Der US-amerikanische IT-Gigant Apple aus dem kalifornischen Cuptertino will offenbar die Produktion seiner beiden iPhone-Modelle 6S und 6S Plus deutlich zurückfahren. Von Jänner bis März sollen von den neuesten Geräten 30 Prozent weniger hergestellt werden, bericht die japanische Zeitung "Nikkei".
Das Beratungs- und IT-Dienstleistungsunternehmen Capgemini baut seine Salesforce-Aktivitäten aus und schnappt sich dazu mit Oinio mit Hauptsitz in München einen der stärksten Salesforce-Partner Europas.
Der US-Computerkonzern Dell mit Sitz im texanischen Austin steht einem Medienbericht zufolge kurz vor dem milliardenschweren Verkauf seiner Tochter Perot Systems. Der französische IT-Dienstleister Atos erhalte wahrscheinlich für 4,3 Milliarden Dollar den Zuschlag, berichtet der Technologie-Blog "Recode" unter Berufung auf mit den Plänen vertraute Personen.
Der bislang bei Helveting unter Vertrag gestandene Christof Oberholzer wechselt zum Luzerner Software- und Beratungsunternehmen BBV Software Services, bei dem er laut Mitteilung im Business Area Management seine langjährige Erfahrung im Software-Engineering und der Beratung einbringen soll. Er werde bei BBV den Bereich Gesundheitswesen und Krankenkassen übernehmen und ausbauen, heisst es.
Ab sofort kann das Surface Book im Microsoft Online Store vorbestellt werden. Ab dem 18. Februar wird das mobile Gerät über Retailpartner in der Schweiz erhältlich, wie Microsoft via Aussendung wissen lässt. Gleichzeitig zur Schweiz wird das Surface Book auch in Australien, China, Deutschland, Frankreich, Grossbritannien, Hong Kong, Japan, Neuseeland und in Österreich lanciert.
Mit Stand Ende 2015 hat Swisscom bereits über eine Million Wohnungen und Geschäfte in Schweizer Ballungsgebieten mit Ultra-Breitband-Festnetzverbindungen versorgt, die symmetrische Datengeschwindigkeiten von bis zu einem Gigabit pro Sekunde liefern. Der Anteil der FTTH-Erschliessung (Fibre-to-the-Home) Schweizer Haushalte ist damit mit 30 Prozent der höchste in Europa. Technisch stützt sich Swisscom dabei auf das Breitbandanschlusssystem "Intelligent Service Access Manager (ISAM)" von Alcatel-Lucent.
Die IT-Branche stellt sich auf eine rasche Digitalisierung aller Lebensbereiche ein. Es wird eine explosionsartige Ausbreitung von Diensten und Geräten prognostiziert. Die International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in der glitzernden Wüstenmetropole Las Vegas steht die grösste Messe für Unterhaltungselektronik wieder vor der Tür. Alljährlich präsentieren die Hersteller auf der Messe Trends und Utopien, heuer locken unter anderem das "Internet der Dinge" und Innovationen auf dem Automobilmarkt Technikliebhaber an.
Toyota sperrt sich als einer der wenigen grossen Autobauer weiterhin dagegen, Google und Apple Zugang zu den Unterhaltungsanlagen seiner Fahrzeuge zu geben. Der japanische Konzern kündigte an, auf eine Software von Ford zu setzen, statt Smartphones mit Googles Android Auto oder Apples Carplay einzubinden.
Die Opel-Mutter General Motors (GM) mit Headquarters in Detroit will zum Vorreiter bei selbstfahrenden Roboter-Taxis werden. Dafür steigt der amerikanische Autogigant beim Start-up Lyft ein, einem Rivalen des umstrittenen Fahrdienst-Vermittlers Uber. GM steckte 500 Mio. Dollar in die bisher nur in den USA aktive Firma.
Cyber-Angriff auf die Instagram-Seite des russischen Kommunikationsministers. Türkische Hacker haben den Account von Nikolai Nikiforow für mehrere Stunden lahmgelegt. Auf Fotos von der Seite, die in russischen und türkischen Medien am Sonntag verbreitet wurden, waren türkische Flaggen, ein Porträt des Staatsgründers Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sowie ein Kampfflugzeug zu sehen.
Laptop buyers looking for an ultraportable Windows 10 device will soon be able to try out a new offering from Samsung that packs a big screen into a smaller package. The company added two new laptops to its Notebook 9 line of portable computers at its press conference on Tuesday, sporting slim Magnesium chassis and USB Type-C ports. These devices aren’t going to boil the ocean, but they’re super-light and easy to carry around, and would appear to be good competitors against Apple’s popular MacBook Air computers. There’s one show-stopper in the announcement of these otherwise standard laptops: the 15-inch Notebook 9 has a slim bezel that allows Samsung to fit a massive screen inside what would typically be a chassis for a 14-inch display. That’s good news for people who want more screen real estate, but don’t want to tote around a heavy or bulky laptop.
No one wants to wear a cheap-looking smartwatch—especially not if they're paying hundreds of dollars for it. Samsung is not only aware of this, but is constantly attempting to establish itself as a luxury brand, so it makes sense that the company updated its The rose gold Gear S2 is truly a sexy little smartwatch.
