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Why Foxconn Was the Biggest Thing in Consumer Tech in 2012
What were the biggest events in consumer tech for 2012? NewsDesk host Kristin Feledy finds out, in her interview with SiliconANGLE founding editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins. The discussion covered a lot of ground, from the fuss around Foxconn working conditions in China to fair trade from the Apple perspective (full interview below). Hopkins first addresses ...
Mint’s 10 Commandants for Savvy Black Friday Shopping
Personal finance site Mint just published a new infographic that offers its users a few tips on how to deal with shopping season fervor without breaking the bank. The chart (see below) covers ten bulletins that consumers should check before heading out to stores. Mint’s first recommendation for shoppers is moderation: avoiding items that you won’t end ...
Clean Tech, Data Journalism the Top Trends for Big Data in 2012
Big Data was undoubtedly a hot topic in 2012, reaching full effect as a bubbling mainstream interest. In part two of his interview on NewsDesk, SiliconAngle founding editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins covers this major highlight of 2012, noting the trend’s very positive impact on many industries, and adoption is spreading across even more verticals as ...
WiiU Launch Recap: The Good, the Bad and the Gimmicky
Nintendo unveiled its WiiU next generation gaming console this week, and the reviews are pouring in. The good The platform, which already sold out in the US, is considerably better than its processor. The gamepad has been touted as “more luxurious” than the Wii’s, and the console itself features USB and SD card compatibility as ...
Big Data Review: A Fresh Round of Product Updates, Investments
The biggest highlights in big data these past seven days included a couple of major announcements from SAP and Jaspersoft, as well as a big milestone for the NoSQL community and even bigger funding round for Continuuity. In addition to launching new solutions and adding Windows 8 support to a few of its existing BI ...
The Cloud Review: Big Investments, File Sharing Buzz
The past week had a few interesting updates, most notably that two vendors not known at all for veering away from their core markets made a couple of big investments in the cloud. First is Oracle. The database giant acquired a minority stake in Engine Yard, a PaaS service for web applications, just a month ...
HP Stock Falls to $11 After Q4 Autonomy Controversy
Hewlett-Packard’s stock plummeted 14 percent to a 10-year low of $11.54 this morning after the manufacturer posted financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012. SiliconANGLE Founder and Editor in Chief John Furrier has the scoop on what happened and when it happened – here. HP posted non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.16, more ...
Another Win for Apache Hadoop: WANdisco Buys AltoStor for $5M
Another win for Apache Hadoop. WANdisco acquired AltoStor, a Silicon Valley-based big data startup, for $3.6 million in cash and another $1.5 million in cash that will exchange hands once the deal goes through. The full release can be found here. WANdisco is publicly traded provider of clustering software that lists Disney, Wells Fargo, Lockheed and ...
Cisco Buys Networking Firm Meraki for $1.2B Acquisition
Cisco’s been on a shopping spree lately as the networking space aggressively takes on a rapidly transitioning demand for mobile connectivity. The industry leader acquired privately-held networking firm Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash, according to a release that went out this morning. The San Francisco-based startup sells switches, enterprise wifi, and management services to ...
EMC Gets Aggressive with Cloud Services Portfolio, Bundles with More Partners
Capgemini and EMC are offering government agencies a fully managed technological offering that couples the storage vendor’s technology with Capgemini’s outsourcing services. The two firms announced the solution at EMC’s Momentum conference last week. The joint venture, which goes by the name of Case-as-a-Service, is based on EMC’s Documentum, Captiva and Document Sciences software. It ...