E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- March 15, 2016

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WhatsApp Case May Be New Encryption Battleground
HPE Floats Machine Learning in the Cloud
Microsoft Quashes Bitcoin Scare

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Today's Story Highlights

WhatsApp Case May Be New Encryption Battleground
A new front may have opened up between the Department of Justice and
Silicon Valley in the ongoing legal battle over government access to
encrypted data, this time involving WhatsApp, the electronic messaging
and voice system owned by Facebook. DoJ officials reportedly have been
debating how to proceed in a criminal case in which a court-ordered
wiretap has been hindered by WhatsApp encryption.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83237.html

HPE Floats Machine Learning in the Cloud
Hewlett Packard Enterprise last week announced the public availability
of its HPE Haven OnDemand Machine Learning as a Service. The Microsoft
Azure cloud-based platform provides more than 60 APIs and services that
deliver deep learning analytics on a variety of data, including text,
audio, images and video. Launched in beta in 2014, HPE Haven OnDemand
has more than 12,750 registered developers.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83233.html

Microsoft Quashes Bitcoin Scare
Micrososft on Monday withdrew a notice posted earlier in the day to its
Windows website, which declared that bitcoin currency no longer would be
accepted in its users' accounts. "We continue to support Bitcoin for
adding money to your Microsoft Account which can be used for purchasing
content in the Windows and Xbox stores," the company said. "We apologize
for inaccurate information."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/83232.html

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