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Evernote and 1DollarScan Bring E-Reading to the Personal Cloud
Digital scanning service, 1DollarScan, announced their full integration with Evernote, the service that lets users save and remember everything. The integration makes 1DollarScan the first of its kind to have full integration with a major web brand, and both companies can benefit from the partnership. 1DollarScan is a scanning service targeted towards individuals, hence the ...
Getting Ready for VMworld 2012
Things are getting busy in the SiliconAngle newsroom as we gear up for VMworld next week (August 27-30), one of the biggest events we cover annually. There’s building expectations around VMworld 2012, as EMC and VMware combine forces for a flash-focused storage and services strategy that truly appeals to the channel partners. Did we mention ...
Data as the Common Language: CEO Series with MuleSoft’s Greg Schott
The world has seen a huge shift in the way software is created and utilized. No longer does a company need an in-house team devoted to building software–an entire industry has emerged around SaaS, offering turnkey solutions that address a growing pool of very specific problems. Indeed, there is an app for that, even in ...
Springpad and Snooth Make Fine Foodie Pairings
The beauty of curation is the context that builds around your collections, and it’s a social development made popular by the likes of Pinterest, Evernote and to some extent Facebook. One company was built with contextualized curation in mind is Springpad, launching another update today for foodies. If you’ve ever saved a recipe to Springpad, ...
Cloud’s Biggest Impact on Mobile? SOASTA CEO Shares His Vision
It’s easy to overlook the things that run in the background, like the backstage crew pulling strings and flashing lights that make experiencing a stage performance worthwhile. But those back-running systems are a necessity even in the Internet era, where readiness can make or break a consumer experience. Take the Olympics for example. The ...
How Can Pinterest, the Fastest-Growing Site Ever, Become a Data-Driven Business?
Pinterest is the new phenomenon of the Web. Statistics show that Pinterest generates four times more revenue per click than Twitter, and increases revenue by 27 percent more per click than Facebook. Undoubtedly, the success of Pinterest may be due to fact that it provides a component of interest and social exchange that is contextually ...
Tapping the 1 Percent of Twitter Data: FirstRain CEO Penny Herscher Gets It
There is such a thing as the global intelligence stream, and it’s empowering consumers as much as it’s providing valuable data sets to marketers and corporations. It’s a new kind of give-and-take that’s blossoming around consumer-corporate interactions, but it’s probably the first time such a relationship has so much potential to be equally, if not ...
Striking Into New Territory: Google and Others Have Deep Pockets and Big Plans
Want access to that exclusive club, with the long line and thousands of hopefuls? You could just flash a few (hundred) dollars at the bouncer, buying your way in. It won’t guarantee you’ll be the belle of the ball or even the most popular VIP in the club, but at least you’ve gotten in the ...
Thismoment Promises Open Graph Support – Beta Rolls Out Today
Thismoment gave us a sneak peek into one of the main features that will be included in a future release of its Distributed Engagement Channel platform, which rolls out in beta today. The company offers marketers a way to manage their brand across multiple social media sites, and some time down the road they’ll be able to ...
Siri Meets Foursquare with Saga Roll Out: Priority Invite Code!
Saga is not another Siri clone, per se. It’s more similar to Google Now and the recently launched Friday app, offering a utility that intelligently pins down data based on any number of metrics, most prominently your location, and displays it to the user with actionized intent. The service is launching its public beta for ...