Amazon’s streaming data service, Kinesis, is now available
The service, announced in November as a tool for customers who want to process data in a timely fashion, gives Amazon a rival to Apache Storm.
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Twitter open sources Storm-Hadoop hybrid called Summingbird
Twitter has open sourced a “streaming MapReduce” system called Summingbird that makes Hadoop and Storm play nicer together so applications that require both batch and stream processing can do their jobs with as little complexity as possible.
Twitter’s human-powered search is the present and future of AI
Twitter’s use of actual human intelligence to make sense of its search results, points to the mundane reality that even with machine learning and lots of data, sometimes humans are the best source for insights — something those trying to create artificial intelligence should remember.
14 Tips for Remote Working in Winter Weather
Let’s face it, we could still get more nasty weather before the winter is over. If you must work, then you might as well be prepared. So I’ve collected some resources that may be helpful to those of us who work remotely.
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Verizon Has Sold 1 Million BlackBerry Storms
Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has sold 1 million BlackBerry Storms since launching the handset on Nov. 21, spokesperson Brenda Raney told moco…
BlackBerry Storm Sales “Promising” But Not Spectacular
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) were pitting it as their iPhone killer, but the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm has sold only 500,000 u…
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Reviewers Get Earful After Calling The BlackBerry Storm Buggy; But User Complaints Keep Coming
Following The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) review of the BlackBerry Storm that pegged the highly anticipated touchscreen as a “dud,” reviewer…
RIM Lowers Outlook; Response to Storm “Exceptional”
In a surprise announcement late Tuesday, Research In Motion lowered its profit and revenue outlook for the third quarter, with Co-Chief Exec…
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Reports: Fixes Are Coming For The BlackBerry Storm Bugs
Research In Motion is doing all it can to fix some of the early glitches found in the BlackBerry Storm and keep consumers from wanting to re…
Blackberry Storm Drenched In Bugs; NYT’s Pogue Calls It A
Hundreds of people waited in line last week to get their hands on the Blackberry Storm, the first touchscreen device from Research In Motion…
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How the iPhone Should Have Made the Blackberry Storm Launch Easier
There have been a lot of reviews lately regarding the new Blackberry Storm. I summarized a few myself, but things haven’t improved…
The Storm Arrives: Is It Just A Drizzle?
The Blackberry Storm will be available on 11/21 in the U.S. It’s getting some early reviews and they’re a mixed bag. Will…
