(Source: News8000.com – WKBT) The UW System worked with the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative InformationTechnology Network (RWHC ITN), which is a consortium of rural not-for-profit healthcare providers, to apply for the funding. “UW’s educational offerings play a critical role in supplying the healthcare workforce we need now and in the future,” .
Read more ›The Security Risks of Logging in With Facebook
(Source: WIRED) In a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study published on Freedom To Tinker, a site hosted by Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, three researchers document how third-party tracking scripts have the capability to scoop up information from Facebook’s login API without users knowing. The tracking scripts …
Read more ›Tyler Technologies Inc. (TYL) Moves Higher on Volume Spike for April 19
(Source: Equities.com) Tyler Technologies Inc. has a P/B ratio of 7.4. It also has a P/E ratio of 53.5. Tyler Technologies Inc is a provider of integrated information management solutions and services to address the information technology needs in areas of operations for cities, counties, schools and other local government entities. Headquartered in …
Read more ›SAP, UCT collaborate on Next-Gen Lab
(Source: ITWeb) The Next-Gen Lab, a collaboration between SAP Next-Gen and UCT’s School of IT, incorporates the Department of Information Systems in the Faculty of … a launch pad to break beyond academic theory and gain real-life experience with the latest technology and business strategies,” says professor Ingrid Woolard, dean of …
Read more ›Get Greater Exposure to Communication With This Proposed ETF
(Source: Nasdaq) Not only this, the index will have a focus on Information Technology sector too. Media companies like Comcast Corp and Naspers Ltd, direct marketing retail companies like Netflix and TripAdvisor and IT companies like Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. will get an entry into the index and thus into the proposed fund (read: …
Read more ›Google Grant Helps Goodwill Add Advanced Tech Training
(Source: WFAE) Charlotte’s Goodwill Industries is expanding its free technology training program, called Goodwill University, thanks to a $300,000 grant from Google. The organization now will begin offering training in key certifications for information technologycareers. Until now, Goodwill University has offered training only in basic office …
Read more ›Russia is banning access to Telegram
(Source: Android Central) The order was filed by Roskomnadzor (AKA The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) and was approved by Russia’s court on April 13. Speaking to TASS News, Judge Yulia Smolina said –. The court decided to meet the requirements of Roskomnadzor, impose …
Read more ›Facebook Takes the Punches While Rest of Silicon Valley Ducks
(Source: New York Times) Google and Apple. Many tech companies understand that Washington’s renewed focus on privacy is likely to reach them soon, said Dean Garfield, head of the Information Technology Industry Council, a trade group representing the largest tech companies. “The tide has shifted,” he said. “I don’t think this is passing us by.”.
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