Linksys upgraded one of their top routers, the WRT1900. The latest version is called WRT1900ACS. This is the second installment with faster processors and faster results. The 2.4GHz band has a theoretical throughput of 600 Mbps, while the 5.0GHz band has a theoretical throughput of 1300 Mbps. Here’s one good review from PCWorld.
Archives for October 2015
Starbucks, Chili’s and KFC Will Accept Apple Pay
Apple just got a giant boost for the use it’s mobile payment system called Apple Pay. Starbucks, Chili’s and KFC will start accepting Apple Pay in the next few months. Starbucks has 7500 stores, Chili’s has 1263 restaurants, and KFC has 4491 outlets in the United States alone.
Dell Acquires EMC for $67 Billion
Dell has acquired EMC Corporation for the amount of a whopping $67 billion dollars. As a result, Dell has now doubled the size of its data centers due to the EMC acquisition. Was EMC worth it all that money? It does have a take of a bad marriage, mainly because Dell paid too much money. Second, as a cloud service provider, EMC is competing with Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, Google Cloud Computing and many others. The competition is stiff. Will EMC bring value to Dell? Time will tell.