Analysis What Will Be Windows 8's Killer App? Raise your hand if you want a Windows 8 tablet just so you can use that cool new Start screen. Wait, first put your iPad down. Now raise your hand. After two public previews of Microsoft's new Windows 8 technology, the one major difference we've seen thus far in what it does, compared to its predecessors, comes from a few of its cloud-reliant… Enterprise Scott M. Fulton View comments
Copyright Pinterest Will Make It Easier To Report Copyright Violations Bowing to pressure about how its uses content users post to its site, Pinterest announced changes to its service terms Saturday. Pinterest said the new terms are easier to understand and were developed with feedback from users. The terms also address recent questions raised about the site's relationship to copyright law, making it easier for… Dave Copeland View comments
Interviews Solving a Spectrum Shortage for the Internet of Things with 2G Fifty billion Internet-capable devices - if that indeed is the number - capable of communicating sensor data through the networks we use today, probably won't have Ethernet plugs. And if they're mobile by nature, they won't rely on Wi-Fi routers. If soon there are more devices communicating over the Internet than there are people, states the… Hack Scott M. Fulton View comments
Analysis PaaS or Fail: Does Elastic Beanstalk Make the Grade as a PaaS? Earlier this week Amazon added PHP and Git support to Elastic Beanstalk. To me, this looks like Amazon encroaching on PaaS territory and offering features similar to Engine Yard, OpenShift, Heroku, and others. All of which, by the way, host on top of Amazon. But not everyone agrees that Elastic Beanstalk has the necessary ingredients for a PaaS, or… Joe Brockmeier View comments
Facebook Demanding Facebook Users' Passwords Violates Consent In moments of heightened emotions, teenagers share their passwords. It's the next logical intimate step, right? If they're already posting intimate feelings, sending lovey-dovey Facebook messages and texting secrets. According to one study, Facebook users may already be acting like adolescents. And now bully employers want to catch their… Social Alicia Eler View comments