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“Content” Refuels Google vs Bing War at SXSW 2011
SXSW 2011 has transformed into an unexpected battleground for two search engine titans. It’s still Google versus Bing, warring at the largest tech event in the United States. Although expectations of a bloody clash did not happen, it is very obvious that their predictable answers to queries are intended to stab the archenemy. A little over ...
RadiumOne Secures $33.5M, Scales Social Cloud
The pioneer in online ad network that leverages social data on the web via ShareGraph, RadiumOne just gained a hefty funding led by Crosslink Capital. The additional finances bring RadiumOne’s total funding amount to $33.5 million. This Series B round received participation from Adams Street Partners and Trinity Ventures as well. Gurbaksh Chahal, Founder and ...
Big Data and Warehouses Coexist, but Cost Widens the Gap
The tech community is faced with the truth that Big Data is now shaping IT economics. The recent Wikibon Peer Incite Research Meeting on Big Data came to the conclusion that data warehousing isn’t a thing in the past and may actually coexist with Big Data. However, enterprises will often look at a long-term effect. ...
Memolane is Your New Social Network Diary
Ever wonder if you can recover all the statuses you’ve made in Facebook, or all the tweets you tweeted? And then write a story of your life from the time you graduated from college, the day you got engaged, wed and gave birth? Thank heavens for the Eric Lagier, Harry Vangberg and Nikolaj Hald Nielsen, ...
In Time for SXSW 2011, Foursquare 3.0 Takes “Specials” Out of The Box
With unprecedented growth via “check-ins”, Foursquare now seizes more enormous opportunity ahead and launched Foursquare 3.0 just in time for the much-awaited event, SXSW 2011. This product was the result of leading location-based social network internal business model revamps. The new recommendation engine features three new and exciting things that include all-new analytics dashboard complete ...
Gaming Sees $70.1B Revenue in 2015, Thanks To Cloud
Arguably, the biggest revenue forecast that experts have unveiled is mobile gaming’s valuation of over $70.1 billion within the next five years, and it’s all thanks to cloud. The surge in demand for mobile game developers is predicted to explode with the periodical launches of smartphones and tablets in the coming years. The unstable economy ...
U.S., Far East and China Will Lead Mobile Entertainment to $54B Revenue in 2015
Powerhouses United States, China, Japan and South Korea have one huge thing in common; their mobile markets are changing the pace of the game. In 2015, Juniper Research is looking at a $54B explosion of the mobile entertainment that will be primarily driven by Chinese intense love for ringback tone, while Japan’s and South Korea’s ...
Spigit Comeback Comes through Facebook, with Real-Time Analytics
Like a dormant volcano, Spigit has been relatively quiet for some time, after its well-attended launch years back. But today, the company that helps business look for purpose in social media just announced the release of SpigitEngage for Facebook. The chief purpose of this new product is to integrate incentives, idea commencement, idea trade and ...
New TweetDeck iOS Puts You in Control
Your tool for customizing the way you use social media, TweetDeck just announced that they are releasing a new iOS really soon. This app is targeting iPhone and iPad users and is bound to be more exciting and a cut above the rest. Today’s TweetDeck blog hinted on details that users should expect of this ...
Western Digital’s Acquisition of Hitachi GST is Worth $4.8 Billion
It’s a done deal: Western Digital is purchasing its competition. Another enormous contract shocked the tech community as Western Digital (WD) hands over $4.3 billion in cash and stock transactions to complete the buy-out of Hitachi Ltd.’s major arm, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST). In this light, the union will pave the way for customer-centric cloud ...