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Facebook Launches Social Search – Called Graph Search
Update: I just spoke with Mark Zuckerberg right after the event and asked him what the tech was involved in this new big search plan. He told me that Facebook built their own system, called Unicorn, and it will have two strategies for this front end to handle the queries and natural language as well ...
Cloud Trends: Can Amazon Shed the Low End Image of Shadow IT in the Enterprise
Research study report from the team at Wikibon.org goes in-depth on Amazon’s Web Service (AWS) plans to attack the enterprise market. Can Amazon win in the enterprise? SiliconANGLE and Wikibon are on the case. Here is a detailed report from Wikibon.org – a must read if you are looking at Amazon in the enterprise market ...
How Many Angel Investments? This is Moneyball of VC Trend
{Guest Post: This is a guest post from Kevin Dick , cofounder of Right Side Capital Management, an emerging algorithmic early stage “moneyball” venture capital firm. Kevin has two degrees from Stanford and has been a founder of multiple successful tech startups.} As regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of the AIPP data set collected by Rob ...
Breaking: EMC Ventures Executive Shawn Douglass Joins ServiceMesh as CTO
Changes at EMC Ventures are happening big time. We saw Pat Gelsinger put his stamp on EMC now VMware. Paul Maritz was sitting at EMC ventures cooking up his next “meal” – the Pivotal Initiative. Of course there was the big Nicira acqusition by EMC VMware. Lots happening there at EMC VMware et al. Now ...
In Memory of Aaron Swartz: Take a Step Back – The Aaron Swartz Raw Nerve Essays
To understand Aaron Swartz is to read his last few essays. I found Aaron Swartz’s series of essays called RawNerve. I am reposting his first entry called Take a step back which this repost of his original post that introduced the his new series, Raw Nerve from this past year. The full series is here: Raw ...
Aaron Greenspan is Creating Aaron Swartz Memorial Grants
Death of Aaron Swartz is causing outpouring of feelings (see story) never seen in decades and even the family is establishing foul play (see story). Now we are seeing financial support from the community of internet citizens. Aaron Greenspan, the entrepreneur and writer of the Lost Chapter an essay that tells the real story about ...
Family of Reddit Cofounder Aaron Swartz Says Massachusetts and MIT Contributed to his Death
The family of Internet freedom fighter and social activist hero Aaron Swartz put out an official statement. Our beloved brother, son, friend, and partner Aaron Swartz hanged himself on Friday in his Brooklyn apartment. We are in shock, and have not yet come to terms with his passing. Aaron’s death is not simply a personal ...
Cofounder of Reddit and Internet Freedom Fighter Commits Suicide After Hacking MIT – The Net Mourns
Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit and online activist, hangs himself in New York City last night. At the moment the Internet community is having a virtual wake. Aaron was a young star in the tech community who was known for doing the right things for good not money. Apparently on some bogus government shakedown by ...
Big Data Alert: Hadoop Summit 2013 Registration Now Opens
Hadoop Summit 2013 (hadoopsummit.org) registration now open. This year Hadoop Summit will continue to focus on the technology innovation driving the business of Big Data. SiliconANGLE Wikibon will be live streaming again with theCUBE. Here are the videos from Hadoop Summit 2012 – lots of great conversations from the Hadoop ecosystem thought leaders – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5ABFCADFA347D8E3 ...
IBM Services Chief Steps Down As Rivalries Ramp Up
Mike Daniels, an executive who played a prominent role in IBM’s services strategy and came very close to becoming the company’s CEO in 2011, has left the company. The Register reports that he has retired. Daniels, who joined Big Blue in the 70s’ after earning his bachelor’s degree in political science, climbed up the corporate ladder ...