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Yodlee Makes Good Use of Tax Payers’ Data, Launches New App
The finance industry has been crunching data for as long as it’s been around, and this is one of the reasons it takes to technology as readily as it does. When it comes to…
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Citrix Takes on Unstructured Data with DataStream, MySQL’s New Traffic Cop
Citrix is launching a new product for the cloud, addressing the exponential growth the industry has witnessed in recent years. Called DataStream, the technology behind this virtual “traffic cop” is based on Citrix’s popular…
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Cisco to Buy newScale, Scaling its Own Cloud Portfolio
Cisco’s made public its plans for another acquisition today, hoping to add privately-held newScale to its family. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. newScale is a software provider delivering self-service portals…
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AHHHA! I Wish I Woulda Thought of That. I’d Be a Millionaire by Now.
If only I’d thought of a blanket with arms. I’d be a millionaire by now, right? No, not really. I actually did think of a blanket with arms, long before Snuggie was a worldwide…
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Bambuser Survives Early Mobile Pitfalls, Preps for Re-Launch and US Tour
When it comes to realizing the potential of mobile platforms and applications, there aren’t many stories as well-played as Bambuser’s. The Stockholm-based startup has been waiting for the right time to explode onto the…
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WOT’s Big Data Makes Facebook, Twitter (and Even Bit.ly) Safer
There’s a lot of data being thrown around today, through social networks, deal sites and mobile coupon collection services, local search and even restaurant recommendations. Processing all of that is an easy task for…
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Mint.com Update Puts Big Data to Work on Your Home Loan
Mint.com’s got some updated features in its app, all focused on helping users refinance or prepare for a home purchase. In Mint’s efforts to help people tackle this very specific and economically impacting debt,…
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Pageonce An Early Supporter of Amazon Appstore, Applies Big Data to Personal Finance
Pageonce was always a few steps ahead of the curve, launching a rather inclusive personal assistant application over two years ago, and diving head first into the mobile sector, where the company and its…
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IMDb Personalizes Big Data, Updates iPad App
IMDb has always been a great resource for movie buffs and entertainment lovers, and its ability to parse through data is what makes IMDb such a useful tool. With its mobile apps, IMDb has…
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Springpad Updates Android App, Leverages Google’s Secret Metadata Sauce
Evernote competitor Springpad has updated its Android app today, revealing version 2.1 to the Market. It’s improvements revolve around several user-requested upgrades, but there are a series of new widgets that take advantage of…