• FTC Chairwoman Optimistic that Congress Will Act on Data Privacy

  Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), said today that she believes there will be Congressional action to safeguard the rights of consumers in the handling and protection of their personal data.

  

• Smart Data Trumps Big Data in the Cloud Storage War between Dropbox, Box and MarkLogic, Salesforce

  Much of the conversation surrounding the cloud storage industry today is centered on managing the demands of big data. Yet the real story may well be how cloud technology vendors are moving to better search and organize the vast amount of data collected by Fortune 500 companies on a daily basis, and the potential problems this trend may cause for cloud storage firms such as Box or Dropbox.

  

• Beam Takes Video Conferencing to a New Level with Opening of First Store

  Suitable Technologies, a smart presence systems company, has opened what is believed to be the first retail outlet by a remote telecommunications enterprise to sell its video telepresence devices directly to consumers.

  

• 3D Technology Can Now Print Your Body Inside and Out

  In the past year, the 3D scanning and printing industry has made major advances to the point that the technology exists today to not only scan and print a model of the human body, but also the tissues inside that keep us alive.

  

• Apple Pay's NFC Technology in iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Could Have Big Impact on How We Buy

  When Apple announced this fall that the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus would have built-in "contactless" payment technology for smartphone users, the news sparked a major resurgence of interest in NFC (Near Field Communication) which powers this kind of transaction.