The Heartbleed bug that recently wrapped the internet in a whirl of massive security vulnerabilities, hints that it’s time for us to rethink digital security. Below are a few possibilities as to where the digital security is headed in the future, and where it should be headed.
The former CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, has been at the heart of a mini Twitter storm recently. A fake account with his name apparently sent out a tweet from an iPhone. And that didn’t sit well with the Windows Phone camp.
Smartphone batteries, their consumption and the time it takes to recharge them are issues that come with the territory. StoreDot has now come up with a new charger that can notch up the battery of your handset to 100% in a mere 30 seconds.
Microsoft has been touting the heightened security of its latest console, the Xbox One. A 5 year old kid, though, was able to crack right through that security, an accomplishment that was formally acknowledged by Microsoft.
Microsoft is shuttering Windows XP in April this year. Once this happens, there will no longer be any security updates for the OS. Anticipating this, a Japanese bank has now upgraded 30,000 of its terminals from Windows XP to Windows 8.
We have been hearing about Kinect for Windows v2 sensor for some time and now, Microsoft has confirmed the hardware at the BUILD 2014 conference.
Last Thursday, Microsoft unveiled three new Office apps for the iPad. And now, Microsoft has made its Office apps for iPhone and Android, completely free to use.
Silicon Valley has come to be synonymous with the headquarters of the best companies in the tech world. But Fortune’s list of top 100 companies shows that many top tech companies are based elsewhere.