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• Cisco acquires IoT analytics company

  ParStream makes a database for crunching big data at the edge

• 57% of world’s population can't access the Internet

  Around 4.2 billion people or 57 per cent of the world's population do not have adequate access to the Internet, with the majority living in developing countries, a new report revealed.

• China intensifies Internet censorship ahead of military parade

  As China prepares to celebrate a new national holiday, the country has been tightening its grip over the Internet by squelching online rumors, and cracking down on tools that can circumvent its censorship.

• Google delays Project Ara testing to 2016

  Google is delaying initial testing for its modular smartphone, known as Project Ara, to 2016.

• Apple Pay now works with AmEx Corporate Cards

  As soon as Apple's mobile payment service, Apple Pay, launched last October, I tried to add all of my credit cards to the mobile wallet so I could test it out. Just as quickly, I was disappointed to learn that though American Express supported Apple Pay for some of its consumer credit cards, it did not work with AmEx Corporate Cards.

• Google tool helps homeowners decide on solar system purchase

  A new Google tool, called Project Sunroof, lets users enter their home address and gives them information related to the costs and savings of having a solar power system installed on their home.

• Slack cofounder: 'We didn't have a sense of the scale it could grow to'

  If there's anything Cal Henderson knows about, it's scaling technology to keep up with extremely rapid growth.

• Mozilla tests a true stealth mode for Firefox

  Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private.

• Collaboration now tops list of cloud computing drivers

  With cloud computing maturing, the competitive advantages provided by cloud adoption are declining, but not being in the cloud is turning into a serious disadvantage, according to a new report by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services.

• Fujitsu brainstorm room lets you write on the walls

  If you take the concept of the paperless office seriously, Fujitsu has a meeting room just for you.

• Apple, Intel cite gains in hiring women and minorities

  Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.

• 5 things you need to know about Google and Alphabet

  With <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> restructuring its business and <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2969273/it-industry/google-restructuring-could-rein-in-business-chaos.html">moving under the umbrella of new parent company Alphabet</a>, executives may be trying to get back some of their old start-up swagger.

• Microsoft updates Yammer to make working within groups easier

  Microsoft announced a smorgasbord of improvements to its Yammer enterprise social network today focused on helping people connect more easily with their teams.

• Seller of melanoma detection apps settles FTC complaint

  Smartphone users might be better off seeing a doctor than relying on a family of mobile apps to diagnose whether moles on their skin are cancerous.

• LG launching high-fidelity music download service

  LG Electronics is joining the high-quality audio delivery business with the launch of a service that can be used with premium smartphones.