While visualizations have gotten plenty of attention as options for getting good stuff out of data, In-Q-Tel’s investment in Narrative Science suggests information in paragraphs could work too. Read more »
On this week’s audio podcast devoted to all things Chrome, we consider what Google might be announcing at a pair of upcoming Chrome Mobile events. We also tackle the most common Chrome OS question: “Is now a good time to buy a Chromebook?” Read more »
Heroku has rolled out a new feature to its Postgres database service that lets users write JavaScript functions within the database. The company says this makes it comparable to MongoDB. Read more »
On June 30, the Nextel iDEN service goes offline, sticking Sprint with a heck of a lot of network scrap. Sprint, however, isn’t just throwing it all in a dumpster behind Walmart. It will recycle whatever it can’t use. Read more »
Two out of five YouTube video views are coming from mobile devices in the U.S., and the video service is increasingly cashing in on these mobile views. Read more at paidContent »
Companies big and small are still spending money on networking and storage hardware, voice and conferencing systems, except they are not paying as much, thanks to a brutal price war down in the trenches. Read more »
Data silos impact how quickly and effectively CIOs can adopt new cloud apps like Salesforce.com, ServiceNow or Workday and connect them with on-prem apps like Oracle or SAP. Find out how an elastic integration approach can overcome this barrier as a powerful on-ramp to the cloud. Read more »
MBaaS player Kinvey says new integration will make it a snap for mobile developers to develop on Kinvey and deploy on Google App Engine, or vice versa. Read more »
Startup Whistle has designed an activity tracker that clips on to your dog’s collar, but its core offering is a cloud-based analytics service designed to quantify your pet’s health. Read more »
Berlin-based e-reading startup Readmill has added a free books section to its iOS app, and also announced partnerships with The Atavist, The Guardian and Livrada. Read more at paidContent »
San Francisco digital health accelerator Rock Health’s newest class includes startups developing apps for Google Glass, creating wearable sensors and building systems for self-diagnosis. Read more »
Don’t touch that dial! Or that remote. Researchers have worked out a way to use gestures to control your home devices using the Wi-Fi network and an embedded receiver in your router. Read more »
Google Glass will now see you better, even if you’re lurking in the shadows. A software update adds HDR photo support to improve the camera in both low and bright light settings. Read more »
And we’re off to the races again as SAP buys hybris, a Swiss e-commerce specialist, to expand its reach into a $37 billion market. Read more »
Bill Gates doesn’t invest in tech companies very often. But with ResearchGate, a firm that stands a real chance of improving the workflow of scientists around the world, you can see why he bit. Read more »
Digital magazine publishing platform Glossi rolled out new tools Tuesday, designed to let users create and distribute their magazines more easily. Read more at paidContent »
In this webinar, the panelists will explore the challenges exposed by BYOD and help sculpt a framework for evaluating the authentication and management tools available to secure employee-owned devices. They will also discuss how to tailor a BYOD strategy that works for your industry and corporate culture. Read more »
Pandora doesn’t want to deal with proprietary Smart TV platforms anymore, which is why the company is rolling out a standards-based web app for connected devices. Read more »
The next wave of computing will require new user interfaces, and gesture has proven to be a hot bet. Thalmic Labs, a Canadian startup, just scored $14.5M for its Myo armband. Read more »
Education startup Instructure has raised $30 million in a Series D round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and including Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures, EPIC Ventures and OpenView Partners. Read more »
Ayla Networks is the latest company to launch a platform for the internet of things. It scored $5.4 million in venture funding and has a Chinese customer already deployed. Read more »
CDN startup Fastly has scored a $10 million funding round, so CEO Artur Bergman updates us on its growth and its current architecture. What does it take to keep Fastly fast? Read more »
If FreedomPop can get this VoIP service off the ground it could become the first all-IP mobile operator, but the feisty MVNO has promised to launch voice in the past and failed to deliver. Read more »
Looking for recommendations for the perfect plumber or a cheerful contractor? Porch is launching on Wednesday, hoping to provide location-based home improvement info along with a social layer. Read more »
Just because it’s not a smartphone doesn’t mean it’s dumb. Norway’s Opera is bringing increasingly advanced functionality to its most low-end Mini browser, with version 4.5 boasting a privacy mode and download manager. Read more »
On June 4 IBM acquired cloud computing infrastructure provider SoftLayer. This report analyzes the deal and discusses how the greater IT ecosystem will be affected and the benefits and challenges IBM now faces. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Two Plex enthusiasts were able to bring the media center solution to the Apple TV, and their clever hack doesn’t even require users to jailbreak their device. Read more »
Exclusive to GigaOM: Over the next 12 months, T-Mobile USA will bolt thousands of new LTE antennas to its cell towers, utilizing a technique called 4X2 MIMO. It’s not LTE-Advanced, but it will create a faster and more resilient network. Read more »
Analyst firm PwC thinks that the U.S. trade ebook market will surpass the size of the print book market by 2017. Read more at paidContent »
New numbers from Netcraft show that the number of Amazon Web Services servers has exploded over the past 9 months. Read more »
In picking up ExactTarget, Salesforce.com is setting the new standard for reaching customers, but at a big cost. Here’s what the internet had to say about the deal on Tuesday. Read more »
Tuesday’s ITC ruling has been labeled a “final” decision but it won’t go into effect right away. It will be sent to the White House and the president can still overrule it. Read more »
Neither public shaming nor calls for reform from the highest level of government has dissuaded Intellectual Ventures from its massive patent lawsuit campaign against businesses large and small. Read more »
Foursquare co-founder Naveen Selvadurai isn’t just logging information about his weight, sleep and activity, he’s sharing the information openly with the hope that other developers will discover interesting ways to use it. Read more »
IBM and 10gen are collaborating on a standard that would make it easier to write applications that can access data from both MongoDB and relational systems such as IBM DB2. Read more »
Keyboard fans waiting for the BlackBerry Q10 can start pre-ordering the smartphone on AT&T’s network starting tomorrow. Finally: A hardware keyboard on a modern smartphone. Read more »
Less than a week before Apple will show us the next version of OS X, the company issues some key bug fixes for Mountain Lion. Read more »
Google executive Eric Schmidt believes the world needs a platform for data about us in aggregate, even as companies are still trying to decide if they want to expose data externally. Read more »
Social pressure influences everything in our lives from our habits to our clothing choices to the food we eat. It also can be harnessed as a power tool to reduce energy consumption in our homes. Read more »
Is there still a fragmenation issue with Android? Not so much based on the lastest figures from Google. Thank phone upgrades in conjunction with the smart Android strategy shown off at Google I/O. Read more »
