfluxData, creator of the time series database InfluxDB, announced the availability of InfluxDB Cloud on Google Cloud. The strategic collaboration, originally announced in April 2019, is part of a major Google Cloud initiative to make the most powerful open source technologies more accessible to its customer base. InfluxDB Cloud on Google Cloud delivers the leading …
Apple News Launches Special Coverage Of The 2020 Presidential Election
Apple introduced special coverage of the 2020 US presidential election, curated by Apple News and featuring reliable news, information and data throughout the election from dozens of trusted news sources. Apple News 2020 election coverage is the most comprehensive resource available, with reporting and analysis from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FiveThirtyEight, Fox News, NBC News, ProPublica, Reuters, The Los Angeles …
Oracle Unshackles Stores From The Cash Wrap With Flexible POS Systems
With 52 percent of shoppers reporting their favorite way to shop is still in store, retailers must continually push the boundaries of in-store experiences. For shoppers, convenience reigns supreme—they want to get in and out with the goods they were seeking, which can only happen when inventory is accessible and smart, connected associates are ready to …
Retarus Awarded TISAX Certification
Munich-based cloud service provider Retarus has successfully completed the TISAX audit, certifying the processing of information for the automotive sector in compliance with high security requirements. TISAX, which stands for “Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange”, was developed by the automobile industry as a common standard for information security. It aims to ensure that all participants in the value …
Assess Your Servers With A CSV Import Into Azure Migrate
At Microsoft Ignite, we announced new Azure Migrate assessment capabilities that further simplify migration planning. In this post, we will demonstrate how to import servers into Azure Migrate Server Assessment through a CSV upload. Virtual servers of any hypervisor or cloud as well as physical servers can be assessed. You can get started with the …
Oracle Builds On Cloud Momentum With Five New Regions Worldwide
Oracle is excited to take the next step in its ambitious regional expansion plan, with five new cloud regions. We’ve added local regions in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Australia (Melbourne), Japan (Osaka), Canada (Montreal), and The Netherlands (Amsterdam). As of today, all of them are open for business and available in the Oracle Cloud Console. We’ve …
Apple Delivers A New Redesigned Maps For All Users In The United States
New Apple Maps Designed with Better Road Coverage and Pedestrian Data, More Precise Addresses, and Detailed Land Cover Apple announced that all users in the United States can now experience a redesigned Maps with faster and more accurate navigation and comprehensive views of roads, buildings, parks, airports, malls and more, making it easier and more …
Introducing Google Cloud’s Secret Manager
Many applications require credentials to connect to a database, API keys to invoke a service, or certificates for authentication. Managing and securing access to these secrets is often complicated by secret sprawl, poor visibility, or lack of integrations. Secret Manager is a new Google Cloud service that provides a secure and convenient method for storing API …
Unlocking Games Monetization In Emerging Markets With Behavioral Science
Successfully launching and monetizing titles in emerging markets has been one of the hot topics in the gaming industry for the last few years. And rightly so — the player base is growing strongly in markets like India, Brazil and Russia. In fact, 4 in 10 players are coming from emerging markets for most top …