Month: May 2021
One of Samsung’s best phones ever is now officially retired
Four years after its launch, the Samsung Galaxy S8 has received its last security update. The Galaxy S8 was a well-timed success story for Samsung, launching in the spring of 2017 with a bold design that drew attention away from the well-documented Galaxy Note 7 battery problems of the previous…
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The business value of Cloud Foundry and its future cloud
Cloud-native platforms have set the standards for building and deploying software. They have enabled enterprises that didn’t exist twelve years ago to succeed in highly competitive markets. Cloud Foundry (CF), the open source cloud application platform, has been a driving force in that success, making it possible for enterprises to…
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WhatsApp unleashes a six-pack of sticker sets WhatsApp
WhatsApp has launched six new sticker packs, full of fun cartoon images to add to your chats. WhatsApp may be primarily about text, video and voice-based chat, but image-based is also important. We’re not just talking the photos you send back and forth with friends and family, but also the…
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Ericsson targets SMBs with ‘5G ready’ remote desktop Ericsson Wireless Office
Ericsson is looking to capture part of what it believes to be a $90 billion market with the launch of a 5G-ready virtual workspace for small businesses. The shift to flexible working that was forced by Covid-19 restrictions is likely to become permanent at many organisations post-pandemic. Indeed, Ericsson predicts…
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Robinhood crypto trading crashed during a Dogecoin spike
Robinhood ran into issues processing cryptocurrency trades this morning, during a spike in the price of Dogecoin that sent users flocking to the app. The website DownDetector shows the outage starting around 9:30AM ET and reducing in severity about an hour later. Robinhood confirmed that it experienced a “partial outage”…
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IAC’s NurseFly rebrands to Vivian Health as it expands its healthcare jobs marketplace
NurseFly, the healthcare jobs marketplace owned by IAC, has rebranded to Vivian Health as it expands its range of services. Originally launched for traveling nurses (or nurses willing to travel for short-term positions), Vivian Health now includes listings for permanent positions, per diem shifts and local openings. It also added…
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