SpaceX satellite launch is a potential game-changer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new SpaceX rocket will attempt its "toughest" mission Monday with a twilight launch of a type of satellite rarely seen around here anymore — one not owned by the U.S. government.
The planned 5:37 p.m. liftoff would be the company's first of an upgraded Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, after a test launch in California, and the first launch of a commercial communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in four years.

Why cloud security requires multiple layers

(Editor's note: In this guest essay, Rajiv Gupta, founder and CEO of Skyhigh Networks, explains why layers of security are vital to protecting Internet cloud services.)
The digital universe containing our photos, videos, movies, banking data, health data, tax statements and more is doubling roughly every two years.

Bayers: Time to retire term 'cloud computing'

When we want to convey uncertainty or confusion, we often lean on words and phrases that make us sound like TV weathercasters — our outlook is hazy, it is obscured by mist, it is lost in the fog. Which makes it curious that vast swaths of the technology world these days are obsessed with marketing themselves as savvy about "cloud computing" — because nothing is cloudier than what the phrase itself means, or which companies are best poised to exploit it.

Struggling BlackBerry shakes up management

BlackBerry's chief operating and chief marketing officers are leaving, the latest shakeup in management following the company's decision to take itself off the market.
Kristian Tear, BlackBerry's COO, and chief marketing officer Frank Boulben will step down, while James Yersh will take over as chief financial officer. Former CFO Brian Bidulka will stay on as a special advisor to CEO John Chen until the end of the fiscal year.

Social stocks battered; Twitter below $40

Following a hot start after the launch of its initial public offering, Twitter shares have dipped below $40 as stocks in social media companies are plunging in Monday trading.
Twitter is down nearly 5% to $39.05 in midday trading. Facebook shares have sunk 4%, while recommendations service Yelp has dropped 8%.
Monday's decline in social stocks arrives as the Nasdaq broke through the 4000 mark for the first time since September 2000. Companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Yelp trade on the Nasdaq, while Twitter trades on the New York Stock Exchange.

Google chairman offers guide on switching to Android

Guides for making the switch from the iPhone to Android smartphones can be found with a quick Web search. But it's not often readers will spot one from the chairman of Google.
Eric Schmidt is using his Google+ profile to promote the company's popular operating system through a four-step guide for transitioning away from the iPhone.

Google chairman offers guide on switching to Android

Guides for making the switch from the iPhone to Android smartphones can be found with a quick Web search. But it's not often readers will spot one from the chairman of Google.
Eric Schmidt is using his Google+ profile to promote the company's popular operating system through a four-step guide for transitioning away from the iPhone.