Microsoft won’t begin public testing its promised game streaming service until 2019, but the company already is doing work on the “intelligent cloud” piece of the infrastructure in anticipation of that offering. On October 8, Microsoft officials said via a blog post that “Project xCloud” would be available to external testers some time in calendar 2019. Microsoft officials (re)confirmed the… Read more →

Google announced it is shutting down the Google+ social network after the company’s engineers found an API bug that might have exposed some private profile data for more than 500,000 Google+ users. The bug was located in the Google+ People API The company said the bug was located in the Google+ People API. By default, Google+ users can grant access… Read more →

An academic study published last month shows that despite years worth of research into the woeful state of network traffic inspection equipment, vendors are still having issues in shipping appliances that don’t irrevocably break TLS encryption for the end user. Encrypted traffic inspection devices (also known as middleware), either special hardware or sophisticated software, have been used in enterprise networks… Read more →

Brazil’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Porto Seguro Conecta will end its operations. The initiative led by local insurance giant Porto Seguro was introduced in 2013 as an add-on to the company’s insurance products, with packages ranging from 5GB to 50GB. Telecom Italia’s Brazilian mobile operator TIM was the infrastructure provider for the service and will inherit the MVNO’s… Read more →

I’ve digitally ripped this post up multiple times. Every time I think I’ve got it down, I have to change something. For the most part, I think I now have it under control. And don’t sweat it, my Dreamforce coverage will be coming. I want to get this one out first. Also: Adobe buys Marketo: Who wins, who to watch… Read more →