Volkswagen brand CEO Herbert Diess put on a brave front for the beleaguered automaker at the car show outlining the new models and ideas which he hopes will propel the company onwards and upwards past the “dieselgate” scandal, hardly acknowledging the scandal. In a speech Diess barely hinted at the horrendous financial mess the company is in because it lied to U.S. regulators.

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The world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes and her diagnostics firm Theranos have come under scrutiny lately. In a setback, the FDA told Holmes in September 2015 that she was using an unapproved blood collection device.

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The so-called “Internet of Things” — meaning the way every device can be connected to transmit data and media — is omnipresent and have changed our lives undeniably for the better, but with a few sacrifices. The obvious, and most pressing, is privacy concerns — if you use an Android phone, chances are every step of your movement over the past however-many months/years have already been recorded onto Google’s database. Don’t believe me? Click here, pick a date, and be amazed/creeped out at seeing your entire day’s route mapped.

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Critically acclaimed writer Cameron Conoway explains the importance of empathy in leadership.

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The digital storage industry is moving to flash memory for primary storage. The EMC DSSD 5 and VMAX AFA are the latest demonstration of this sea change in enterprise storage technology. The high performance of flash based storage provides the storage performance needed for real time analytical data processing. Faster storage systems is driving the need for faster bandwidth storage networking and the introduction of the Brocade Gen 6 Fibre Channel Switch with up to 128 Gbps ports will make sure that storage networking won’t bottleneck flash-based storage systems.

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It may take an act of Congress to sort out the increasingly tangled mess between Apple Inc. and the Federal Bureau of Investigation — even though Apple just tried. It asked a federal court to throw out a judicial order compelling the Cupertino, Calif.-based technology juggernaut to help federal law enforcement unlock an iPhone used by a shooter in the San Bernardino terror attacks.

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Rumors from Japan suggest this fall’s “iPhone 7” may be the thinnest yet, perhaps 15% slimmer than the 6s. But it’s worrisome that Apple seems to be chasing form over function, trimming down without bulking up the battery. Overall, the rumored changes seem low on wow factor.

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Mac Otakara, a credible Japan-based Apple news blog, has revealed new rumors about the iPhone 7 — which is expected to be announced in September 2016. Mac Otakara has been credible in the past because it correctly predicted the development of an iPad mini back in 2012. Most of the rumors about the iPhone 7 were reaffirmed by Mac Otakara, but there is a contradiction against previous reports about an expected highly anticipated feature: a waterproof design.

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To prevent business reputation mining, create an environment that demands transparency, rewards high quality, and separates the source of media from the source of measurement.

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The FCC can’t leave well enough alone. For at least the fourth time, the agency is mandating new set-top box standards which, by the time they are ready, will be hopelessly out of date. Consumers will lose, not save. Again.

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