Vendors and Providers

Adoption of voice-first assistants expected to skyrocket

The total projected footprint for voice-first assistants like Amazon's Alexa will be 33 million devices by the end of 2017, up from 1.7 million in 2015, analytics firm predicts

Google Chrome extension ScaleUp can make your in-flight Wi-Fi fly

Northwestern University browser add-on aims to speed internet access up in the air

Nuclear physics, plastic surgery & more: 802.11ac wave 2 users sound off

Wi-Fi network upgrade paying dividends for enterprises

Microsoft Teams takes on Slack with enterprise bots, Office 365 tie-ins

Microsoft debuts chat-based workspace for Office 365

Apple downplays importance of CIA’s iPhone hacking capabilities

Google Hangouts won’t disappear for consumers despite enterprise focus

Despite the existence of Allo and Duo, Google won't cut consumers off

AWS follows Google with Reserved Instance flexibility changes

RI discounts can now be broken down into smaller VMs if needed

Microsoft stays security bulletins’ termination

End to decades'-old practice was expected today after cancellation of February updates, but they're being offered for at least one more month

DOJ: No, we won’t say how much the FBI paid to hack terrorist’s iPhone

Refuses to tell news organizations who made the hacking tool or the cost of breaking into San Bernardino shooter's iPhone 5C

Another 911 outage. Does any accountability exist?

911 call processing ground to a halt nationwide for AT&T Wireless customers last week. What failed? The public may never know.