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	10 obscure technologies that could change the world Get to know these technologiesIn the world of tech, there is no shortage of well-known products that make our lives easier and more enjoyable. At the same time, there are also a number of fascinating and groundbreaking technologies and products that remain somewhat under the radar. Here are a few examples of cool products you might not have heard of.LifeStrawLifeStraw is an ingenious product capable of immediately filtering contaminated water and rendering it safe and drinkable. While the device cannot filter out viruses, it is nonetheless extremely helpful in areas where access to safe and clean drinking water isn't readily available. There are many variants of LifeStraw products, including a "pipe" that can filter out worm larvae from contaminated water. Some of the waterborne diseases it combats includes hepatitis E, typhoid fever, dysentery, and cholera.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Networks, Inc. 10 Ways Wire Data Helps Conquer IT Complexity This whitepaper explains the value of wire data in practical, simple to understand terms. With a robust wire data analytics solution, IT can automatically detect problems across the entire IT environment, spot data theft by flagging queries from untrusted sources, select unique pieces of transaction payloads to send to any big data source, and more Learn more >> In this Issue 6 things Apple should fix in iOS 9 Would you buy a smartwatch from a watch company? iPhone still king of enterprise mobile as usage skyrockets, study finds INSIDER How to check Wi-Fi channels on Android devices iOS 9 will focus more on stability and bug fixes than new features Smart TVs raise privacy concerns Tim Cook explains what he really thinks of Android As Wi-Fi calls come to smartphones, networks get ready to carry them WEBCAST: Corvil Storage Analytics for Banks Watch this Video to see how Storage Analytics for Banks from Corvil does not slow down the performance of your Storage system and how Corvil's granularity of insight and value is the best in the market. Learn More 6 things Apple should fix in iOS 9 It’s not a shock to learn that Apple is always hard at work on the next big thing. There will always be another iPhone, a lighter MacBook Air, a faster iMac, and new operating systems to run on them. 9to5Mac reported last week that, according to its unnamed sources, iOS 9 would focus not on new features, but rather on cleaning up iOS and making sure all the bells and whistles added in iOS 7 and iOS 8 work like they’re supposed to, every time.Think of it as the Snow Leopard of iOS. When Apple decided to slow the roll of feature creep in OS X 10.6, the result was an OS that didn’t boast hundreds of new features, but turned out to be stable and reliable—and we loved it.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Would you buy a smartwatch from a watch company? It's becoming the biggest question in wearable computing – will the future of smartwatches be determined by tech companies making watches or by watchmakers adding technology?Last week, Swiss watch giant Swatch revealed that it's planning to release its own smartwatch within the next few months. Known for cheap, colorful designs, Swatch is hardly a high-end luxury brand, though it owns a few of those (including Tissot, which has some smart-ish watches in its line).According to what Swatch CEO Nick Hayek said to Bloomberg, the device will communicate via NFC and won't have to be charged (most likely powered by a replaceable watch battery). It will also support mobile payments and work with Windows and Android smartphones (no word on iOS).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WEBCAST: Corvil Diagnosing Trans-Atlantic Application Performance Check out this brief product demo, showing how the Corvil Streaming Analytics platform quickly troubleshoots a time-sensitive business critical application delivered across the WAN that's stalling, causing huge frustration and loss revenue. Learn More iPhone still king of enterprise mobile as usage skyrockets, study finds Apple’s iPhones and iPads are still the most-used mobile devices in the enterprise, even as the market expands at high speed, according to a Citrix mobile analytics report released this morning.The study found that the total number of enterprise mobile devices in use rose by 72% over the course of the past year. A little less than two out of three of every business-focused mobile device runs iOS. Apple’s numbers are highest in Asia and the Americas, at 67% each, and slightly lower in Europe and the Middle East, at 57%.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD:Microsoft CEO Nadella joins Ballmer and Gates in making silly predictions + 18 ways to get the most out of Android 5.0 +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More INSIDER How to check Wi-Fi channels on Android devices Checking the channels used by your wireless network and others nearby can help when troubleshooting Wi-Fi interference and performance issues. Even if poor Wi-Fi connectivity hasn’t been noticed yet, it’s a good idea to ensure wireless routers and access points aren’t on the same channels, or on overlapping channels for the 2.4Ghz band.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WEBCAST: Corvil Splunk Analytics Use Case See how you can analyze the richest source of historical and real-time wire data correlated with comprehensive machine data on Splunk's popular visualization platform. Learn More iOS 9 will focus more on stability and bug fixes than new features Over the past few months, there has been an endless debate surrounding a perceived decline in Apple's software quality. As it pertains to iOS, a commonly levied argument is that Apple is currently too focused on adding new features, all at the expense of performance and system stability.As a result, a growing contingent of Apple enthusiasts have been pining for a Snow Leopard for iOS. If you recall, when Apple released Snow Leopard for OS X, it famously touted that it housed "no new features." Of course, the update had many new features, but these were primarily under the hood and mostly centered on fixing bugs and improving overall performance.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Smart TVs raise privacy concerns Reports that new Samsung TVs can capture personal information with their voice recognition feature has sparked concern about what critics perceive as digital spying by so-called smart devices.Last week, online magazine The Daily Beast spotted wording in Samsung’s privacy policy that suggests users should be careful when they speak near their smart TVs. This generated buzz on Twitter and other sites, including comparisons to Big Brother behavior from George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Tim Cook explains what he really thinks of Android When Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks, the world listens—even if he’s speaking to a room full of bankers and other finance bigwigs at the annual Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference.And he didn’t disappoint. Cook announced that Apple is partnering with First Solar to build an $850 million solar farm in Monterey County, Calif. The 1,300-acre farm will produce enough power for Apple’s new campus, currently under construction, along with the company’s data center, offices, and 52 retail stores in California.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD Tim Cook's 2014 pay package dwarfed by new hire Ahrendts' +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More As Wi-Fi calls come to smartphones, networks get ready to carry them Wi-Fi may carry many voice calls within the next few years, but the technology required to make those calls is still young in some ways.Mobile subscribers have been talking and doing video chats over Wi-Fi for a long time using Internet-based services such as Skype. Now carriers are offering ways to call up friends and family over wireless LANs using their regular phone numbers.Wi-Fi calling made a splash last year when the iPhone 6 came out with the capability, though a number of Android and other devices also have it. T-Mobile USA and Sprint both allow Wi-Fi calling with selected smartphones. AT&T and Verizon, as well as EE in the UK, plan to follow.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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