4K resolution is making watching movies and playing games on today's computers a more intense experience than ever before, but changes are coming. A new connector for TVs and monitors could allow laptops and desktops to connect to 8K displays as early as 2018. SuperMHL is a new connector technology that is being proposed by the MHL Consortium primarily for use in TVs, set-top boxes, DVD players, streaming sticks and gaming consoles. But device makers could put SuperMHL ports in laptops and desktops, which could also display 8K content. The 8K video format can show pictures at a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels, and is viewed as a successor to the 4K format, which displays images at 3840 x 2160
The Sharp TV brand is trying to maintain a sense of identity after being At CES, Sharp announced several new TVs, distinct from the ones that The top-of-the-line N9000 series, for instance, comes with either a 70-inch display for $3300 or a 65-inch curved display for $3000. Both include
HiSense may not have the brand recognition of Samsung or Sony, but it’s slowly making a name for itself in the United States by selling TVs on the cheap. At CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the Chinese brand announced 22 new models coming to the U.S. market this year, including a 55-inch curved 4K display for $1000, and a 55-inch non-curved 4K set for $650. All of HiSense’s 4K televisions also support
Soon you will be able to post your literary opus in a single tweet. According to Twitter
Audi plans to begin testing highly automated self-driving car technology at a California race track that’s more used to hosting auto races. The German automaker said on Tuesday at CES that it plans to begin putting self-driving car technology through its paces at Thunderhill Raceway Park, a 3-mile, 15-turn course north of Sacramento. The tests are supposed to help the company understand how autonomous driving technology performs at high speeds, when vehicles are performing at the limits of their specifications or speed. Such testing isn’t possible on public roads because of the danger it would pose. By carrying out such high-speed testing, Audi said it hopes to understand how to calibrate and fine-tune vehicle software and driver assistance systems to handle sudden and extreme conditions.
Call it "One Desktop per Child." The Endless Mini is a $79 desktop PC designed to bring the knowledge of the Internet to the billions of people who might not be able to access it. The Endless Mini is a small sphere of a machine, slightly larger than a grapefruit, with three USB ports (two USB 2.0, one USB 3.0) and an HDMI output. Inside of it is an AMLogic Cortex-A ARM chip, 1 GB of RAM, Linux, and a suite of Endless-designed apps, all with the goal of minimizing the resources needed to allow Endless customers access to the Internet—even if there is no Internet access. The Mini ships in two versions: one with 24 GB of storage space, and a second version with 32 GB. (The price of the 32-GB model, which also has 2 GB of RAM, has not been disclosed.) Most of that capacity is full of cached information: stored Wikipedia files, open-source music, even games. The idea is that users will have access to Internet content even if an Internet connection is unavailable.
Whipping up a smoothie should be easy—just dump a bunch of healthy ingredients in a blender and watch them transform into a tasty drink. Right? Well, yes and no. Not all fruits and veggies complement each other, and sometimes one ingredient overpowers all the rest. Perfect Blend is a wireless kitchen scale and recipe app that guide you through the steps of measuring, weighing, and pureéing smoothies, soups, condiments, and all the foods that aren’t quite liquid and definitely not solid.
On the eve of Oculus Rift “officially” becoming a consumer product and opening preorders to the general public, it’s almost hard to remember that virtual reality was once a mere Kickstarter project—complete with a flashy video and bouncing synth soundtrack. Here, check it out. I bet it’s been a while since you’ve watched this: Yes, some people watched that video and thought, “This seems like a good project to back.” Some of those people (approximately 7,500 of them) threw in $275-plus to get a Rift developer kit (retroactively called DK1).
Samsung may resurrect one of the more popular features from its Galaxy smartphone line: expandable storage. A microSD slot, along with water resistance, a souped-up battery, and a better camera, are among the leaks featured in a
The PC industry is rallying around virtual reality becoming The Next Big Thing when consumer headsets finally hit the streets later this year. But most average PC users aren’t really familiar with the hardware necessary to make VR smooth and non-pukey. Which processor do you need? What graphics card is the best? Fortunately, PC makers are trying to eliminate buying headaches with computers like HP’s newly announced Envy Phoenix—one of the first certified VR-ready desktop PCs ever revealed.
After nearly a year in preview, Amazon’s WorkMail hosted email and calendar service for enterprises is now generally available for $4 per user per month. Along with 50GB of mailbox storage for each user, the service includes features such as encryption of stored data, message scanning for spam and virus protection, and policies for controlling mobile devices. Many of those features were outlined when the product was first Of particular note is regional data control, which makes it possible for companies to choose where they want to store their mailboxes and data. In light of the recent
Ford is planning to triple the number of cars it has on city streets and test tracks to research autonomous driving technology. The expansion will help the automaker accelerate its work on self-driving cars as it moves toward the goal of a mass-market auto featuring the technology. With the increase, the automaker will have around 30 Ford Fusion Hybrid cars running in California, Arizona, and Michigan. “This gives us the auto industry’s largest autonomous vehicle development fleet,” said Raj Nair, Ford’s chief technology officer, during a news conference at CES in Las Vegas. Ford started on-road testing of autonomous technologies in 2013, focusing on development of computer algorithms and sensing technology. Last year it became the first automaker to use the Mcity fake town, built by the University of Michigan for autonomous vehicle testing, and in December