Month: March 2021
How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation
A couple weeks ago, Facebook briefly turned off the ability for anyone in the world to post links from Australian news publishers. They just blocked ‘em with a little message. This is a real thing that happened. The company, along with Google, was locked into a fight with the Australian…
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There’s been a huge rise in new cyberthreats during the pandemic representational image of a cloud firewall
The number of previously unknown malware variants has spiked during the pandemic, according to a new report from HP. Thecompany’s recent Quarterly Threat Insights Report, based on data pulled from HP customer Sure Click virtual machines in the final three months of 2020, says 29% of captured malware was seen…
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Why live video will be a critical tool for CEOs post-pandemic working from home
2020 was a year that brought significant change. The pandemic shifted the way we work, separating colleagues that normally gathered together in offices and putting unprecedented pressure on frontline workers. Things that were once taken for granted – handshakes with colleagues and meeting with friends – became a thing of…
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Appfire, provider of Atlassian apps, raises $100M to continue its buying spree
Appfire, a Boston-based provider of software development apps, announced Tuesday that it has received a $100 million investment from growth private equity firm TA Associates. Founded in 2005, Appfire was bootstrapped until it got $49 million from Silversmith Capital Partners last May. Since that time, Appfire has acquired six companies…
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The Kensington StudioDock turns your iPad into a tiny iMac
There are a lot of iPad keyboard cases out there that aim to turn Apple’s tablet into a laptop, but the Kensington StudioDock is something altogether different: it turns your iPad Pro into the world’s tiniest iMac. This is a serious accessory for people who are serious about iPad productivity.…
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Cyware nabs $30M to help organizations detect and stop advanced cyber attacks
Malicious hacking has become a pernicious and dogged fact of life for more organizations, and it’s a threat that has seemingly grown more complicated and sophisticated over time. One one effective approach to tackling that has been collaboration: not just applying an array of services to address the issue, but…
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