Cisco Buys Piston Cloud Computing for Intercloud Initiative

The startup brings OpenStack expertise through its CloudOS offering and complements what Cisco inherited when it bought Metacloud last year. Read more »

Look Uses Cloud to Bring Fresh Art to Digital Picture Frames

The whole idea of Look is to show how easy it is to put pictures on a device, CEO says. Users have to do nothing to use the device. Read more »

Microsoft’s Power BI Draws Financial Insights From QuickBooks Online

Small businesses can now link Microsoft's business intelligence tool to Intuit's cloud accounting software to gain new insights into their financial health. Read more »

In Praise of Google’s Boring 2015 Developer Conference

Nobody jumped out of blimps this year, but who cares when Google's products, services and platforms are getting this polished? Read more »

Dell’s New IoT Division Plans to Service the ‘Internet of Data’

Dell's new IoT Gateway is a small, wireless device that collects, helps secure and processes sensor data at the edge of a network. Read more »

Velocity Conference: Boosting Online Performance Takes More Than Speed

Developers must constantly improve the performance of their Websites and Internet apps or face losing customers to competitors, according to speakers at the O'Reilly Velocity Conference. Read more »

Bing Image Search Guesses ‘How Old’

The technology behind Microsoft's age-guessing viral hit is being rolled out to the company's image search site. Read more »

Google I/O Highlights Android Pay, Driverless Cars, Photos App

Although the Google I/O conference featured a lot of news for developers, there was even more news about new devices and the company's plans for the future. Read more »

Google Packs Offline Functionality Into Maps, YouTube

Google Maps now work without connectivity, and that includes turn-by-turn directions. YouTube videos can be viewed for 48 hours without being connected. Read more »

Google Project Brillo Will Bring IoT Control into Homes

The idea is that this new home operating system will enable better and more efficient control of energy, security and water use. Read more »