Industry News - Week of Feb. 26, 2018
U.S. intelligence issues phone warnings; Google gets IoT help from LogMeIn; Exploring Android-KTX; Self-piloted drone; 20th anniversary of open source software
Huawei, ZTE Phones a Threat to US Telecom Networks
Officials from the CIA, FBI, NSA and other U.S. agencies have issued a warning not to use phones or services from these Chinese companies.
Google Buys a Piece of LogMeIn for IoT
For $50 million, Google gets the analytics and data storage components of LogMeIn's Xivley IoT platform.
Robotic Scanner Knows Where to Look
The Institute for Computer Graphics Research in Germany is developing a 3D scanner that goes well beyond the "circles and mesh" methods of today.
Joe Birch, an Android developer at social media company Buffer, explores Google's Kotlin extensions.
Artificially Intelligent Drone Flies Itself
Autonomous drone from Skydio, a Silicon Valley startup, uses 13 cameras and a powerful processor to understand its surroundings.
Happy 20th Anniversary, Open Source Software
Open-source industry veteran Simon Phipps looks back at the two-decade climb of the open source movement and ahead to what comes next.
Edward Correia
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