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Twitter Confirms Osama bin Laden’s Death before President Obama Addresses Nation
Osama bin Laden is dead, according to President Obama. The news flashed across the world last night, unsurprisingly getting Twitter all astir. The news of President Obama confirming the death of Osama Bin Laden has Twitter alive with rumors and joy, reflecting the sentiment of global citizens. Even before President Obama finished writing his confirmation ...
HP’s Transformation: Hardware to Software Shift Needs Strong Leaders, Key Buys
Even before the current Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker took charge, HP has been making strides in the software and cloud space. Now, the electronics giant is beginning to accelerate its pace in this segment, and one can observe the major moves, opportunities and acquisitions that led to this point, and beyond. There are three primary ...
Clearspring Serious About Big Data, Makes Audience Platform “Portable”
Clearspring’s been building its big data strategy for a couple of years now, and as it seeks new verticals in the marketing industry, Clearspring is releasing another major feature for its product line up. Giving companies the ability to take their target demographics with them across platforms, Clearspring’s new “Audiences Everywhere” feature brings some 200 ...
What to do with Your Whrrl Data Now that Groupon’s Shutting it Down
The merger and acquisition scene is pretty hot right now, with significant consolidation around location-based and data-centric applications. Groupon recently bought Whrrl, and hours later eBay snatched up WHERE. There’s a rising profit margin around consumer data, as more verticals build businesses around its collection and analysis. But where does the consumer fit into all ...
OpenStack a Smart Business Move for RackSpace, Speeds Into Year 2
Standards around the open cloud are still in development, under scrutiny and up for debate. But the growing pains are hopefully well worth the outcome, as more companies find their way into open cloud initiatives that have picked up steam, namely OpenStack. This Rackspace project had the lucky validation of NASA as a launch partner, ...
Unsubscribe.com Puts the Power of Data in Consumers Hands
When it comes to email marketing, it’s a gold mine for data collectors and marketers, all seeking direct access to your inbox. It’s a problem that’s prevailed on the Internet since email first became commonplace, and it’s one that several companies have fought to address. As far as the main email providers go, they all ...
Delicious Quietly Acquired by YouTube Founders
Looks like Delicious has been rescued after all. The social bookmarking service has been acquired by YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, incorporating it into their new web-based company, AVOS. The deal was kept pretty quiet– details of the acquisition have not been disclosed, and Delicious users discovered the news only by accessing the ...
Echo CEO Talks Real-Time Data: “We’re Like Amazon for Real-Time”
The real-time web has really begun to chart its industry path, delineating several verticals and tucking data into the most obstinate of places. From local business to virtual services, real-time data and communication methods are shaping our communication mediums as a whole. Countless factors have contributed to the existence of real-time, and its industry development ...
Dell Sleeks Up its Remote Desktop Offerings
Dell’s delivered a remote desktop workstation, increasing its determined efforts to remain relevant in the workspace. The workstation acts like a server, from which remote client PCs can run. With the new release, Dell addresses a primary issue with remote desktops–graphics processing. Dubbed the Precision R5500, Dell’s new workstation renders and delivers pixels to client ...
Fragmentation is Biggest Threat to Mobile Market Success, Even Beyond Android
When it comes to the mobile space, Apple and Google are highly talked about players. But as the battle for domination continues into the tablet realm, it’s Apple that’s stretched its head start into a standing lead. According to Appcelerator’s latest quarterly report, it’s the other players, including Google, RIM and Nokia, that are cooling ...