The PaaS segment of the cloud computing market is hot. Just look at the ado VMware and Salesforce.com created with their VMforce announcement, or the attention Heroku is attracting with its Ruby-centric service. Could Amazon be the next cloud player to enter this market? Read More »
Archive for May 2010
Business Intelligence is a multibillion-dollar market made up of enormous software projects from the likes if various IT giants — think high barriers to entry, long enterprise sales cycles and expensive software licensing. But several cloud-based solutions are in the process of disrupting that market. Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend:
Demian Turner: “How To Setup a Facebook Page for Business”
CNET: “Microsoft: IE6 is past its expiration date”
TechDirt: “The Blurring Line Between Personal And Professional Activities”
In this week’s installment of our Five Questions interviews, the co-creator of lonelygirl15 and CEO of EQAL discusses the industry’s lack of imagination, location-based technology, the evil of the word “viral,” and what he might have done differently in making his seminal web series. Read More »
No matter if you consider Google’s shuttering the Nexus One online store a success or failure, the Android platform is growing at an astounding rate. Google’s tells us that 65,000 Android phones are shipping every day. Let’s compare it to two of its biggest rivals. Read More »
Facebook is facing an unprecedented crisis as the company’s efforts to weave its social network technology throughout the web’s entire fabric has gone wrong, erupting into a privacy nightmare. But Facebook has an opportunity to emerge from the privacy brouhaha it started even stronger than before. Read More »
The gap between AT&T and Verizon Wireless and the rest of the field is growing as budget-conscious users continue to eschew contracts in favor of bargain-basement prepaid services. The behemoths have made hardware the key differentiator, but how long will that strategy continue to work? Read More »
Sprint revealed pricing and timing for the EVO 4G phone. The most advanced Android phone to date will be available for $199 with a carrier subsidy. Adobe has taken time from its war of words with Apple to get ready for the Flash Player for Android. Read More »
Watch out, Justin.tv and Ustream: BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen is working on a new P2P protocol, and it’s all about live streaming. BitTorrent Inc. announced the new protocol for the first time this week, and it could release a first implementation as early as this summer. Read More »
If you missed our recent video interview with early-stage investor Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC, you’re missing out. Clavier dropped some wisdom about his approach to investing, the Internet startup climate, and the big opportunities he wants to fund next. Read More »
Apple’s success in mobile computing can be attributed to consumers who want fewer choices, according to a Forrester report released today. The report calls the proliferation of mobile apps “curated computing” and said it’s computing’s future. If true, it will change the industry significantly. Read More »
The Nazis fled Germany at the end of World War II, thanks to a secret space travel program, and settled on the moon. 70 years later, they’re ready to come back. That’s the premise of the collaboratively produced movie Iron Sky. Click through for first footage. Read More »
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