Web access marks start of five-year UN project to bring internet to everyone Image credit: catwalker / Shutterstock.com Facebook plans to bring the internet to refugee camps, believing technology can help them access aid and keep in touch with family. CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed his company would work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to bring connectivity to camps of people emigrating from countries hit by conflicts, such as Syria. “In the short term to address the current crises we will be working with UNCHR to bring the…

Storing data in the cloud has been getting cheaper and more flexible for years. The major cloud providers offer various options for storing data, with prices reflecting how often data is accessed, how much is stored, its availability and how it is backed up. The world’s biggest cloud infrastructure service provider, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has just broadened its storage options – revealing a new storage class for infrequently-accessed data. The addition to AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is called Standard: Infrequent Access storage. It provides a middle ground between…

Customer experience (CX) professionals worldwide are gearing up to take part in the third CX Day on October 6, at local and online events. CX Day is a global celebration of companies and people who are delivering highest-quality experiences to customers. CX Day was created by the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), the premier global non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and cultivation of the Customer Experience profession. Local and Corporate Events, Online Panels, Twitter Chats, Webcasts and Awards WAKEFIELD, Mass. – Sept. 16, 2015 ‒ CX Day celebrates the…

Sony Computer Entertainment is taking its virtual reality technology to a new level, and game developers are eager to follow. TOKYO -Project Morpheus, a headset compatible with SCE’s PlayStation 4, has yet to hit store shelves, but its latest prototype offers clearer, crisper images than any virtual reality device that has come before. Close to real SCE recently held a Project Morpheus demonstration event for journalists in Tokyo. Among the games on display, Bandai Namco Entertainment’s “Summer Lesson” was a particularly big crowd-pleaser. In the game, the player teaches Japanese…

Researchers from the two tech giants claim new headsets and more powerful phones are paving the way for brain-controlled smartphone apps.   Fancy calling your friends using the power of thought? One day there could be an app for that. Across the world researchers are developing smartphone apps that are controlled using brainwaves, according to an IBM and Xerox paper summarising the state-of-the-art in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). Applications include brain-driven software for dialling numbers, as well as for messaging and calling contacts. Rather than relying on a touchscreen tap to…