Hadoop World is Coming: Event Agenda

Kyt Dotson | September 14th

Cloudera, Inc. is announcing the event agenda for Hadoop World, with some exciting presentations listed,

Below is listed only a few of the topics these presentations will cover:
  • MapReduce and parallel database systems,
  • Hadoop image processing for
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Gilt City Launching New “Local Sales” Site

Kyt Dotson | September 14th

Local markets have long looked for a way to draw in nearby customers through street coupons, inserts in local newspapers, and local mailer campaigns. With social networking and the addition of localization to the Internet, companies like Gilt...»

David Flynn Sees Flash as Memory, not Storage, and Created Fusion-io to Make It So

Bert Latamore | September 14th

“You have to ask yourself, ‘What would I do if I had a system with terabytes of memory and didn’t have to wait for all the data cached in that memory to get restored after...»

Crowdsourcing Receives a Giant Boost as uTest Gets $13M Investment

Kyt Dotson | September 14th

uTest, a crowdsourcing company that does in-the-wild mobile app testing, has just finished a strong series C investment round raking in almost $13M. The round has been lead by their primary investor, Scale Ventures, but past investors...»

Nokia World Opens with 4 New Smartphones, Tackles the Apple, Android “Thing”

Kristina Farrah | September 14th

“Nokia is back!” This was a declaration in the opening of Nokia World event in London this week. The unveiling of four Symbian smartphones N8, C6, C7 and E7 was witnessed by 3,000 participants. Niklas...»

Verizon’s V CAST Apps Store To Offer Android, Blackberry Apps

Kyt Dotson | September 14th

Verizon’s new Android app store, V CAST Apps, is set to launch soon and they’re already accepting submissions for Android apps. Developers should be enticed to this particular portal—totally separate from the Google Android Market—as...»

What’s Up with Gmail on Android Phones?

admin | September 14th

G-Mail has trekked through huge chunks of the international web 2.0 demographics since its early birth, and has taken over them with all the pride and glory so characteristic to Google. With Smart phones...»

Microsoft, Google Already Testing TV White-Space for Broadband Use

Kyt Dotson | September 14th

The FCC has only barely set pen to paper on licenses for using TV white-space and already the corporate information sharks are moving in. While the formal white-space license rules are still being finalized,...»

Intel Tags $30M for US Startups, Including Joyent’s PaaS Cloud Offering

Kristen Nicole | September 14th

Intel is on a spending spree, dedicating $30 million to four U.S. investments. In an aim to “foster entrepreneurship,” Intel’s global investment organization has set its sights on the states. The four companies...»