Today Continuuity has announced another round of funding for $10 million for Series A investment. Some of the investors include: Battery Ventures, Ignition Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Amplify Partners and Data Collective The funds will be used so the company can accelerate product development and drive its go-to market strategy. “We’re excited to co-lead the Series ...

When you mention the name John McAfee, the first word that comes to mind is “anti-virus.” The man helped computers fight off digital parasites, saving computers from falling victim of lethal viruses and malware. He was a hero in the late eighties when he first created his anti-virus program and allowed users to download it ...

The term big data is a fairly new phrase that has been thrown around by companies as a marketing tool, promising to make our lives easier. You want to date, but not deal with having dinner with someone who doesn’t share a thing in common with you?  No problem—there are now dating sites that takes ...

Think Big Data seems to be the running theme at IBM’s IOD event this week, and Wikibon founder Dave Vellante, along with SiliconAngle founder John Furrier were able to speak with Tom Deutch, Program Director for Big Data at IBM about his thoughts on big data and what direction IBM is moving toward during Big ...

We caught up with actor/film maker Jason Silva at IBM IOD at Data Week in NYC today, where he speaks on big data and how it’s changing the world. Silva mentioned how the divide between user and tool disappears as computers rapidly develop. According to Silva, “we are all part of a co-evolving system that ...

The rapid expansion of mobile Internet use has made the ability to collect contextual details like location for personalizing content almost a requirement for website owners. Users expect localized search results and regularly share details of their whereabouts with social sites from Instagram to Yelp. Many sites and services rely on Google Maps to provide interactive mapping features, but they ...

Typically the air is calm and quiet after a storm. The only noise in the background is the thunder’s rumble slowly fading away. The musky smell of rain fills the air as the rain clouds fade from the sky. For iCloud messaging, the sky remained a jumbled, cloudy mess after an outage left roughly 200 ...

Acer was scheduled to announce a smartphone for China that runs on Aliyum, which was developed by Alibaba, the large Chinese e-commerce outfit. The press were eagerly waiting outside  by the doors for the Shanghai press conference hosted by both companies to start, but were disappointed. At the last minute, the Acer CloudMobile A800 launch was ...

Healthcare is currently a hot topic. New legislation, mandates to digitize information and more consumer familiarity with technology means there are lots of opportunities for new ideas and profit. A number of healthcare-as-a-service offerings are appearing in the market, but  are still significant questions and concerns about taking healthcare to the cloud. Cloud security, cloud encryption and HIPAA ...

The National Institute for Standard Technology (NIST) finally released its official definition of cloud computing last year. However, it’s obvious that more than a little confusion still exists about what technology exactly is and is not.  Gartner hopes to clear that up for you. The firm has released a list of of common misconceptions about the ...