Kristen Nicole
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Prioritize Tweets with My6sense Chrome Extension
The blessing and the curse of web content (especially social web content) is the sheer mass of it all. When YouTube first gained popularity, we quickly realized that, as freeing as a video network with embeddable widgets is, it’s also created a “dog pile” of content that requires patience, skill, and sometimes a strong stomach ...
EMC: The Silicon Angle on Cloud Growth, Partnerships and Acquisitions
This company profile is part of a new series at SiliconANGLE, where we detail trends, technologies and people. SiliconANGLE is about covering all the angles. This “SiliconANGLE” format aims to deliver the subject in an easily digestible form, covering all the angles that pertain to a company, its history, development and future. Here’s The SiliconANGLE ...
CardStar Takes on Groupon Deals, Leads Race for Mobile Loyalty-Based Marketing
Groupon’s growth as a platform has been astounding, demonstrating the potential behind location-based marketing on a large scale. It’s certainly something Google wanted in on, but through its open API offering, plenty of other businesses can benefit from Groupon’s established expanse as well. CardStar is one such business, integrating Groupon’s location-based deals into its mobile ...
FalconStor Energizes Backup and Recovery, Launches RecoverTrac
FalconStor is launching a new product today, designed to improve data recovery within the cloud. RecoverTrac offers DR automation for physical and virtual environments, and will be included as a standard feature for FalconStor Continuous Data Protector (CDP) clients. The release is among the first major product updates from FalconStor since officially installing its new ...
CouchOne Meets Membase, They Make a Baby in the Cloud: Couchbase
Talk about a match made in heaven, or even a cloud-themed Valentine’s Day tale. A merger between database solutions provider CouchOne, and open source technology provider Membase comes really close to heaven, though it’s really a match made in the cloud. After initial discussions began last year, the holidays were busy for executives at both ...
Tap.me Tackles In-App Game Ads from a Player’s Perspective
Tap.me is one of the latest to tackle in-game mobile game monetization, with a recent launch of its new ad company and $1 million in funding. With David Cohen as an investor, Tap.me’s early support isn’t taking root in the Valley, but in advertising’s capital—Chicago. With the funding, Tap.me can continue developing its ad platform, ...
Scale the Cloud, Reach More Partners: GoToCamera Aims to Become a Data Market
The cloud’s benefits lie in its ability to provide a series of services, chopping down overhead for launching new businesses. It’s an opportunity to creatively approach an interest of any sort, and inspires many to be resourceful with the options laid before them. That’s certainly been the case for Varun Arora, the man behind GoToCamera. ...
Commtouch’s Latest Buy Completes its Triple Play Antispam Advantage
Security solutions provider Commtouch recently solidified the acquisition of Authentium Command, a strategic move to round out its product offerings. The acquisition, which got under way back in September of last year, was finalized last month along with new customer agreements related to the purchase. Authentium Command will retain its name and branding. “Incorporating a ...
Citrix Executive Hopes the Switch to IPv6 Will be “Uneventful”
So, the Internet is running low on property. Did you hear? The last batch of IP addresses has been handed out by the IANA, and the web’s in a tizzy, wondering at what will happen next. As we mentioned earlier this week, IP v6 is coming to the rescue, with far, far, far more IP ...
A $2.25M Birthday Round for Massive Health co-Founder Aza Raskin
It’s been a wonderful birthday for Aza Raskin (I keep forgetting the little genius is younger than I am), with the news of a hefty seed round for his latest startup, Massive Health. With the $2.25 million round, led by Felicis VC, Greylock Discovery Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Charles River Ventures, Raskin ...