Device-based data requests from government agencies dropped in the first half over last year, but Apple fulfilled a higher percentage of those requests, according to its transparency report. …read more
Source:: Dark Reading News
Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age
The global proliferation of cyber attacks on financial organisations has thrust the issue of cyber security – and its seemingly routine failings – into national conversation. The most recent major data breach on Equifax, the credit report company, highlights the problems facing organisations and their investors today. In September, the credit report company announced that
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Looking for your dream job in the biotech sector? Look no further, these companies are looking for people like you right now.
It’s European Biotech Week – but what does that mean? Here’s your guide to biotech, its history and its modern-day significance.
Inflection Biosciences is on the cusp of delivering groundbreaking treatments for the global battle against cancer.
Source:: Silicon Republic News
Container and IoT device security vendors are among the startups bringing in new money to help grow their cyber-security efforts. …read more
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New research from NUI Galway focuses on how US presidential candidates used Twitter as a strategic tool in creating their election narratives.
The research study has been published by the International Conference on Information Systems (2017) in Seoul, South Korea, and is one of the first studies to use a magical realism perspective to examine how Twitter was used to create candidate-specific narratives.
‘Political actors are now eager to catch Twitter users’ attention, because they not only produce word-of-mouth effects but influence other online users’ informational choices’
– DR TREVOR CLOHESSY
Magic realism is a literary style used …read more
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Amazon, Microsoft and Google have all changed their cloud pricing models this month, as the focus returns to cloud costs and which vendor offers the best deal to its users. …read more
Source:: Cloud News (TechTarget)
Third major release of Kubernetes in 2017 debuts, finally providing stable support for a critical security feature. …read more
Source:: eWeek News
Originally written by Nick Ismail on Information Age
Whole Foods has suffered a data breach of credit card information, when hackers gained access to data through a point-of-sale vendor that operates in their locations with restaurants/taprooms, the company said Thursday. >See also: Hackers breach ‘The Wall’ in Game of Thrones hack Credit cards used at those systems were not affected, and the company said
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Amazon is looking to stick to its promise of bringing a significant number of staff to Dublin with it now being understood the company is on the hunt for office space in the capital.
According to Bloomberg, two people close to the matter have said that the e-commerce giant is looking for office space that could hold up to 800 staff and just under 7,500 sq m.
Last year, Amazon promised to bring another 500 jobs to Dublin in a move that would take its total staff numbers in the city to more than 1,400 but so far Amazon …read more
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Leyla Seka is an executive vice-president who leads the Salesforce AppExchange, the world’s largest and longest-running business apps marketplace.
In this role, she is responsible for driving recruitment, product, go-to-market and other key programmes supporting start-ups and ISVs in the Salesforce ecosystem. This includes AppExchange, AppExchange Marketing Program (AMP), Salesforce for Startups and more. Launched in 2006, the AppExchange features more than 3,000 apps, downloaded more than 4m times and used by 90pc of the Fortune 500.
Prior to leading the AppExchange, Seka was the general manager of Desk.com, Salesforce’s all-in-one customer service app for fast-growing companies. Under her …read more
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