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Netflix Has Been Secretly Slowing Down Videos on Mobile
This may come as a shock, but your beloved Netflix is responsible for your slow streams on mobile, not your loathsome wireless carrier.
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Video: How the iPhone Serves as Copilot for the Blind
Exploring the ways in which universal accessibility is integrated into smartphones.
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GSA ‘Improperly’ Offered Email Services to Peace Corps for Free
A new audit found that GSA did not obtain the necessary approval to do so.
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Audit finds improprieties in GSA/Peace Corps cloud email pilot
A deal between the General Services Administration and the Peace Corps to provide cloud email might have run afoul of funding laws, according to GSA's inspector general.
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Has DOD hit its limit on sharing spectrum?
A new DARPA challenge seeks to help defense and commercial wireless users cohabitate on airwaves, but DOD's CIO warns "there is a physical limitation to how fast we can move" to free up frequencies.
Digital Government
HHS Official: Social Media Listening a ‘Routine’ Part of Emergency Response
Response teams might scan tweets to see which geographic areas need resources during a natural disaster.
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TRANSCOM wants an IT service 'library'
TRANSCOM's Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber Systems Directorate is in the early stages of adopting an IT "infrastructure library" of best practices to improve the directorate's IT service management.
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Coming soon: A faster FedRAMP
The director of the FedRAMP cloud service authorization program offered a preview of what's on tap for the coming reboot.
Cybersecurity
Someone is Breaching HealthCare.gov, But It's Not a Hacker
Of the 300-some reported security incidents that have impacted HealthCare.gov and supporting machines, there was a single malicious intrusion, according to federal auditors.
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Video: Want to Recycle Your iPhone? This Robot Will Do it For You
Apple hopes its newest employee can have a positive impact on the environment.
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Wi-Fi for soldiers almost a reality
Later this year the Army will be deploying Wi-Fi capability to its soldiers. Meet the man who made it happen.
Digital Government
An Israeli Firm Is Helping the FBI Unlock That iPhone
Cellebrite makes a product called the UFED Touch billed as being able to “extract, decode and analyze evidentiary data” from a range of mobile phones.
Digital Government
Lawmakers: Who Safeguards Health Care Data from Cyberthreats?
While fitness trackers and calorie-counting apps might help patients manage their wellness, “who has access to all of this data, and is it being stored securely?” asked Jessica Rich, director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
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Halvorsen not satisfied with data center savings
DOD is "taking steps to aggressively drive more savings" than the projected $1.8 billion through fiscal 2018, DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen told lawmakers March 22.
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