Bob Brown
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Natick, MA, United States
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Small Cell Forum seeks advice from large enterprises
The carrier-led Small Cell Forum has revealed the names of the founding members of an Enterprise Advisory Council designed to help address the need for more wireless coverage to meet rising demand. → Read More
How to make Fully Homomorphic Encryption "practical and usable"
Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) for years has been a promising approach to protecting data while it’s being computed on, but making it fast enough and easy enough to use has been a challenge. → Read More
iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Cranking up the processors; 3D cameras; $1K-plus price
With iPhone 8 A11 processors reportedly in production, the next great Apple smartphone is starting to feel more real. This and other scuttlebutt in this week's iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup → Read More
SNL one step ahead of Amazon with Echo Silver
In SNL spoof, Amazon and AARP team to address senior citizens' most pressing digital assistant needs with Echo Silver → Read More
You really should know what the Andrew File System is
Association for Computing Machinery recognizers developers of the Andrew File System, a foundational technology out of Carnegie Mellon University and IBM that paved the way for cloud computing systems and applications → Read More
Staples hires its very first CISO
Staples has hired its first chief information security officer (CISO), a key new member of the office supply giant's team that combines traditional IT and digital transformation. → Read More
Getting a jump on private LTE networks
Federated Wireless, Lemko join forces on CBRS wireless networks for private LTE → Read More
iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Tim Cook cites rumors; LTE shortfall; envisioning a function area
If you think you’re sick of the iPhone 8 rumors, pity Apple CEO Tim Cook, who acknowledged during a Q&A following the company’s earnings results announcement this past week that “earlier and much more frequent reports about future iPhones” did in fact “pause” purchases of current models. → Read More
Boring old enterprise vendors pay interns well
Snagging an internship at Amazon, Apple, Facebook or Google is certainly reason for celebration, but interns can also fare pretty darn well at enterprise-oriented vendors such as Juniper Networks, VMware and Salesforce.com. → Read More
Microsoft Research boss headed back to academia
Columbia University has announced that Jeannette Wing, who has led Microsoft Research since the start of 2013, will be circling back to the world of academia in July as director of Columbia’s Data Science Institute and professor of computer science. → Read More
Social media breaks more common among teens than you might think
I did wonder whether my youngest teenage son would return from a recent week-long service trip on which electronic devices were banned quivering from some sort of social media withdrawal, but he survived just fine and the salmon in Washington State thank him for his efforts. → Read More
Verizon.net email addresses are going away — here are 4 alternatives
Verizon has begun warning customers that it’s getting out of the email game and that you need to act soon if you want to keep your Verizon.net email address. Or, you could consider switching to another email service, and here are some of the alternatives. → Read More
MIT's WiGait uses wireless signals to step up detection of health issues
Professor Dina Katabi's endlessly inventive team at MIT's CSAIL outfit has now come up with what it says is an unobtrusive way to wirelessly detect possible health issues via changes in walking speed. → Read More
Athena Lecturer Award for women researchers goes to Rice prof who really gets robots moving
Lydia Kavraki, a professor of computer science and bioengineering at Rice University, has been named as the 2017-2018 Athena Lecturer by the Association for Computing Machinery in recognition her work in robotics. → Read More
5 more open source companies to watch in 2017
An exciting class of startups with a focus on enterprise IT are those built on open source foundations, in some cases commercializing and adding value to an already popular open source project. → Read More
Surprisingly few tech insights in Steve Ballmer's USAFacts data trove
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's USAFacts project, an ambitious and sometimes overwhelming repository of data about local to state to federal U.S. government spending and outcomes that was launched on Tax Day, is surprisingly light on technology-related data. → Read More
Toward a bigger, faster, denser Wi-Fi world
Some 350 Wi-Fi true believers have gathered in Tysons, Va., this week at the Wi-Fi Now event to sing the wireless networking technology’s praises, peek into its future and warn of its challenges. → Read More
5 Open Source companies to watch in 2017
A look at 5 recently funded open source-oriented enterprise networking and IT startups, focused on everything from switching and programming to product management and databases. → Read More
iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Getting chippy; leaks & leaks; SNL on board
This week's iPhone 8 rumor roundup includes a batch of new leaks, Apple's actions on the chip front and a tie-in with TV comedy show SNL → Read More
How to keep your Verizon email account from being killed off
If you're a Verizon customer who uses the carrier's email service, you very well might have an imminent decision to make about your Verizon.net address or risk losing access to your account and associated data. → Read More