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TMZ Shoots a Sickly Steve Jobs, Stoops Too Low for Words
There’s a photo floating around of Steve Jobs looking rather ill. It was posted by none other than TMZ, less than 48 hours after Jobs announced his resignation from Apple as CEO. It’s for health reasons that Jobs is finally stepping down, though he remains an integral part of the company as the Chairman of ...
Druva Raises $12M for Mobile Backup
Druva, the developer of the InSync mobile backup and data protection offering, announced that it closed a $12 million Series B funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital. The company will use the capital to expand its marketing efforts in North America, as well in EMEA and Asia ...
IBM’s Vision of Data Scientists: Our Bridge to the Future
What is the role of a data scientist? That’s something we’ve been trying to pin down as the world of big data grows wider, and the need for professionals that understand this semi-vague trend grows in tandem. The role of the data scientist means many things to many people, and many corporations are anxious to ...
Hey Apple Fan Boy! We Don’t Need You Anymore
The first thought on many minds after Steve Jobs announced his resignation is what will happen to his brand? The Apple cult has become as prominent as Jobs himself; as an individual, he’s become an inseperable figure from Apple products, building the brand with every keynote demonstration, every product reveal, and every damning statement against ...
Syncplicity for Salesforce: Unifies the Cloud
Syncplicity, the backup synchronization service that allows users to store and sync files online between computers, announced its launch on Salesforce. The new product will provide businesses with a new way to improve sales productivity by giving teams easy, universal access, sync, sharing, collaboration and backup of all their files from within Salesforce, or anywhere ...
Springpad Goes Social, with On-Demand Recommendations from Check-ins to Likes
When web bookmarking and note-taking began to grow in popularity, it was only a matter of time before things got social. We’ve seen the industry groping its way towards a more socially-oriented form of sharing web content, but nothing that’s fully contextualized the benefits of our evolving social web. Springpad’s notebook app is taking the ...
Cloud Extend Debuts Salesforce Guidance Trees with Focus on Social Media
When we first looked at Cloud Extend, it was an early product release designed to help people better utilize Salesforce as a tool. Today brings the full launch for Cloud Extend, making it readily available to the public. Cloud Extend specializes in sales guides to simplify the Salesforce product, making it easily customized and tailored ...
FlashSoft Takes “Flache” to the Virtual Machine
Flash storage is a sexy topic lately, thanks to the recent success of companies like Fusion-io. FlashSoft is another that’s been on our radar lately, with an initial launch product designed around the leveraging of cache at the SSD level. The company’s even caught the eye of SiliconAngle founder John Furrier, who outlined the benefits ...
Viralheat API Frees Sentiment Analysis for All
When it comes to sieving through unstructured data, there’s a great deal of interest from several industries, from advertising to search. Viralheat’s unleashing its intelligence tool to those companies in need, with the release of a free sentiment analysis API. Currently in beta, the new Viralheat API lets you incorporate its sentiment analysis tool into ...
Data Gives the Daily Dot a New Media Edge
Take a look at your daily feeds. They’re likely filled with stories about the latest Valley startup to receive funding, some intrusive piece of Android malware, or a rumor concerning a Facebook change, an Apple device, or Google’s latest plot. I should know–I’ve been a part of the web news cycle for as long as ...