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What is Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is the practice of leveraging a network of remote servers through the Internet to store, manage, and process data, instead of managing the data on a local server or computer.
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The Future of Wearables: “Smart” Underwear Studies Your Sweat
Soft Cloud Tech – Emerging ‘wearable’ technologies that are being tested in clinical settings may one day become commonplace in consumer markets. Earlier this year,…
Stingray: “The Biggest Threat to Cell Phone Privacy”
The ‘surveillance industry’ Soft Cloud Tech – In the past decade there has been a boom in the domestic ‘security industry,’ a proliferation of military-grade…
iDNA: Why Apple (and Google) Want Your Genetic Information
Soft Cloud Tech – Apple is turning smartphones into powerful tools for medical surveillance. Using the HealthKit platform, patients can send readings from home medical monitors to their…
Linguistic Analysis of Twitter Posts Can Predict Heart Disease
Soft Cloud Tech – When you connect your social media accounts to the first version of the Sherbit beta, you’ll be able to see a…
Facebook Partners With Shadowy ‘Data Brokers’ To Farm Your Information
“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” Soft Cloud Tech – Last month, researchers with the Belgian Privacy Commission conducted a comprehensive analysis of Facebook’s new Data Use Policy and…
How Does Verizon’s “Supercookie” Work?
Soft Cloud Tech – Last year, it was discovered that Verizon and AT&T had been quietly altering their customers’ web traffic to include a permanent, undeletable ‘supercookie’…