Articles by John P. Mello Jr.

Digital transformation has become a prime focus for retailers these days. In order to grow, brick-and-mortar stores realize they must use their digital touchpoints to enhance their customers' in-store experiences Online retailers recognize they need to separate themselves from the pack through faster and more informative shopping experiences. And o...

Amazon has scooped up mesh WiFi network maker Eero, the home network company known for making an easy-to-set-up product that can blanket a home with high-quality WiFi. Amazon announced the deal Monday night but did not disclose any financial details....

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at boosting artificial intelligence research and development in the United States The order sets up the American AI Initiative, which instructs federal agencies to move projects involving artificial intelligence to the top of their priority lists....

The next upgrade of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 12.2, will come with an annoying surprise for virtual and augmented reality developers It will block Web access to the accelerometer and gyroscope in Apple mobile devices by default, Digiday reported Monday....

Google on Monday announced two new Android applications designed to make life easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing people One of the apps, Live Transcribe, turns live speech into real-time captions by using a phone's microphone; the other, Sound Amplifier, improves a phone's sound output....

Apple on Tuesday blocked a Facebook app that paid users for total access to all network data passing through their mobile phones The controversy over use of the Facebook Research app first was reported by TechCrunch, which revealed that Facebook was paying users US$20 a month for root network access to their phones....

Apple on Monday suspended its Group FaceTime application following reports that a bug in the software allowed callers to eavesdrop on the people they were calling The flaw let a person making a FaceTime call listen through the phone of the person called before the call was accepted or rejected....

A "Netflix for Games" type of service may be in Apple's future. Apple has been developing a subscription service that will function for games much like Netflix does for movies and TV series, according to a Cheddarreport It's still unclear what the subscription fee would be or what kinds of games would be offered on the service, noted Cheddar, whic...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday filed a court action against Oracle for underpaying non-white male employees by as much as US$400 million "Oracle suppressed starting salaries for its female and non-White employees, assigned them to lower level positions and depressed their wages over the years they worked for Oracle," states an amendment to...

Google must remove search results about medical regulators' conditional suspension of a Dutch physician in the first "right to be forgotten" case of its kind in the European Union After Google and Dutch data privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens rebuffed the doctor's initial attempts to get disciplinary actions purged from online search resu...

Facebook on Monday began rolling out a new feature that's bound to charm the political activists among its users Called "Community Actions," it lets Facebook members create an action page where they can describe what they'd like done, and set up a button that like-minded members can click to show their support, TechCrunch reported Sunday....

Authorities can't force people to unlock their biometrically secured phones or other devices, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday "The Government may not compel or otherwise utilize fingers, thumbs, facial recognition, optical/iris, or any other biometric feature to unlock electronic devices," Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore wrote in a...

Samsung is expected to unveil its new lineup of flagship smartphones on Feb. 20 at a Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco, and the rumor mill has been operating on overtime It's believed three new Galaxy S10 models will be announced at the event, as well as a folding phone. Banners promoting Unpacked are using the phrase "Unfolding the Future" as...

Powerful technologies like deep data, artificial intelligence and quantum computing should be introduced into society carefully, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty declared in Tuesday's keynote address kicking off CES in Las Vegas "These tools are so powerful they will solve some of the most enduring problems -- like food safety, waste," she said, "but like all...

Apple movies and music are coming to Samsung Smart TVs this spring Samsung's 2019 Smart TVs will support iTunes Movies and TV Shows, and Apple AirPlay 2, Samsung said Sunday at CES in Las Vegas....

AT&T plans to activate its 5G network in parts of 12 U.S. cities, the company announced Tuesday Under the plan, a select group of users will receive a 5G hot spot that connects to AT&T's 5G+ network, with service starting this Friday.

AT&T plans to activate its 5G network in parts of 12 U.S. cities, the company announced Tuesday Under the plan, a select group of users will receive a 5G hot spot that connects to AT&T's 5G+ network, with service starting this Friday.

AT&T plans to activate its 5G network in parts of 12 U.S. cities, the company announced Tuesday Under the plan, a select group of users will receive a 5G hot spot that connects to AT&T's 5G+ network, with service starting this Friday.

Chinese sellers have been using a number of underhanded techniques to boost their global rankings and profits on Amazon, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Grabbing the high ground on a search results page is critical for any seller trying to rise above the din created by the more than 500 million products offered on Amazon, which is why som...

Google is not working on a bespoke search engine that caters to China's totalitarian tastes, and it has no plans to develop one, CEO Sundar Pichai told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday "Right now, we have no plans to launch in China," he told members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee at a public hearing on Google's data collection, use and fil...