Cisco’s AppDynamics this week rolled out a developer toolkit that will let corporate development teams quickly build and measure the business impact of Web and mobile applications. The AppDynamics Developer Toolkit will feature a variety of languages and diagnostic tools that let application teams measure the business impact of new programs. +More on Network World:…
There are all kinds of new features in the Windows 10 Creators Update rolling out on April 11, but one change really sticks out. Greater transparency about the data that Microsoft collects from your PC. There are new dashboard screens that all Windows 10 users will see the first time they install or upgrade to the…
While Samsung has been singing the praises of the Galaxy S8 since its unveiling last week, it’s been pretty tight-lipped about one important thing: battery life. So, we’ve been concerned. But Phone Arena got a chance to test the larger of the two phones, and as it turns out, there’s no reason to worry. Probably.…
At least 30 percent of malware today is new, zero-day malware that is missed by traditional antivirus defenses, according to a new report. “We’re gathering threat data from hundreds of thousands of customers and network security appliances,” said Corey Nachreiner, CTO at WatchGuard Technologies. “We have different types of malware detection services, including a signature…
Google rolled out Wednesday a version of its YouTube video sharing app that is targeted at users who do not have robust internet connections. The beta version of the YouTube Go app is available on the Google Play Store in India. It offers data saving features like the ability to preview videos before the user…
No matter how intelligent they claim to be, many smart home gadgets are vulnerable to hackers. Nowadays even the lock on your front door is susceptible to a cyberattack. No longer do you only have to worry about someone simply picking the lock, now a burglar could go through cyberspace to unlatch the door. Just…
Blue Ocean, a reimagined user interface for the Jenkins continuous delivery platform, makes its official debut Wednesday as a free, open source plugin. The interface helps make software development more accessible, said Tyler Croy, director of evangelism at Jenkins solutions provider CloudBees and a board member and contributor on the Jenkins project. With Blue Ocean,…
Facebook’s appeal against 381 warrants for information from the accounts of its users was rejected by a New York court on the ground that earlier orders refusing to quash the warrants issued in a criminal proceeding could not be appealed. The decision by the New York State Court of Appeals did not address key issues…
Parents with children that ran up bills, sometimes huge, through in-app purchases stand to get some or all of that money back. Amazon could have to hand out more than $70 million in refunds to affected consumers, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. On Tuesday, both the FTC and Amazon agreed to end their…
A coast-to-coast network trial by AT&T last month, using open-source “white box” switches, pointed toward an imagined future of more reliable services that may come quicker than some people think. The carrier ran a trial on its core network earlier this year using switches based on chips from Intel, Broadcom and startup Barefoot Networks. The…