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Meru Networks targets growing market for cloud-managed Wi-Fi

With a solution aimed at small businesses but which could apply to larger organizations, Meru Networks is turning to the cloud for plug-and-play Wi-Fi.

Pebble smartwatch sets second Kickstarter record, and it’s not done yet

Over two years after breaking a Kickstarter funding record to get its smartwatch off the ground, Pebble returned to the crowdfunding site to fund its new watch, the Pebble Time.

Can a Barcelona romance bring Wi-Fi and cells together?

Smartphones are about to become network hubs

Broadcom's latest chipset will run 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi simultaneously. That changes everything in terms of media bandwidth and multiple IoT connections.

Internet.org hopes to reach 100 countries in a year, up from six now

But success will depend on carrier support

Net neutrality will put U.S. behind Europe, Cisco’s Chambers says

One year later, we’re no closer to finding MtGox’s missing millions

Momentum grows around Microsoft’s Windows 10 for phones

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, March 4

Budget smartphones shine at Mobile World Congress

China says new cybersurveillance proposal follows US security practices

Alibaba enters US cloud market, signaling global ambitions

Apple, like Google, to hire full-time security guards in Silicon Valley

IBM plugs OpenPower servers into SoftLayer cloud

Judge says $415 million settlement in Silicon Valley hiring case is ‘substantial’

FREAK is another serious flaw in the web’s encryption

What the auto industry thinks about the rumored Apple Car

Auto industry executives have begun chiming in on Apple's rumored electric car.

DARPA to target cyber privacy protection tech

DARPA program named after Louis Brandeis, legacy Right to Privacy advocate

Twitter CFO floats idea of newspaper-like ‘daily edition’

Privacy advocates find Obama proposal lacking

Intel CEO Krzanich: What we’re doing to succeed on smartphones

SanDisk’s InfiniFlash is a new storage format that will sell for under $1/GB

Apple edges out Samsung in fourth quarter smartphone sales

Salesforce, SAP to get a shot of IoT data

The contradictions of software releases and updates

Keeping up with the new features of software releases and upgrades is becoming more and more difficult.

Cisco unfazed by HP/Aruba

WLAN leader says No. 2 provides "bolt on" solution

Spain’s Telefonica goes virtual with HP

Microsoft reportedly prepping a tiny version of Windows Server

The idea behind the Nano Server is to make a server with just the components needed for the cloud.

How Samsung’s Galaxy S6 stacks up against Apple’s iPhone 6 line

The premium design of Samsung's new Galaxy S6 devices is good enough to keep Android defectors from switching to iOS. Whether it converts iOS users into Android users remains to be seen.

EU data protection reform ‘badly broken,’ civil liberty groups warn

Aruba all-in-one box simplifies branch office communications

The 7000 series combines a host of capabilities into a single unit, featuring a stateful firewall, deep packet inspection, WAN optimization, RF interference control and user access control.

Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 a true iPhone 6 killer?

Which of the two is the best smartphone on the planet?

Google, Apple $415M deal with tech workers heads for approval

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, March 3

Geofencing could add security layer for mobile devices

Geofencing could offer an extra layer of security but some worry about privacy and battery life

BlackBerry launches all-touch Leap with $275 price tag

China defends cybersecurity demands, amid complaints from U.S.

Iran to weed ‘moral’ crimes from social networks, starting with Facebook

Is data on your new Lollipop Android device encrypted? Maybe not

A quick hands-on with Cherry Trail: screaming graphics for tablets

Spec showdown: HTC One M9 vs. Samsung Galaxy S6

Millicom deal with Vodacom on mobile money in Tanzania a sign of the times

Zynstra’s hybrid solution targets users facing end of Windows Server 2003 support

With less than four months until Microsoft cuts off support for Windows Server 2003, a company called Zynstra is stepping in to ease the migration.

Tinder grants do-overs, transatlantic swiping with paid version

HP shakes up cloud execs

HP hopes a leadership shake up can readjust its market position

Aruba Networks is different than HP’s failed wireless acquisitions

HP has acquired other wireless companies in the past, only to let the opportunity go to waste. What's different about its recent acquisition of Aruba Networks?

VMware takes on mobile networks with vCloud for NFV

Brocade acquires mobile SDN company

Samsung Pay could overtake Apple Pay in mobile payments

Samsung Pay does a few things that Apple Pay cannot. If Samsung were to license it to Android, it could take over the mobile payment market.

IBM rolls out 3 new iOS apps for enterprises