Microsoft’s Power BI visualizations go public with new ‘publish to web’ feature

Microsoft’s Power BI data visualization service is making it possible for companies to share their business information with the world in an interactive format. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

Seagate slapped with a class action lawsuit over hard drive failure rates

Seagate is facing a class action lawsuit over its 3TB consumer hard drives, which by some accounts have suffered unusually high failure rates. Check this article from PCWorld.com

Say goodbye to the socks: Evernote’s getting out of e-commerce

Two and a half years after Evernote announced that it would offer a suite of branded products through its own online retail store, the productivity company is walking away from the business of selling products like socks, messenger bags and wallets. Check this out from PCWorld.com

It begins: Microsoft starts ‘recommended’ rollout of Windows 10

Many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 will start seeing a more aggressive push to upgrade to Windows 10 in the coming days, as Microsoft starts to roll the new operating system out as a recommended update which will automatically download. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

Google’s Project Skybender uses drones to bring super fast Internet to the skies

If you follow Google relatively closely, you probably know about Project Loon, an effort to provide Internet access to those in rural areas or affected by natural disasters using LTE-equipped balloons. More of this article from PCWorld.com

The Current State of Ransomware – a new paper from SophosLabs

In the past year or two, one of our most popular technical topics, for all the wrong reasons, has been ransomware. Check out this new article from Sophos.com

Lumo Run shorts could help you become a better runner

When I say “wearable tech,” you probably think of things like smartwatches and fitness trackers. But wearables are about take a step beyond mere gadgets you strap to your wrist and become a part of the clothes you wear. More of this article from PCWorld.com