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Featured Articles » A Creeping World of Voice-Enabled Cloud Surveillance We live in a world where Amazon will "use stocking stuffers to take over your home," in the words of a CNET article, on the same week FBI director James Comey defends putting tape over his computer's webcam. What is wrong with this picture? We are on a steep (and getting rapidly steeper) slope to a cloud-enabled world of surveillance, the dark side (with apologies to The Dark Web) of an always-on, always listening world of voice-enabled devices. » Why HP Inc. is Moving to Consolidate Printer Market This week HP bought Samsung's printer business which may seem anything but a no-brainer because the printer market has been in decline for the last decade. Why would you buy a declining business? There is actually method behind this seeming madness and it comes down to where the firm is in the market, where the profit is and how fast the market is declining. » Reports Note That Banks Are Implementing, VCs Are Funding Blockchain Bitcoin and blockchain technology companies attracted $290 million in venture capital funding in the first half of 2016, according to a study from Juniper Research. » The Darwinian Approach to Business Survival At its core, business mirrors evolution-it is survival of the fittest. In an economy that is uncertain and unpredictable, it is more important than ever to ensure your company can survive. » Have We Hit Peak Phone? If Apple's biggest excitement from the latest iPhone announcement this week is adding dual-cameras and ditching the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, what is wrong (so to speak) with this picture? The bigger problem may not be with Apple as much as the market and cellphone industry. Has the era of Peak Phone arrived? » Corning Takes the Fight to Sapphire on Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 The death match between Corning and Sapphire heated up last week when Corning, responding to both the threat and opportunity Sapphire has been exploring, came up with a product that seems to have the flexibility of glass and the scratch resistance of a jewel. And it took the fight to Sapphire by showing up on the new Samsung Galaxy Gear S3, which arguably is closer to Steve Jobs' model than the Apple Watch is. Featured Resources » Colocation: The Essential Buyer's Guide » Risk to Consumers, Public Safety and National Security » The New Help Desk: TeamSupport Enables Businesses to Better Understand Their Customers » The Power of One - Vodafone Pulls It All Together to Make M2M Work Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. FOLLOW TECHZONE360   FEATURED MAGAZINES FEATURED EVENTS

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