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Are Feds Losing the Cybersecurity Fight?

"First, we need to target the workforce shortage crisis. Our response must go beyond simply filling open positions with bodies. If an agency or contractor is using a generic description for hiring purposes, they may have solved a short-term problem, but they have just created another one when that position becomes a revolving door fueled by turnover," he told the E-Commerce Times...

Charter, TWC Merger Could Be Fine With Feds

"While we do not have immediate announcements regarding changes, we will be in a strong position to deliver competitive services, invest in advanced technology, and develop innovative products that will compete with both global and national brands," she told the E-Commerce Times.

Hackers Launch Sneak Attacks on Microsoft’s Live ID

"They may say they do when you ask them, but their actions say otherwise," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Just about everyone we've asked -- and we've spoken to hundreds of people -- accepts the application's request for permissions without checking." How the Scam Works...

QuizUp Branches Out Into Social Territory

It's also "a wonderful way to meet people from other countries," Vila told the E-Commerce Times. "We are all interconnected, and it is just going to grow and will become more globalized from here. I honestly don't see a downside if done carefully." A social component may not ...

Americans Hate Surveillance, Love Privacy: Report

There's a "sizable minority" of Americans who "are not terribly concerned about monitoring, and feel as though they have nothing to hide," Madden told the E-Commerce Times Beat It, Big Brother...

Popcorn Time Offers Smooth-as-Butter Streaming

VPNs are difficult for ISPs to block because they can't identify the content a user is accessing, Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. However, "ISPs like this, because they can show they can't know what's in the VPN and thus aren't forced to cut the strings or be held liable." ...

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DoJ Calls On Private Sector to Strengthen Cybersecurity

"However, the principles and recommended action items in the guidance generally reflect well-accepted best practices," he told the E-Commerce Times, "and to that end, may be useful for organizations of all sizes." Guidance Helpful but Not Binding...

Coherent Navigation Buy May Not Unmuddle Apple Maps

Apple "could certainly improve its maps-related offerings with that technology," he told the E-Commerce Times, noting that it could have other applications as well, such as enhancing Apple Pay and advertising solutions Coherent also might help Apple differentiate itself from G...

Walmart Banks on Shaking Up E-Commerce

"We will have a closed beta this summer by invitation to test an unlimited shopping program that is predictable and affordable," Walmart spokesperson Ravi Jariwala told the E-Commerce Times."Customer feedback will direct how the program evolves." Apples and Oranges?...

Fresh Takes on Shipping Perishable Online Purchases

"To design a shipping vessel capable of maintaining really high standards in temperature control, which is 33 to 41 degrees consistently for food safety and freshness, was one challenge," FreshRealm CEO Michael Lippold told the E-Commerce Times, "but to also meet carrier requirements and overcome shipping container abuses at the same time really tested design parameters."

Apple Likely to Pony Up to Settle A123 Poaching Suit

"Is A123 mostly looking into cars? Yes -- but I think the same technology can be applied to smaller devices," Entner told the E-Commerce Times. "Apple mulled buying Tesla. The company has mulled a lot of opportunities." Considering the non-user-serviceable battery in its mobil...

Facebook’s Instant Articles Raise Troubling Questions

Facebook will commit to a hands-off policy on news coverage, she told the E-Commerce Times. Publishers "are in complete control of what they publish on Facebook -- both links and Instant Articles. The only exception is determined by legal restrictions and our community standards."

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Feds Value – but Don’t Always Use – Big Data Tools for Cybersecurity

"Big data analytics is a big deal for cybersecurity because of the insight it contains. Many organizations and agencies ... continue to view certain types of data sets as meaningless or devoid of value. However, with the right analytics platform in place, that information can be transformed into knowledge and action," he told the E-Commerce Times.

Verizon Pursues OTT Dream With $4.4B AOL Buy

"Verizon plans to introduce a wireless OTT video product to consumers later this year," spokesperson Bob Varettoni told the E-Commerce Times. "This acquisition would provide advertising technology to enable a part of that product offering." Varettoni declined to disclose furth...

Google Makes It Easier for Online Hunters to Gather Food

"In essence, Google is incorporating the new functions into search results for restaurants that already have relationships with Seamless, Grubhub, Eat24, Delivery.com, BeyondMenu and MyPizza.com for food ordering and delivery," he told the E-Commerce Times. "That should streamline results by taking a step or two out of the process."

The US Government vs. E-Commerce

"Collusion is at the core of the Topkins case," Huston told the E-Commerce Times That collusion led the DoJ to charge Topkins with price-fixing under the Sherman Antitrust Act....

Smartphone Makers Play Musical Chairs as China’s Mobile Market Matures

That said, "a good majority of the country is still not covered with mobile service, or it's sporadic at best," Reith told the E-Commerce Times. "These are areas where disposable income is extremely low: Think farming villages. So, if you assume the potential mobile phone (total available) market is about 1 billion, and active users is 900 million, that would equal mature in my eyes."

FAA’s Next-Generation Air Transportation System Falters

The report recommends the FAA, Congress and "all stakeholders" work together to "communicate and reset expectations so as to ensure that everyone is on the same page about what is being done and what can be expected in the future, and in what time frames," Liddle told the E-Commerce Times...

Uber Wants to Get Off Google’s Maps

"Uber is starting to develop self-driving cars to compete with Google," he told the E-Commerce Times, "and just as Apple needed to replace Google Maps on the iPhone when Google introduced Android, Uber can't afford to bet its future on Google's continued goodwill." Uber and Go...

Users Choose to Wear Blinders, Facebook Suggests

"I'm not sure this will fix that, frankly, as social media choices are as much trend-driven as they are by tech and content, but the logic at least is good," Pelz-Sharp told the E-Commerce Times What It Means for Business...

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