Microsoft launches new wide-area networking options for Azure

Like | gragsdale | Jul 10, 2018 | Cloud, Development, Devices, Microsoft, Technology, Trending | Tags: Azure, cloud, Enterprise, Microsoft, networking, TC, WAN

Source: Microsoft launches new wide-area networking options for Azure Microsoft is launching a few new networking features today that will make it easier for businesses to use the company’s Azure cloud to securely connect their own offices and infrastructure using Azure and its global network. The first of these is the Azure Virtual WAN service, which allows businesses to connect their various branches to and through Azure. This basically works like an airline hub and spoke model, where Azure becomes the central hub through which all data between branches flows. The advantage of this, Microsoft argues, is that it allows ...

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Apple’s Shortcuts will flip the switch on Siri’s potential

Like | TechCrunch | Jul 5, 2018 | Apps, Artificial intelligence (AI), Code, Development, Devices, Social Media, Software, Technology, Trending | Tags: Amazon, Android, app-store, Apple, apple inc, apple tv, Apple Watch, Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Assistant, Column, computing, Craig Federighi, Google, google now, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, mobile devices, operating system, screen time, siri, Software, virtual assistant

Source: Apple’s Shortcuts will flip the switch on Siri’s potential Matthew Cassinelli Contributor Matthew Cassinelli is a former member of the Workflow team and works as an independent writer and consultant. He previously worked as a data analyst for VaynerMedia. At WWDC, Apple pitched Shortcuts as a way to ”take advantage of the power of apps” and ”expose quick actions to Siri.” These will be suggested by the OS, can be given unique voice commands, and will even be customizable with a dedicated Shortcuts app. But since this new feature won’t let Siri interpret everything, many have been lamenting that Siri ...

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Light is building a smartphone with five to nine cameras

Like | TechCrunch | Jul 3, 2018 | Data, Development, Devices, Innovation, Microsoft, Mobile, Social Media, Software, Technology, Trending | Tags: Camera phone, camera+, consumer electronics, equipment, Gadgets, huawei, iPhone, Light, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile phones, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, Pureview, smartphone, smartphones, The Washington Post

Source: Light is building a smartphone with five to nine cameras Light, the company behind the wild L16 camera, is building a smartphone equipped with multiple cameras. According to The Washington Post, the company is prototyping a smartphone with five to nine cameras that’s capable of capturing a 64 megapixel shot. The entire package is not much thicker than an iPhone X, the Post reports. The additional sensors are said to increase the phone’s low-light performance and depth effects and uses internal processing to stick the image together. This is the logical end-point for Light. The company introduced the $1,950 L16 ...

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Oracle could be feeling cloud transition growing pains

Like | TechCrunch | Jun 24, 2018 | Apps, Cloud, Code, Data, Development, Software, Technology, Trending | Tags: Amazon, AWS, cloud, cloud marketshare, Microsoft, Oracle, Synergy Research

Source: Oracle could be feeling cloud transition growing pains Oracle is learning that it’s hard for enterprise companies born in the data center to make the transition to the cloud, an entirely new way of doing business. Yesterday it reported its earnings and it was a mixed bag, made harder by changing the way the company counts cloud revenue. In its earnings press release from yesterday, it put it this way: “Q4 Cloud Services and License Support revenues were up 8% to $6.8 billion. Q4 Cloud License and On-Premise License revenues were down 5% to $2.5 billion.” Let’s compare that ...

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Three Ways to Record and Share Video Notes in Real-time July 18, 2018
Tools like EDpuzzle and TED-Ed are good for creating questions that you want your students to answer about videos that you share with them. But if you want students to share their own questions or notes with you, you'll have to try some tools that were designed for that purpose. Here are three tools that […]
How to Protect Student Privacy With Blurring Effects in Videos July 18, 2018
On Monday morning I had the privilege to give a presentation about classroom video projects during the TechSplash conference in Abingdon, Virginia. One of the elements of that presentation addressed protecting student privacy when publishing videos online. In the presentation I gave a demonstration of how to use YouTube's built-in editing tools to blur faces […]
10 Tools for Gathering Real-time Feedback From Students July 18, 2018
Chat rooms and polling services provide good ways to hear from all of the students in a classroom. These kind of tools allow shy students to ask questions and share comments. For your more outspoken students who want to comment on everything, a feedback mechanism provides a good outlet for them too. In the last […]