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Qualcomm President Derek Aberle, who was closely fighting a legal battle with Apple, has quit after a successful 17-year career. According to a Qualcomm statement late on Thursday, Aberle has decided to quit after he helped drive the company’s overall global strategy and vision as a member of the company’s …

Free cloud backup for your Office 365 or G Suite SaaS software? Really? Yes, it’s now possible! StorageCraft has rolled out an incredible promotion for its partners, by offering a free six months cloud backup service. The service currently comes with unlimited storage for Office 365 and G Suite accounts. So …

Domestic smartphone operating system maker Indus OS company has partnered Ola to integrate the latter’s cab aggregator app on its platform. The move will provide Ola access to over 8 million users of Indus OS across handset brands like Micromax, Intex, and Karbonn, the company said. “Our aim is to …

Just last month, British luxury smartphone maker Vertu announced that the company has reached an agreement with TCL to use latter’s technology for its smartphones. At the time, Vertu said that 30,000 handcrafted Vertu phones will be manufactured under TCL partnership but now the premium smartphone maker is reportedly shutting …

Your hopes of becoming an astronaut may be slim to none, but that does not mean you cannot work for NASA in some capacity. Moreover, all you need in this instance is a decent camera, the right app, and the ability to “just go outside” on occasion. NASA needs your …

Autoplaying videos are, without a doubt, one of the most annoying things about the internet. Whether they’re ads playing in the sidebar, or related content a website presumes you’ll want to watch, autoplaying videos are bad, unnecessary, and unwelcome. The one thing worse than a standard autoplaying video is an …

There’s a small, but incredibly important feature privacy feature in iOS 11 you’re going to want to use. Instead of giving developers the power to decide which options to present users with for location sharing, Apple is giving that power to iOS 11 users. Prior to iOS 11, users could …

IT professionals are most commonly concerned about ransomware and mobility (BYOD policies), according to a recent StorageCraft survey. Forty-two percent of IT professionals believe that ransomware is the technology that brings the most risk. Another 38 percent are concerned about mobility and BYOD policies, shows the survey. Hardware/system failure and …

There’s a new form of ransomware out to complicate the jobs of IT security teams and forensic experts. This so-called fileless ransomware operates by embedding its malicious code in secluded areas of the operating system. RAM is more common, but the kernel also makes for a cosy hiding spot. The …

A recent Microsoft outage left hundreds of customers offline for more than 17 hours. The event is another stark reminder of the importance of business continuity, no matter what business you’re in.  The problems started on Tuesday and disrupted access to Office 365, Skype, Xbox Live and other online services for more than one …