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Where’s Etsy’s Big Data Strategy? Musings of Hadoop World 2011
Big data’s so prevalent in the social media space that you hardly think of them as mutually independent. At Hadoop World last week the social representation amongst Hadoop users were well represented, with sessions from Facebook, LinkedIn, Bit.ly and Etsy, amongst others. But these are the four I’m concentrating on, as the most high profile ...
Siri’s Cousin Trapit Launches AI Search Assistant
From the same artificial intelligence platform as Siri comes its cousin Trapit, a personalized web search tool powered by one of today’s most popular technologies. It launches its public beta today, letting in the onslaught of users anxious to see the next iteration of AI’s personal assistant toolbox. Trapit has been in private beta for ...
How Mobile Shaped HTML5, and Why Flash Isn’t Dead Yet
Steve Jobs was right after all. He avoided using Flash on Apple products to avoid his company from depending on Adobe. Besides, there’s not really that much difference between a web page using HTML5 and Flash. Sticking to an open standard technology over that which is privately-owned is a smart move and it’s no surprise ...
Hello Vino Turns to Big Data with Image Recognition iPhone App
There’s an app or two for virtually anything, even wines! The retail market is swarmed with stacks of wine brands, making it hard enough to pick which one works for a certain occasion or someone’s taste. Good thing Hello Vino-- a wine app for recommendations, the best wine and food pairings –has released an update ...
Pageonce CEO on the Wallet of the Future: “Transaction is the Next Step”
The role of the mobile app has become a very personal matter, aiding us in everyday tasks on a whole new level. Pageonce has seen the evolution of the mobile app as a personal assistant, riding a wave of service-oriented developments that have spanned Netflix queues to centralized bill pay. Founder and CEO Guy Goldstein ...
How SXSW is Branching Out for Startups
The upcoming 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival is, perhaps, one of the most exciting yearly events that have allocated a space for the tech sector, as well as startups, entrepreneurs, investors and cutting-edge digital taste makers. Their tech involvement will materialize under Interactive Startup Village which will be held in the fourth floor of Downtown Austin ...
There’s More to Hadoop Implementation than Volume, says Attivio CTO
Attivio’s all about unlocking unstructured data. Coming off the recent release of version 3.0 of their Unified Information Access Platform, Attivio CTO Sid Probstein drops by theCube at Hadoop World 2011 to discuss how this technology is enabling new products across the board. He focused on the tearing down of data silos, removing “artificial barriers” ...
“MySQL Isn’t Going Anywhere Soon, but HBase is a Great Addition to the Tool Belt”
Facebook’s been pretty active lately, launching new features around messaging and timelines. Perhaps you’ve noticed? Well, none of these enhanced features would be possible without developments in big data, and Facebook is one to always look for new solutions in solving its own problems. At Hadoop World in NYC today, Facebook engineer Jonathan Gray discusses ...
Infineta Gussies Up with Pay-as-you-Go WAN Optimization
Infineta’s latest offering is the Data Migration Accelerator, which the company says is the first of its kind pay-as-you-go data migrations service in the industry. It’s based on Infineta’s flagship Data Mobility Switch (DMS). The real perk here is that you can use Infineta’s WAN optimization for the time you need it, and return it ...
ARM is to Server Processors what Linux is to UNIX, says Calxeda Exec.
Calxeda’s stolen a bit of the limelight this week at HP’s Moonshot event, presenting its servers as proof positive that ARM’s new quad-core chip is a promising development for the industry at large. Karl Freund, Calxeda’s VP of Marketing, stopped by theCube to discuss the company and the exciting future that lays ahead. “The more ...