Gossip Destiny: 2016-08-28

Saturday 3 September 2016

Editor's Pick: Sacking Jack May Anger iPhone Headphone Fans

Sacking Jack May Anger iPhone Headphone Fans

John P. Mello Jr.
Sep 3, 2016 8:00 AM PT

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak recently said removing the headphone jack in the next version of the iPhone is going to "tick off a lot of people." It's been rumored for months that Apple would be scrapping the 3.5 mm headphone jack in the iPhone 7 it's expected to unveil next week. Such a move, Wozniak said, could upset users who have invested in listening technology that uses the headphone jack. [More...]

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FairWare Hackers May Take Ransoms, Keep Stolen Files
The latest ransomware intrusion that targets Linux servers, dubbed "FairWare," may be a classic server hack designed to bilk money from victims with no intent to return stolen files after payment in bitcoins is made. The attack reportedly targets a Linux server, deletes the Web folder, and then demands a ransom payment of two bitcoins for return of the stolen files. [More...]

Feds Warn States to Batten Down Hatches Following Election System Attacks
The FBI has launched investigations into malicious cyberattacks on the electronic election infrastructures in Illinois and Arizona, and federal officials last month warned states to take steps to protect their systems as the presidential campaign heats up, according to reports. The attacks, dating back to June, led to the illegal download of information on more than 200,000 Illinois voters. [More...]

The Peppermint Twist Is Still Cool
The Peppermint operating system is built around a concept not found in most Linux distros. It is a hybrid combination of traditional Linux desktop applications and cloud-based infrastructure. Peppermint 7 is a lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu 16.04. The key to its process of linking full desktop functionality to cloud apps is an in-house developed application dubbed "Ice." [More...]

American Breaks People
It's easy to lose sight of people in a CRM discussion, focusing instead on the great technology and what it does under optimum circumstances. We should keep the customer in mind at all times, however, for without them what are we? Forgetting the customer is dangerous both for customers and vendors in this social age. Far from being a universal good, automation can obstruct human interactions. [More...]

CFPB Report: Consumers Have Bones to Pick With Banks
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday released its August complaint snapshot, which indicates that consumers across the country have been filing a large number of complaints about access to banking services. Further, many consumers complained that when they tried to open new accounts, they were ambushed with negative reports previously not provided to them. [More...]

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Wednesday 31 August 2016

Tech News Flash

Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- August 31, 2016

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Headline Scan
Intel's Kaby Lake Chip Promises Deeper Internet Immersion
Zen's Place in the Computing World
Election Season Spawns Scams With Political Twist
Nextdoor Tackles Racial Profiling at Street Level
Snazzier Fitbits Sport Beefed-Up Feature Sets
StandWithLeslie and Obliterate Internet Trolls
The Peppermint Twist Is Still Cool

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Intel's Kaby Lake Chip Promises Deeper Internet Immersion

Facing a shrinking market for personal computers and a stalled market
for tablets, Intel on Tuesday unveiled its 7th-generation processors,
code-named "Kaby Lake," which deliver more speed and power than its 6th-
generation chipsets, while improving battery efficiency. Intel has
positioned the new Kaby Lake chipsets as ideal for the immersive
Internet.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83857.html

Zen's Place in the Computing World

AMD, which has been clawing its way out of the doldrums, recently
showcased its octacore, 16-thread Summit Ridge desktop processor
featuring its Zen core in a performance match-up against Intel's
octacore Broadwell-E Core i7-6900K CPU. The two similarly configured
processors were locked at 3 GHz for the test, in which they ran the
multithreaded Blender rendering application.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83853.html

Election Season Spawns Scams With Political Twist

Dirty tricks during political campaigns are nothing new, but the
Internet and the proliferation of mobile devices have allowed tricksters
to up their games a notch. It came to light last week, for example, that
Donald Trump's campaign app was hoovering the address books on his
supporters' phones. Trump's app wasn't doing anything illegal. It wasn't
even trying to hide what it was doing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83854.html

Nextdoor Tackles Racial Profiling at Street Level

Nextdoor last week rolled out to all 110,000 of its neighborhoods a new
form-based process for making crime and safety reports. Implementation
of the tool reduced incidents of racial profiling by 75 percent in areas
where it was tested, according to CEO Nirav Tolia. Some Nextdoor members
had begun using the site to post problematic messages targeting racial
minorities.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83850.html

Snazzier Fitbits Sport Beefed-Up Feature Sets

Fitbit on Monday announced two new fitness trackers with sleeker looks,
more durable construction and greater data-gathering capabilities. The
Fitbit Charge 2, priced at $149.95, features continuous heart-rate
tracking. It uses the data to generate a cardio fitness score and
provides guidance for improving it over time. The Charge 2 displays
real-time exercise stats.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83849.html

StandWithLeslie and Obliterate Internet Trolls

I think there's a legitimate argument for removing one category of folks
from the gene pool, because they spend the little time they are given on
Earth making other folks' lives miserable. Back when I was playing MMOs,
some twisted folks -- known as "griefers," would lie in wait to mug
lower level characters and find creative ways to destroy the fun in a
game, often eventually killing it.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83843.html

The Peppermint Twist Is Still Cool

The Peppermint operating system is built around a concept not found in
most Linux distros. It is a hybrid combination of traditional Linux
desktop applications and cloud-based infrastructure. Peppermint 7 is a
lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu 16.04. The key to its process
of linking full desktop functionality to cloud apps is an in-house
developed application dubbed "Ice."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83846.html

