Would You Give Up More Privacy For Free Wi-FI? Facebook Thinks You Will

Mike Wheatley | June 19th

Now that we know about the NSA and PRISM, would you be willing to give up even more information about yourself to one of the spy program's alleged participants, in return for free Wi-Fi? Facebook...»

Mike Olson’s Legacy: Cloudera CEO Swap Signals Big Data’s Mass Appeal

Mellisa Tolentino | June 19th

Cloudera, a leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop, announced a shake-up in its executive lineup this week, starting from the top.

Cloudera CEO Mike Olson is being replaced by Tom Reilly, former

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Canonical Forms Carrier Group to Shape Ubuntu for Mobile OS

Mike Wheatley | June 19th

Ubuntu for smartphones looks beautiful, but it's going to have a tough fight on its hands to gain a foothold on a mobile market that's completely and utterly dominated by Android and Google....»

Sqrrl Enterprise Simplifies Big Data App Development in GA Release

Kristen Nicole | June 19th

The big bottleneck for Big Data is application development. Today developers of are getting some significant help with the GA release of Sqrrl Enterprise.

Sqrrl, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company commercializing Apache Accumulo, has added a number

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Google’s Search Carousel Now Available for US Desktop Users

Mellisa Tolentino | June 19th

In a blog post on Google+, the search giant announced that Google Search carousel will now be available for desktop users in the US.

The Search carousel feature was introduced in the Google

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Google Challenges FISA Gag Order To Protect Its Reputation

Mike Wheatley | June 19th

Google has just issued a legal challenge to the secret FISA court over its gag order that prevents it from being upfront with its customers over how many government data requests it receives....»

PBworks Launches Startup Accelerator Giveaway

Maria Deutscher | June 19th

PBworks, a San Mateo, CA-based provider of hosted collaboration solutions, announced that it will hand out free software licenses to startups that join the TechStars, 500 Startups, Acceleprise, DreamIT or Lemnos Labs accelerator program. Companies...»

Google Expands Chromebook Distribution, Resolves Shareholder Lawsuit | SiliconANGLE Daily News Roundup

Kristin Feledy | June 18th

Welcome to NewsDesk on SiliconANGLE TV for Tuesday June 18, 2013 here’s your SiliconANGLE daily round-up.

  • Another buy for Yahoo?

Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer could be close to another acquisition.  Rumors of a buyout of New York based

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Abhishek Mehta Discusses the Concept of Data Ownership

Maria Deutscher | June 18th

The controversy around the NSA’s recently exposed surveillance program has triggered an important public debate about user privacy and Big Data transparency, according to Tresata founder Abhishek Mehta. He provided his take on these...»

3 Reasons Yahoo + Others Want Mobile Video to Be Deeply Integrated in Our Everyday Interactions

Mellisa Tolentino | June 18th

Yahoo! is far from finished with its acquisitions as it tries to solidify its mobile web and consumer service model to survive this painful time of restructuring.

Yesterday, it was reported that Yahoo is offering $30-$40

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