Big Data has been at the forefront of many vendors’ agendas lately. Perhaps no one has been leading the charge as vocally as Cloudera, but the question now is when Cloudera’s stewardship and alliances will result in it getting snatched up by a large vendor. Read More »
Archive for September 2010
Twilio, a web-based VoIP development platform, is going to get a boost, thanks to one of its investors: Dave McClure and his fund, 500 Startups. Twilio, a San Franciso-based startup, allows web-app developers to add voice-related functionality to their web apps. Read More »
Steve Jobs promised the second generation Apple TV, announced at the last Apple event, would ship within four weeks. This being the fourth week, it’s not surprising to see reports appearing citing charges to credit cards, which suggests shipments are imminent. But are apps, too? Read More »
Are you the type of person who collects bookmarks from all over? Ever wish you could do something more useful with those bookmarks? Licorize can add context to bookmarks, to turn them into projects, ideas, notes and more that you can share with your team members. Read More »
Starbucks is taking a tip from its users and designing its upcoming web landing portal Starbucks Digital Network to be optimized for mobile devices. The site will be built in HTML5, use touch and swipes and will be optimized for iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices Read More »
Despite some early enthusiasm for TV Everywhere from select networks, it has been slow to catch on in the last 18 months. One reason for that, according to some execs, is that there’s no real business model for distributing content online through an authenticated service. Read More »
Verizon Wireless is forging ahead with plans to change how it prices mobile broadband data, but isn’t yet sharing the details. Unless there are any surprises, however, there are only a few options or combinations of such options that the carrier will likely offer for LTE. Read More »
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s reported pledge to donate $100 million in stock to Newark schools has sparked a heated debate over the valuation of the company, which has been estimated at $33 billion. Some argue this is absurd, but the truth is not quite that simple. Read More »
The UI of Netflix on the Wii is going to get a major revamp: Netflix has started to send out new Wii discs to a limited number of subscribers that feature, amongst other things, search and browse buttons to explore the entire Watch Instantly catalog. Read More »
Join Facebook, Microsoft, and Zynga at Virtual Goods Summit, Oct. 12-13 in San Francisco. With estimates suggesting this market will grow from $1 billion in 2009 to $1.6 billion in 2010, this is a must-attend event for those in the games, social media, and entertainment spaces. Read More »
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