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ECT News Network Weekly Newsletter: Wednesday -- August 31, 2016

ECT News Network -- Where Business Meets Technology
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This Week's Top News Headlines From the E-Commerce Times

Europe Duns Apple for $14.5B in Illegal Tax Breaks
(Posted 31-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83856.html

Federal Agencies Told to Share Their Software
(Posted 31-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83855.html

HPE, HP Sued for Elbowing Out Older Employees
(Posted 30-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83852.html

Dark Days Ahead for Companies That Fail Customers
(Posted 29-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83848.html

Defense Department Drifts Toward Commercial Cloud
(Posted 26-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83842.html

Amazon Sets Up New Auto Research Shop
(Posted 25-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83841.html

WhatsApp Shaves Off a Little More Privacy
(Posted 25-Aug-16)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83839.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From TechNewsWorld

Intel's Kaby Lake Chip Promises Deeper Internet Immersion
(Posted 31-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83857.html

Zen's Place in the Computing World
(Posted 31-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83853.html

Election Season Spawns Scams With Political Twist
(Posted 30-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83854.html

Nextdoor Tackles Racial Profiling at Street Level
(Posted 30-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83850.html

Snazzier Fitbits Sport Beefed-Up Feature Sets
(Posted 30-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83849.html

#StandWithLeslie and Obliterate Internet Trolls
(Posted 29-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83843.html

Innocents Exposed as WikiLeaks Gushes Information
(Posted 27-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83847.html

Apple Speeds iOS Patch to Bring Down Pegasus
(Posted 26-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83845.html

US Government's Social Media Vetting Idea Draws Fire
(Posted 26-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83844.html

Instagram Opens Snappy New Events Channel
(Posted 26-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83835.html

Gadget Ogling: Musical Pizza Boxes, Backup Backpacks, and Tattooing
Robots
(Posted 25-Aug-16)
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83834.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From CRM Buyer

American Breaks People
(Posted 30-Aug-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/83851.html

Einstein to Make Dreamforce Appearance
(Posted 25-Aug-16)
http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/83840.html

This Week's Top News Headlines From LinuxInsider

The Peppermint Twist Is Still Cool
(Posted 29-Aug-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83846.html

25 Years of Linux: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been
(Posted 25-Aug-16)
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/83838.html

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E-Commerce Minute

E-Commerce Minute: Wednesday -- August 31, 2016

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Headline Scan
Europe Duns Apple for $14.5B in Illegal Tax Breaks
Federal Agencies Told to Share Their Software
HPE, HP Sued for Elbowing Out Older Employees
Dark Days Ahead for Companies That Fail Customers
American Breaks People
Defense Department Drifts Toward Commercial Cloud
Amazon Sets Up New Auto Research Shop

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Europe Duns Apple for $14.5B in Illegal Tax Breaks

The European Union on Tuesday nailed Apple with a $14.5 billion bill for
back taxes. "The European Commission has today has adopted a decision
that Apple's tax benefits in Ireland are illegal," said EC Competition
Chief Margrethe Vestager. Tax breaks Ireland granted to Apple for more
than two decades artificially reduced Apple's tax burden, in breach of
European Union rules, she explained.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83856.html

Federal Agencies Told to Share Their Software

U.S. government agencies have been directed to share with each other
software code that has been developed on a customized basis. Much of the
code involves commercial vendor offerings. In addition to interagency
sharing, government units are required to share portions of their
customized code with the general public, a move characterized as
promoting an open source approach.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83855.html

HPE, HP Sued for Elbowing Out Older Employees

HPE and HP are facing a potential class action lawsuit brought earlier
this month by four former employees. The companies engaged in widespread
age discrimination during a restructuring of the legacy computer and
printer manufacturer, according to their complaint. HP from 2012 to 2015
made a series of discriminatory job cuts involving tens of thousands of
workers, the suit alleges.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83852.html

Dark Days Ahead for Companies That Fail Customers

It's 2016, and there are more ways to connect than ever before. You
would think customer service and customer care would be at an all-time
high. Why, then, do so many customers feel they are at an all-time low?
Customers are frustrated. Companies are using social networks to provide
customer service, but they are failing. Companies don't seem able to put
the pieces together.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83848.html

American Breaks People

It's easy to lose sight of people in a CRM discussion, focusing instead
on the great technology and what it does under optimum circumstances. We
should keep the customer in mind at all times, however, for without them
what are we? Forgetting the customer is dangerous both for customers and
vendors in this social age. Far from being a universal good, automation
can obstruct human interactions.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83851.html

Defense Department Drifts Toward Commercial Cloud

The U.S. Department of Defense plans to spend nearly half a billion
dollars on a project that is designed to further the incorporation of
commercial cloud capabilities into DoD's information technology
operations. Vendors have been asked to submit bids for the project,
known as "Mil-Cloud 2.0." The procurement is one element of a
comprehensive DoD strategy for expanding cloud operations.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83842.html

Amazon Sets Up New Auto Research Shop

Amazon on Thursday launched Amazon Vehicles, a research and community
site that will let users compare new and used cars, and shop for auto
parts, among other things. The site will let customers view everything
from specs, images, videos and customer reviews of thousands of brand
new to classic vehicles, potentially offering stiff competition to
Edmunds, Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader.com.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83841.html

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