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Stiff is for Martinis. Skava Founder Talks Flexibility for Mobile
Just this morning Nokia revealed its ambitious plans for HERE, its mapping service, with cross-platform support and a penchant for the very device-compatible HTML5. It’s a flexible plan on Nokia’s part, setting the phone-maker’s sights on software and accessibility. That mentality is something Sudha Varadarajan would appreciate. As the founder of mobile development firm Skava, Varadarajan sees the necessity for ...
SugarSync Takes on Dropbox, Google Drive with Social Cloud Revamp
Cloud-based collaboration provider SugarSync just rolled out a major overhaul to its service, introducing a redesigned interface and a number of new features. The revamp is an effort to gain more of the consumer cloud market, which may not be as technical as enterprise cloud users or early adopters with tools like SugarSync, Dropbox or ...
Tableau’s Data Democratization: The New BI
Organizations around the world, cutting across every industry, are learning how to supplement their “gut feeling” with facts and figures, bringing new meaning to their business leaders’ decision-making processes. Technological advancements that can take into account historical data, internal transactions and employee logs have ushered in a new era of data analysis, and it’s empowering ...
For Pristine Logic, We Must Separate Data from the App Layer, says BDNA CEO Constantin Delivanis
We’re in the midst of a massive technological shift, where our electronics and their software are becoming self-aware. It’s a humanistic trait that characterized our emergence from the age of Enlightenment into Industrialization, discovering a common language in biology, chemistry and physics. It ushered in a new world of understanding, reshaping the way we think ...
How Samsung’s Rebranding Could Set them Apart from Apple
A couple years ago, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone that could see a day when Apple didn’t rule the mobile device scene. Lo and behold, someone rose up to the challenge and it’s munching away at Apple’s success. Who’s the culprit? Samsung Electronics Co. Reports from IDC state that more Android devices are ...
The Opportunity in Mobile OS Fragmentation, as One CEO Sees It
When we launched our DevOps vertical within the SiliconAngle network, we had no idea how dominant the mobile developer’s interests would become for our publication. The mobile arena has opened up a whole new world for businesses, developers, publishers and advertisers alike, and as a result we’ve seen countless startups and existing firms launching tools ...
Data Week: A New SXSW for the Sleek Geek?
When I first ventured into the world of online publishing, social media was the buzz term of the day. SXSW was the mecca of all things web 2.0, and you could feel the revolution under foot, freeing individual voices and empowering a consumer-driven era. Yet nothing’s grabbed my heart like data science, the underlying methods ...
In 5 Years Digital Pubs Will Rebuild for the Wired World, says Zinio CMO
With yesterday’s unveiling of the new iPad mini came an update for another Apple product: iBooks. It may not have seemed like the best setting for software update news, but the success of iBooks has been squarely attributed to the rise of the tablet. Mobility has impacted every consumer-driven industry in today’s market, including publishing. ...
iPad mini Price Disappoints. Is Apple’s Ecosystem Strong Enough to Fight the Fire?
The rumors were mostly right. At Apple’s Special Event today in San Jose, CA, the iPad mini was revealed. Its screen measures 7.85 inches diagonally, slightly bigger than its 7-inch rivals that have crafted their own market niche with “phablets.” As the holiday shopping season approaches, the iPad mini will round out Apple’s iDevice line ...
Would Schmidt Open Source iOS as Apple’s CEO?
By Kristen Nicole, Mellisa Tolentino and Saroj Kar In an interview with AllThingsD, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt stated that if he were to serve as CEO again at any company, he would choose Apple. Having once sat on Apple’s board, the company is near and dear to Schmidt, not to mention, Apple is where the ...